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8.2

1. Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg

My favorite Allen Ginsberg poems are America,
Howl and the (footnote to Howl), and A Supermarket in California.

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2. Illuminated Poems - Allen Ginsberg

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3. A Season in Hell and Other Poems - Arthur Rimbaud

...all known literature is written in the language of common sense—except Rimbaud's. - Paul Valéry

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9.1

4. The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Stories, ... - Oscar Wilde

5. The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Un... - Oscar Wilde

This edition restores the gay parts of the book originally edited out.

6. Akbar and Jeff's Guide to Life - Matt Groening

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7.7

7. Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (P... - Walt Whitman

8. Faggots - Reynolds Price,Larry Kramer

A novel about sexual promiscuity written before the AIDS crisis.

9. The Normal Heart and the Destiny of Me - Tony Kushner (foreword),Larry Kramer

The Normal Heart is a play set during the AIDS crisis.

9.6

10. Just Kids - Patti Smith

Patti Smith and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe were lovers before Robert Mapplethorpe discovered he was gay.

11. The Naked Civil Servant (Flamingo) - Quentin Crisp

The Naked Civil Servant is an autobiography of a man who didn't hide his sexuality when it was illegal in Britain.

12. Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin

An American expatriate in Paris has a 'normal' relationship with a woman and this becomes complicated when he finds he yearns for the Italian expatriate Giovanni.

8.5

13. Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics) - James Baldwin

7.8

14. Death in Venice and Other Tales - Thomas Mann

7.3

15. Queer: A Novel - William S. Burroughs

A heroin addict has an unreciprocated love for another junkie.

16. The City and the Pillar: A Novel - Gore Vidal

9.6

17. In Search of Lost Time: Proust 6-pack (Prous... - C. K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator),Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was gay, but I think the protagonist isn't gay.

18. Stonewall - Martin Bauml Duberman

19. Amado mio - Pier Paolo Pasolini

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7.8

20. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris

21. Mysterious Skin - Scott Heim_II

8.2

22. The Buddha of Suburbia - Hanif Kureishi

23. Maurice (Twentieth Century Classics) - E. M. Forster

Two lovers split up because of the persecution of gay people in Britian, and both try to reform their sexuality with differing results.

Books whose characters aren't GLBTA

Books whose characters aren't GLBTA or the book doesn't mention it. I also put books here if I don't know if the characters are queer.

7.5

24. A Passage to India - E.M. Forster

7.7

25. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Cultu... - Douglas Coupland

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7.5

26. Outside Over There - Maurice Sendak

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8.8

27. In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection) - Maurice Sendak

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8.1

28. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak

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142

7.2

29. Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs

7.5

30. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote

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8.2

31. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

428

7.7

32. Choke - Chuck Palahniuk

592

8.5

33. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

7.1

34. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis

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35. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

8.5

36. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

7.9

37. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke

7.8

38. A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams

39. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams

7.8

40. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams

8.5

41. The Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams

Books about GLBTA people, and great books by GLBTA authors.

Recommendations are appreciated.
*All of the names in quotes link to the source.
My favorite gay authors
Allen Ginsberg
Maurice Sendak

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence - Maurice Sendak

Gay authors I haven't read yet
Bret Easton Ellis (Less than Zero, American Psycho)

If they knew I was gay, 'Psycho' would be read as a different book. - Bret Easton Ellis

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke)

Unmentioned Authors
Walt Whitman's sexuality is debated.

Unmentioned books
The Song of Ice and Fire books have a few queer characters (Renly, his page and lover (the book's aren't as explicit about this as the HBO series), and a character named The Red Viper who appears in the third book. Those characters aren't the 'main' characters.