I’m looking for a story by or about someone queer that has elements that include that but isn’t necessarily a romance. Generally, I don’t read a lot of romance.
I know it sounds like I don’t really know what I want. That’s because I don’t, but I’m excited to read your suggestions anyway!
Will respond to questions 🙂
Thank you so much!
by DecentDissent
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Fall on your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald. Excellent read, queer content. I envy those who get to read it for the first time.
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde.
Giovanni’s Room
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Rubyfruit Jungle
Dracula
I haven’t read it myself but I’ve heard that Brideshead Revisited is either queer or has homoerotic undertones. Also, Carmilla – the original vampire story, but with lesbians! One could also make a case for Little Women – Jo reads very queer and many see her as sapphic (I personally see her as ace, being ace myself). Louisa May Alcott also wrote in letters or journals about feeling like she had the soul of a man in a woman’s body, and feeling attraction to women. We of course can’t label her in any way but those feelings do seem to reflect in her work.
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
* Maurice – EM Forster
* The Well of Loneliness – Radclyffe Hall
* The Friendly Young Ladies – Mary Renault
It is generally understood, but not explicit, that Billy Bud is homo erotic in nature.
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
The City & the Pillar – Gore Vidal. Shockingly modern and explicit considering the period it was written.
A Separate Peace – John Knowles. Not explicitly gay but heavily coded and widely regarded as a modern American classic.