Queer Literature Books

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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.34 — 275,268 ratings — published 1956
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,088,709 ratings — published 2011
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.00 — 428,198 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 54 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.10 — 611,980 ratings — published 2007
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,945,079 ratings — published 1890
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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 43 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.28 — 685,582 ratings — published 2012
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Maurice Maurice (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.08 — 60,086 ratings — published 1971
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Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,256,752 ratings — published 2019
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,266,522 ratings — published 2017
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.73 — 95,643 ratings — published 1985
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The Price of Salt The Price of Salt (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.02 — 87,099 ratings — published 1952
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Orlando Orlando (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.87 — 119,338 ratings — published 1928
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.28 — 764,088 ratings — published 1982
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.27 — 972,615 ratings — published 2015
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Swimming in the Dark Swimming in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.24 — 83,610 ratings — published 2020
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Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1) Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.41 — 906,777 ratings — published 2018
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.07 — 206,041 ratings — published 2006
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Carmilla Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.86 — 214,840 ratings — published 1872
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Young Mungo Young Mungo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.37 — 93,716 ratings — published 2022
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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 27 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.75 — 890,666 ratings — published 2017
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Stone Butch Blues Stone Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.55 — 38,289 ratings — published 1993
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The Well of Loneliness The Well of Loneliness (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.77 — 20,040 ratings — published 1928
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Detransition, Baby Detransition, Baby (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.92 — 94,350 ratings — published 2021
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Lie With Me Lie With Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.26 — 71,116 ratings — published 2017
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.13 — 470,788 ratings — published 2015
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.19 — 123,767 ratings — published 2021
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.83 — 358,645 ratings — published 2019
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Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.27 — 80,217 ratings — published 2019
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Middlesex Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.04 — 668,798 ratings — published 2002
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Sunburn Sunburn (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.27 — 69,252 ratings — published 2023
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Our Wives Under the Sea Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.68 — 138,108 ratings — published 2022
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One Last Stop One Last Stop (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.88 — 292,680 ratings — published 2021
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Tipping the Velvet Tipping the Velvet (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.06 — 79,783 ratings — published 1998
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Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4) Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
by (shelved 20 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.57 — 446,979 ratings — published 2021
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Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3) Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.54 — 504,525 ratings — published 2020
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Crush Crush (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.34 — 43,356 ratings — published 2005
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Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2) Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.51 — 575,531 ratings — published 2019
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A Single Man A Single Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.05 — 38,421 ratings — published 1964
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,047,654 ratings — published 2020
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.38 — 166,930 ratings — published 2019
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Rubyfruit Jungle Rubyfruit Jungle (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.91 — 47,898 ratings — published 1973
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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 17 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.02 — 146,849 ratings — published 2017
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,038,180 ratings — published 1999
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Fingersmith Fingersmith (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.02 — 121,548 ratings — published 2002
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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 16 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.16 — 290,692 ratings — published 2019
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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.18 — 190,986 ratings — published 2019
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.40 — 24,489 ratings — published 1982
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Notes of a Crocodile Notes of a Crocodile (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 3.81 — 11,375 ratings — published 1994
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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.16 — 336,807 ratings — published 2015
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as queer-literature)
avg rating 4.01 — 57,534 ratings — published 2015
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David Wojnarowicz
“First there is the World. Then there is the Other World. The Other World is where I sometimes lose my footing. In its calendar turnings, its preinvented existence. The barrage of twists and turns where I sometimes get weary trying to keep up with it, minute by minute adapt: the world of the stoplight, the no-smoking signs, the rental world, the split-rail fencing shielding hundreds of miles of barren wilderness from the human step. A place where by virtue of ha ing been born centuries late one is denied access to earth of space, choice or movement. The brought up world; the owned world. The world of coded sounds: the world of language, the world of lies. The packaged world; the world of speed in metallic motion. The Other World where I've always felt like an alien.”
David Wojnarowicz, Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

“I needed you to think that you had me, and that you'd won me over. So that right when you think you've won, I pull back completely, and leave you wanting more.”
Emir Darlov , It's Just The Two Of Us Now: An Emir’s Oasis play by Emir Darlov

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