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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 322 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,217,449 ratings — published 2011
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 274 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.34 — 313,361 ratings — published 1956
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 223 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 697,857 ratings — published 2012
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,499,487 ratings — published 2017
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Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1) Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
by (shelved 215 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,292,418 ratings — published 2019
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 186 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 450,586 ratings — published 2019
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Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1) Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 172 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 634,699 ratings — published 2007
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 171 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.82 — 380,363 ratings — published 2019
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Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1) Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
by (shelved 169 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.40 — 939,877 ratings — published 2018
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
by (shelved 154 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 475,324 ratings — published 2015
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One Last Stop One Last Stop (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 300,345 ratings — published 2021
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,032,442 ratings — published 1890
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 172,668 ratings — published 2019
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 146 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,126,277 ratings — published 2020
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 131,740 ratings — published 2021
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Stone Butch Blues Stone Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.56 — 40,275 ratings — published 1993
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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.17 — 200,610 ratings — published 2019
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Our Wives Under the Sea Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.66 — 149,539 ratings — published 2022
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 210,374 ratings — published 2006
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Carmilla Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 241,266 ratings — published 1872
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Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2) Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
by (shelved 123 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.50 — 589,425 ratings — published 2019
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 99,082 ratings — published 1985
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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
by (shelved 117 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 340,064 ratings — published 2015
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They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1) They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 114 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.75 — 915,709 ratings — published 2017
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 777,355 ratings — published 1982
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1) The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 148,082 ratings — published 2017
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Maurice Maurice (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 62,902 ratings — published 1971
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The Price of Salt The Price of Salt (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 90,125 ratings — published 1952
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Detransition, Baby Detransition, Baby (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.91 — 96,930 ratings — published 2021
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Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.23 — 113,676 ratings — published 2020
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Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3) Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
by (shelved 104 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.53 — 516,466 ratings — published 2020
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Orlando Orlando (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.87 — 124,628 ratings — published 1928
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Tipping the Velvet Tipping the Velvet (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 82,021 ratings — published 1998
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Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 82,509 ratings — published 2019
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Fingersmith Fingersmith (ebook)
by (shelved 92 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 125,149 ratings — published 2002
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,027,581 ratings — published 2015
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Lie With Me Lie With Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 77,777 ratings — published 2017
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Swimming in the Dark Swimming in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.24 — 93,537 ratings — published 2020
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Her Body and Other Parties Her Body and Other Parties (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 111,110 ratings — published 2017
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Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4) Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
by (shelved 84 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.56 — 457,789 ratings — published 2021
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The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 305,586 ratings — published 2019
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 80 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 61,294 ratings — published 2012
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Rubyfruit Jungle Rubyfruit Jungle (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.91 — 49,169 ratings — published 1973
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I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1) I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 56,302 ratings — published 2019
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Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 365,043 ratings — published 2022
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What If It's Us (What If It's Us, #1) What If It's Us (What If It's Us, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 173,662 ratings — published 2018
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.69 — 416,426 ratings — published 2010
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The Well of Loneliness The Well of Loneliness (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 20,726 ratings — published 1928
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Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1) Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 134,464 ratings — published 2013
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If We Were Villains If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as queer-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 451,606 ratings — published 2017
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Luis Zapata
“Y tú ¿qué vas a hacer cuando dios se muera?”
― Luis Zapata, El vampiro de la colonia Roma

Leander West
“From "Two-Spirit Rising":
"What we receive by reaching our destiny is not nearly as important as what we become by stretching towards it." -Sioux Nation”
― Leander West

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queer_fiction, queer-fiction, and queerlit