Top GLBT novels you must read before you die

Discover the top GLBT novels you must read in your lifetime! Explore our curated list of unforgettable books that celebrate LGBTQ+ stories, love, and diversity.

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The Vampire Lestat

by Anne Rice

#1 New York Times Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles The vampire hero …
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The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

“It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.”–The Atlantic Monthly …
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Dancer from the Dance

by Andrew Holleran

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. …
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Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, …
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Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

Waugh tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this …
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Maurice

by Edward Morgan Forster

Written during 1913 and 1914, Maurice deals with the then unmentionable subject of homosexuality. More unusual, it concerns a relationship that ends happily.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

Introduction by Jeffrey Eugenides • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar …
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The World of Normal Boys

by K. M. Soehnlein

Living in suburban New Jersey in the 1970s is quiet for Robin until his brother is killed in an accident, causing the relationship with his …
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

by Peter Cameron

It’s time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he’s surfing the real estate listings, searching for a sanctuary—a nice …
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Dream Boy

by Jim Grimsley

In a novel as stunning and heartbreaking as his acclaimed debut work, Grimsley recounts the story of a painful first love--between two adolescent boys who …
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Winter Birds

by Jim Grimsley

Eight-year-old southerner Danny Crell recounts his premature entry into manhood, precipitated by a violent quarrel between his father, an abusive drunk, and his mother, whose …
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Leave Myself Behind

by Bart Yates

Starting a new life with his legendary psycho-poet mother in a sleepy New England town, seventeen-year-old Noah York uncovers clues to an age-old mystery in …
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The Brothers Bishop

by Bart Yates

During a two-week party in the middle of the summer, two very different brothers, Tommy and Nathan Bishop, will find their lives forever changed when …
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Clay's Way

by Blair Mastbaum

Hypnotic and haunting, this startlingly authentic debut novel presents a viscerally exciting look at contemporary teen life.
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Call Me by Your Name

by André Aciman

The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profound and …
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The Kid

by Dan Savage

Dan Savage's nationally syndicated sex advice column, "Savage Love," enrages and excites more than four million people each week. In The Kid, Savage tells a …