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The 100 Most Influential Queer Books of All Time

"Visibility. It's one of the most crucial needs of the queer community. To be understood, to be accepted, the LGBTQIA+ community needs first to be seen. This has meant that centuries of authors writing about the experiences, love, and pain of the queer community have been crucial in making progress towards a radical acceptance.
From the delicate art form of the semi-autobiographical novel — a life story veiled behind fictional names and twists — to the roar of poetry to a deep dive into the history that has too often been erased and purged, queer literature has helped to challenge, move, and shape generations of readers."
Note: Despite the heading there were only 99 books on this list.
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Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
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The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
3
Two Virgins in the Attic (Nobuko Yoshiya)
Two Virgins in the Attic (Nobuko Yoshiya)
4
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
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Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
6
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
7
The City and the Pillar (Gore Vidal)
The City and the Pillar (Gore Vidal)
8
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
9
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
10
City of Night (John Rechy)
City of Night (John Rechy)
11
Therese and Isabelle (Violette Leduc)
Therese and Isabelle (Violette Leduc)
12
Maurice (E M Forster)
Maurice (E M Forster)
13
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
14
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions (Larry Mitchell)
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions (Larry Mitchell)
15
Faggots (Larry Kramer)
Faggots (Larry Kramer)
16
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
17
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
18
Annie on My Mind (Nancy Garden)
Annie on My Mind (Nancy Garden)
19
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
20
The Gilda Stories (Jewelle Gomez)
The Gilda Stories (Jewelle Gomez)
21
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
22
Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)
Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)
23
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
24
Chelsea Girls (Eileen Myles)
Chelsea Girls (Eileen Myles)
25
Funny Boy (Shyam Selvadurai)
Funny Boy (Shyam Selvadurai)
26
Tipping the Velvet (Sarah Waters)
Tipping the Velvet (Sarah Waters)
27
Beijing Comrades (Bei Tong)
Beijing Comrades (Bei Tong)
28
Valencia (Michelle Tea)
Valencia (Michelle Tea)
29
Rainbow Boys (Alex Sánchez)
Rainbow Boys (Alex Sánchez)
30
Boy Meets Boy (David Levithan)
Boy Meets Boy (David Levithan)
31
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
32
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
33
Ash (Malinda Lo)
Ash (Malinda Lo)
34
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
35
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Emily M. Danforth)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Emily M. Danforth)
36
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Sáenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Sáenz)
37
Nevada (Imogen Binnie)
Nevada (Imogen Binnie)
38
Melissa (Alex Gino)
Melissa (Alex Gino)
39
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Becky Albertalli)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Becky Albertalli)
40
Lumberjanes, Vol 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (Noelle Stevenson)
Lumberjanes, Vol 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (Noelle Stevenson)
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