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List of 100 Greatest Gay Novels. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. he 100 greatest gay and lesbian novels of all time, as voted by judges for the Publishing Triangle. 1. ''Death in Venice,''...
- Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin. Author Chavisa Woods is far from alone when calling Giovanni's Room "masterfully written, heartbreaking." It's a book that has resonated with so many queer people since first being published in 1956, speaking to issues of identity even now.
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker. A revelation when it was published in 1982, Alice Walker's novel delves into the intersections of race, gender, family, and sexuality in Georgia circa 1930.
- The Price of Salt, by Patricia Highsmith. On the heels of her successful debut novel Strangers on a Train (with its own intimations of queerness), an encounter Patricia Highsmith had with a New Jersey socialite while working at a shopgirl at a department store became the seed for 1952's The Price of Salt.
- Orlando, by Virginia Woolf. Orlando, which Virginia Woolf wrote in tribute to friend and lover Vita Sackbville-West, is a study in gender fluidity across time and space.
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- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1891) In this famous novel, a young man is willing to sell his soul if it means retaining his youth and beauty.
- Two Virgins in the Attic by Nobuko Yoshiya, untranslated (1919) Yoshiya is considered a pioneer of Japanese lesbian literature. Her early work, Flower Tales, is a series of 52 stories about romantic friendships, longing, and unrequited love.
- The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928) Published in 1928, this thinly veined story of Hall’s own life — a story of a lesbian struggling for acceptance and love, cast from her home — was banned on its publication.
- Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf (1928) One night, Orlando, a male nobleman, goes to sleep for several days, and wakes up in a woman’s body. This novel by Woolf is a bold feminist story that satirized gender roles, showing that they are taught rather than in any way inherent to biology.
The Publishing Triangle complied a selection of the 100 best lesbian and gay novels in the late 1990s. Its purpose was to broaden the appreciation of lesbian and gay literature and to promote discussion among all readers gay and straight.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Stephen Chbosky | 5.00. Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory.
- Red, White & Royal Blue. Casey McQuisto | 5.00. What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President of the United States, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal.
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, #1) Benjamin Alire Sáenz | 4.97. Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison.
- Call Me by Your Name. André Aciman | 4.95. Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera.
The Triangle's list of 100 best lesbian and gay novels was selected by a panel of submitted by our judges, including the lesbian and gay writers Dorothy Allison, David Bergman, Christopher Bram, show more. Work. Little Women (1868) by Louisa May Alcott. Bastard Out of Carolina (1992) by Dorothy Allison. The Story of Harold (1974) by Terry Andrews.
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Dec 13, 2023 · Classic novels that explore LGBTQ+ experiences and relationships. With much of what is regarded as classic literature created at a time when homosexuality was illegal, you may well expect a paucity of writing about LGBTQIA+ experiences from this period. But there are some great and important books out there.
