Good LGBT fiction for LGBT folk and friends

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Timmarna

av Michael Cunningham

12,696 medlemmar

232 recensioner

3.9

12 Members: GirlMisanthrope, aHherjuC, lahochstetler, thorold, RidgewayGirl, alex68, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, joeyr, mspixieears, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

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Husfrid : en tragikomisk familjeberättelse

av Alison Bechdel

8,134 medlemmar

368 recensioner

4.2

13 Members: ablachly, jain, lahochstetler, kgriffith, Dilara86, Kiddboyblue, kjgormley, joeyr, mspixieears, TheInsatiable1, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150, arbinthemoss,

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Maurice: A Novel

av E. M. Forster

4,151 medlemmar

71 recensioner

3.9

12 Members: GirlMisanthrope, aHherjuC, jain, thorold, aulsmith, Salvator, ktswjw, Dilara86, alex68, TheInsatiable1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

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Purpurfärgen

av Alice Walker

19,694 medlemmar

334 recensioner

4.1

11 Members: SqueakyChu, jain, lahochstetler, kgriffith, Salvator, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, kara.shamy, TheInsatiable1, commanderboshtette, ManWithAnAgenda,

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Ficktjuven

av Sarah Waters

7,817 medlemmar

285 recensioner

4

11 Members: ablachly, lahochstetler, kgriffith, RidgewayGirl, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kjgormley, kara.shamy, mspixieears, TheInsatiable1,

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Dorian Grays porträtt

av Oscar Wilde

39,436 medlemmar

630 recensioner

4

9 Members: GirlMisanthrope, ktswjw, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, TheInsatiable1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150

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Orlando

av Virginia Woolf

10,590 medlemmar

174 recensioner

3.9

10 Members: GirlMisanthrope, jain, Hibou8, alex68, kjgormley, mspixieears, TheInsatiable1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150,aulsmith
Förklaringar: aulsmith : I couldn't make it through this one.

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Giovannis rum

av James Baldwin

5,513 medlemmar

126 recensioner

4.2

9 Members: eromsted, aHherjuC, jain, thorold, Hibou8, RidgewayGirl, alex68, TheInsatiable1, FranzK72

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Alexander min härskare

av Mary Renault

2,321 medlemmar

40 recensioner

4.1

9 Members: aHherjuC, jain, thorold, aulsmith, Salvator, kjgormley, kara.shamy, joeyr, DenzialTittle
Förklaringar: thorold: Persian eunuch falls for Macedonian warlord.

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Kyssa sammet : roman

av Sarah Waters

5,090 medlemmar

147 recensioner

4

9 Members: ablachly, GirlMisanthrope, jain, thorold, kgriffith, kjgormley, kara.shamy, mspixieears, TheInsatiable1,

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Ett annat liv

av Armistead Maupin

4,979 medlemmar

106 recensioner

3.9

9 Members: aHherjuC, lahochstetler, thorold, aulsmith, kgriffith, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, joeyr, ManWithAnAgenda,

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Kvinnofrukt

av Rita Mae Brown

3,239 medlemmar

59 recensioner

½ 3.7

9 Members: lilithcat, SqueakyChu, lahochstetler, thorold, aulsmith, ahef1963, kjgormley, joeyr, willstarr,

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At Swim, Two Boys

av Jamie O'Neill

2,112 medlemmar

55 recensioner

4.2

8 Members: ablachly, aHherjuC, jain, thorold, Kiddboyblue, kjgormley, joeyr, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar: thorold: Deploys every Irish cliché there is, but somehow gets away with it.

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The Song of Achilles

av Madeline Miller

13,007 medlemmar

505 recensioner

4.2

8 Members: ablachly, kgriffith, RidgewayGirl, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kjgormley, kara.shamy, Bking150,

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A Single Man

av Christopher Isherwood

2,216 medlemmar

83 recensioner

4

7 Members: jain, thorold, Salvator, alex68, kjgormley, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

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Kavalier & Clays fantastiska äventyr

av Michael Chabon

18,770 medlemmar

412 recensioner

4.2

6 Members: ablachly, hipdeep, jain, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, kara.shamy

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Ett litet liv

av Hanya Yanagihara

7,455 medlemmar

326 recensioner

4.1

6 Members: ablachly, RidgewayGirl, Kiddboyblue, kjgormley, kara.shamy, Bking150

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Det finns annan frukt än apelsiner

av Jeanette Winterson

6,251 medlemmar

143 recensioner

½ 3.7

7 Members: ablachly, SqueakyChu, lahochstetler, thorold, Dilara86, kjgormley, mspixieears,
Förklaringar: thorold: Are you looking for a lesbian pentecostalist novel set in East Lancashire? Look no further.

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Ensamhetens brunn

av Radclyffe Hall

2,709 medlemmar

49 recensioner

½ 3.5

7 Members: lahochstetler, thorold, Hibou8, kgriffith, kjgormley, joeyr, mspixieears,

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Berättelser från vidderna

av Annie Proulx

2,704 medlemmar

96 recensioner

3.9

6 Members: GirlMisanthrope, jain, alex68, Kiddboyblue, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Fire from Heaven

av Mary Renault

2,208 medlemmar

30 recensioner

3.9

6 Members: aHherjuC, jain, aulsmith, bgsfca, kara.shamy, joeyr

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Middlesex

av Jeffrey Eugenides

27,123 medlemmar

630 recensioner

4.1

7 Members: RidgewayGirl, alex68, Kiddboyblue, ahef1963, TheInsatiable1, FranzK72, DenzialTittle,aulsmith ,Bking150
Förklaringar: aulsmith : I liked the historical story, but I didn't find the genderqueer character very convincing.

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Livets outgrundliga mysterier

av Benjamin Alire Sáenz

6,086 medlemmar

350 recensioner

½ 4.3

5 Members: raulvilar, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150, arbinthemoss

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Hadrianus minnen

av Marguerite Yourcenar

5,453 medlemmar

125 recensioner

4.1

5 Members: jain, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150

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Death in Venice

av Thomas Mann

5,335 medlemmar

104 recensioner

½ 3.7

5 Members: alex68, mspixieears, TheInsatiable1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

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Skönhetens linje

av Alan Hollinghurst

4,582 medlemmar

113 recensioner

½ 3.6

5 Members: ablachly, aHherjuC, thorold, Salvator, kara.shamy

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Nattvakten

av Sarah Waters

4,389 medlemmar

153 recensioner

½ 3.7

6 Members: ablachly, kgriffith, souloftherose, ahef1963, kjgormley, kara.shamy,

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Livstråden

av Sarah Waters

3,340 medlemmar

129 recensioner

½ 3.7

5 Members: lahochstetler, aulsmith, kgriffith, kara.shamy, mspixieears
Förklaringar: aulsmith: This is rather depressing, but I liked the historical material.

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Kiss of the Spider Woman

av Manuel Puig

2,232 medlemmar

33 recensioner

3.9

5 Members: thorold, aulsmith, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72

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Farväl till Berlin

av Christopher Isherwood

2,101 medlemmar

49 recensioner

½ 3.7

5 Members: aHherjuC, aulsmith, Salvator, alex68, FranzK72

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The Swimming-Pool Library

av Alan Hollinghurst

2,013 medlemmar

35 recensioner

½ 3.7

5 Members: aHherjuC, thorold, Salvator, TheInsatiable1, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar: thorold: The classic British gay novel.

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The Charioteer

av Mary Renault

1,115 medlemmar

34 recensioner

4.1

5 Members: aHherjuC, thorold, Salvator, kjgormley, joeyr
Förklaringar: thorold: Renault in a WWII hospital setting, not Greece for once. But still Plato.

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Dancer from the Dance

av Andrew Holleran

1,001 medlemmar

11 recensioner

3.9

5 Members: thorold, aulsmith, joeyr, willstarr, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar: 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.

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Kretsen. [Bok 1]

av Maggie Stiefvater

6,053 medlemmar

398 recensioner

4

4 Members: ablachly, GirlMisanthrope, kgriffith, kjgormley

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Mysterier i Pittsburgh : [roman]

av Michael Chabon

4,085 medlemmar

64 recensioner

½ 3.6

4 Members: hipdeep, aHherjuC, andromedari, TheInsatiable1

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Nattens skogar

av Djuna Barnes

3,120 medlemmar

58 recensioner

½ 3.5

4 Members: alex68, mspixieears, TheInsatiable1, FranzK72

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Carol

av Patricia Highsmith

2,943 medlemmar

109 recensioner

3.8

4 Members: lilithcat, ablachly, thorold, TheInsatiable1
Förklaringar: thorold: Not a great novel, but worth reading because of when it was written and who wrote it.

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Another Country

av James Baldwin

2,922 medlemmar

41 recensioner

4.1

4 Members: aHherjuC, thorold, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

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Ibland bara måste man

av David Levithan

2,632 medlemmar

128 recensioner

3.8

4 Members: aHherjuC, Kiddboyblue, kara.shamy, Bking150

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Demaskering

av Yukio Mishima

2,593 medlemmar

42 recensioner

3.8

4 Members: SqueakyChu, jain, alex68, FranzK72

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En pojkes egen historia

av Edmund White

1,744 medlemmar

24 recensioner

½ 3.6

4 Members: aHherjuC, thorold, Salvator, Kiddboyblue
Förklaringar: thorold: White at his most infuriatingly self-important.

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The Blackwater Lightship

av Colm Tóibín

1,451 medlemmar

45 recensioner

½ 3.7

4 Members: aHherjuC, aulsmith, RidgewayGirl, mspixieears

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Rainbow Boys

av Alex Sanchez

1,153 medlemmar

29 recensioner

½ 3.7

4 Members: dara85, aHherjuC, Salvator, phenshaw

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Patience och Sarah

av Isabel Miller

775 medlemmar

18 recensioner

3.9

4 Members: CurrerBell, Aussiewoman, joeyr, TheInsatiable1
Förklaringar: Aussiewoman: Classic early lesbian fiction.

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Dream Boy

av Jim Grimsley

757 medlemmar

16 recensioner

4

4 Members: aHherjuC, jain, ktswjw, Kiddboyblue

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Gravedigger

av Joseph Hansen

206 medlemmar

2 recensioner

½ 3.7

4 Members: aulsmith, ktswjw, phenshaw, ManWithAnAgenda

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Early Graves

av Joseph Hansen

203 medlemmar

1 recension

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, ktswjw, phenshaw, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Little Dog Laughed

av Joseph Hansen

190 medlemmar

4

4 Members: aulsmith, ktswjw, phenshaw, ManWithAnAgenda

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En förlorad värld

av Evelyn Waugh

12,563 medlemmar

265 recensioner

4

3 Members: Salvator, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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Den femte årstiden

av N. K. Jemisin

7,960 medlemmar

362 recensioner

4.2

3 Members: jain, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

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Call Me by Your Name

av André Aciman

4,300 medlemmar

149 recensioner

4

4 Members: aHherjuC, Salvator, phenshaw, Bking150,aulsmith
Förklaringar: 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

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Skrivet på kroppen

av Jeanette Winterson

3,975 medlemmar

61 recensioner

4

3 Members: keristars, thorold, TheInsatiable1

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

av Ocean Vuong

3,759 medlemmar

129 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150

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Heartstopper: Volume 1

av Alice Oseman

3,738 medlemmar

139 recensioner

½ 4.4

3 Members: Salvator, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150

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Drömtjuvarna

av Maggie Stiefvater

3,292 medlemmar

203 recensioner

4.2

3 Members: ablachly, kgriffith, kjgormley

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Sånt är livet

av Armistead Maupin

2,637 medlemmar

24 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: aHherjuC, aulsmith, kgriffith

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Heartstopper: Volume 2

av Alice Oseman

2,618 medlemmar

77 recensioner

½ 4.5

3 Members: Salvator, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150

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The Raven King

av Maggie Stiefvater

2,431 medlemmar

116 recensioner

4.2

3 Members: ablachly, kgriffith, kjgormley

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Heartstopper: Volume 3

av Alice Oseman

2,353 medlemmar

53 recensioner

½ 4.5

3 Members: Salvator, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150

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Stone Butch Blues

av Leslie Feinberg

2,098 medlemmar

40 recensioner

4.2

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar: 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.

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