Gay Male Culture
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On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual
by:
Merle Miller
4.25 avg rating — 1,274 ratings 5. 
Oklahomo: Pee, Peeping, Police, Pistols, Puritans, Pedophiles, and a Witch
by:
C.T. Madrigal
4.20 avg rating — 83 ratings 6. 
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
by:
Eric Cervini
4.31 avg rating — 3,371 ratings 
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Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s
by:
Hugh Nini
4.70 avg rating — 466 ratings 7. 
Revolutionary Acts: Love and Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain
by:
Jason Okundaye
4.43 avg rating — 344 ratings 
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San Fransicko: Receptionists, Adulterists, Larcenists, and Satanists
by:
C.T. Madrigal
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 18 ratings 
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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
by:
Elon Green
3.84 avg rating — 10,127 ratings 15. 
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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940
by:
George Chauncey
4.27 avg rating — 3,391 ratings 20. 
Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben
by:
Josh Trujillo
3.97 avg rating — 814 ratings 
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Napoleonic Friendship: Military Fraternity, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century France 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
by:
James Kirchick
4.16 avg rating — 1,467 ratings 
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A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution
by:
Martin Padgett
4.16 avg rating — 167 ratings 34. 
Forbidden Friendships: Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence
by:
Michael Rocke
4.15 avg rating — 116 ratings 34. 
Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation
by:
Simon LeVay
3.77 avg rating — 459 ratings 34. 
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day
by:
Peter Ackroyd
3.35 avg rating — 1,781 ratings 
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Sex Between Men: An Intimate History of the Sex Lives of Gay Men Postwar to Present 3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports
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Michael Waters
4.43 avg rating — 827 ratings 45. 
The Greeks & Greek Love: A Radical Reappraisal of Homosexuality in Ancient Greece
by:
James Davidson
3.81 avg rating — 140 ratings 
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300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World
by:
Seán Hewitt
3.82 avg rating — 716 ratings 48. 
Queer Ideas: The Kessler Lectures in Lesbian & Gay Studies
by:
Martin Duberman
4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings 48. 
The Emphatically Queer Career of Artist Perkins Harnly and His Bohemian Friends
by:
Sarah Burns
3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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The View From Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers
by:
Matthew Hays
3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings 
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Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires, and Gay Cowboys
by:
Barbara Mennel
3.67 avg rating — 51 ratings 
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Homo History: A Compilation of Events That Shook and Shaped the Gay World
by:
Erin McHugh
3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings 57. 
Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage
by:
Barney Frank
3.93 avg rating — 554 ratings 
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A Gay in the Life: A Compilation of Saints and Sinners in Gay History
by:
Erin McHugh
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings 60. 
Confessions of a Gay Priest: A Memoir of Sex, Love, Abuse, and Scandal in the Catholic Seminary
by:
Tom Rastrelli
3.98 avg rating — 121 ratings 
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Secrets and Scandals: A Compilation of Events That Rocked the Gay World
by:
Erin McHugh
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings 
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Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context
by:
Vern L. Bullough
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings 71. 
The Other Side of Silence: Men's Lives & Gay Identities - A Twentieth-Century History
by:
John Loughery
3.85 avg rating — 61 ratings 72. 
Gay Cinematherapy: The Queer Guy's Guide to Finding Your Rainbow One Movie at a Time
by:
Beverly West
3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings 73. 
We Are Everywhere: A Historical Sourcebook of Gay and Lesbian Politics
by:
Mark Blasius
4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings 74. 
Come Out Fighting: A Century of Essential Writing on Gay and Lesbian Liberation (Nation Books)
by:
Chris Bull
4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings 
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Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past
by:
Martin Duberman
4.02 avg rating — 487 ratings 80. 
Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video
by:
Raymond Murray
4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings 81. 
One Teacher in Ten: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories
by:
Kevin Jennings
4.11 avg rating — 208 ratings 82. 
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Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories
by:
Patrick Merla
4.13 avg rating — 335 ratings 84. 
My First Time: Gay Men Describe Their First Same-Sex Experience
by:
Jack Hart
3.76 avg rating — 55 ratings 85. 
My First Time, Volume 2: Gay Men Describe Their First Same-Sex Experience
by:
Jack Hart
4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings 86. 
Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
by:
Clifford Chase
3.59 avg rating — 133 ratings 
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Queerstory: An Infographic History of the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
by:
Linda Riley
4.28 avg rating — 159 ratings 89. 
We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride In The History of Queer Liberation
by:
Matthew Riemer
4.64 avg rating — 431 ratings 
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The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves
by:
Sarah Moon
3.92 avg rating — 1,584 ratings 
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Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
by:
Joey L. Mogul
4.24 avg rating — 824 ratings 95. 
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Unhistorical Shakespeare: Queer Theory in Shakespearean Literature and Film
by:
Madhavi Menon
3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings 99. 
Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares, Revised Edition: Queer Theory and American Kiddie Culture
by:
Na Na
3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings 100. 
Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare (Series Q)
by:
Madhavi Menon
3.87 avg rating — 84 ratings