Good LGBT fiction for LGBT folk and friends

aulsmith: I think this is the best of the Nava's but it's better to read the series in order.

thorold: Persian eunuch falls for Macedonian warlord.

aulsmith: a stunning book written in the wake of 9/11. Under-rated and over-looked.

thorold: Love it or hate it, this is one of the key books defining the moment in the 70s when LGBT writing started to be taken seriously.

thorold: Really a memoir, but written like a novel.

aulsmith: Isherwood is fairly closeted in this one, but it's a very interesting novel.

aulsmith: This is rather depressing, but I liked the historical material.

aulsmith: The main character isn't glbt, but this is my favorite Maupin. He drops all the nice-nice stuff and calls a spade a spade.

aulsmith: This one is a bit over-the-top with bad things happening, but it is about working-class dykes and genderqueers, which isn't a perspective you often see in lgbt literature.

aulsmith: Nothing profound but fun and funny.

aulsmith: Another fun, light read. Makes you want to go to Barcelona

aulsmith : This is a male-male romance written by a woman. While it's a feel-good novel, it distorts a lot of the reality of "gay" life in the 19th century.

aulsmith : Fairly depressing and pre-Stonewall

aulsmith : I'm not fond of this one. It's sort of dreamy and post-modern. But if your friend likes Aciman's other work, it might be okay

aulsmith : I liked the historical story, but I didn't find the genderqueer character very convincing.

aulsmith : I couldn't make it through this one.