36 Best LGBT Books
Goal: Find the best LGBT books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best lgbt books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
36 Best LGBT Books
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Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
Also recommended by:
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
Also recommended by:
Hillary Clinton, Emma Watson, Shonda Rhimes, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Detransition, Baby
A Novel
by Torrey Peters
Rubyfruit Jungle
A Novel
by Rita Mae Brown
Tomorrow Will Be Different
Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
by Sarah McBride
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Also recommended by:
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Novel
by Marlon James
Also recommended by:
Call Me by Your Name
A Novel
by André Aciman
Also recommended by:
Radical Hope
Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times
by Carolina De Robertis
Also recommended by:
All My Mother's Lovers
A Novel
by Ilana Masad
Black Girl, Call Home
by Jasmine Mans
Boy Erased
A Memoir
by Garrard Conley
City of Night
by John Rechy
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
Fun Home
A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
In At The Deep End
by Kate Davies
Maurice
by E. M. Forster
On Being Different
What It Means to Be a Homosexual
by Merle Miller
Orlando
A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
Sissy
A Coming-of-Gender Story
by Jacob Tobia
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde
Some Girls Do
by Jennifer Dugan
Stung with Love
Poems and Fragments
by Sappho
Tales of the City
A Novel
by Armistead Maupin
The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
The Line of Beauty
A Novel
by Alan Hollinghurst
The Price of Salt
by Patricia Highsmith
Under the Udala Trees
by Chinelo Okparanta
We Are Everywhere
Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
by Matthew Riemer
We Have Always Been Here
A Queer Muslim Memoir
by Samra Habib
Sources
- 1
The 25 Best Classic LGBTQ+ Novels of All Time
advocate.com
- 2
33 LBGTQ Books Everyone Needs On Their Bookshelves In 2022
elle.com
- 3
40 Best LGBTQ Books You Should Read This Month 2022
goodhousekeeping.com
- 4
Your essential reading list of the best LGBTQIA+ books - Pan Macmillan
panmacmillan.com
- 5
The Ultimate LGBTQIA+ Pride Book List | Penguin Random House
penguinrandomhouse.com
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