Publishing Triangle 100 Best Gay and Lesbian Books

1.
Maurice
Maurice 4.08 avg rating — 55,447 ratings
2.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,068 ratings
3.
Death in Venice
Death in Venice 3.69 avg rating — 65,712 ratings
4.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating — 96,897 ratings
5.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,781 ratings
6.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,444 ratings
7.
The Immoralist
The Immoralist 3.55 avg rating — 13,271 ratings
8.
The City and the Pillar
The City and the Pillar 3.84 avg rating — 10,091 ratings
9.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,558 ratings
10.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,202 ratings
11.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,939 ratings
12.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
13.
A Single Man
A Single Man 4.06 avg rating — 36,548 ratings
14.
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1)
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 9,051 ratings
15.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,113 ratings
16.
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms 3.75 avg rating — 17,277 ratings
17.
The Confusions of Young Törless
The Confusions of Young Törless 3.67 avg rating — 9,865 ratings
18.
The Berlin Stories
The Berlin Stories 4.04 avg rating — 12,571 ratings
19.
The Satyricon
The Satyricon
by: Petronius
3.78 avg rating — 9,455 ratings
20.
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters 3.83 avg rating — 10,131 ratings
21.
The Holy Terrors
The Holy Terrors 3.70 avg rating — 7,835 ratings
22.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman 4.02 avg rating — 21,118 ratings
22.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,182 ratings
24.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,904 ratings
25.
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge 3.57 avg rating — 5,191 ratings
26.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians 3.58 avg rating — 7,842 ratings
26.
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies 3.58 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
28.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,839 ratings
28.
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 10,896 ratings
28.
The Swimming-Pool Library
The Swimming-Pool Library 3.72 avg rating — 11,029 ratings
31.
The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt 4.02 avg rating — 80,963 ratings
32.
Another Country
Another Country 4.30 avg rating — 32,342 ratings
32.
Chéri
Chéri
by: Colette
3.67 avg rating — 6,011 ratings
32.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,361 ratings
32.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,195 ratings
36.
The Friendly Young Ladies
The Friendly Young Ladies 3.41 avg rating — 589 ratings
37.
Three Lives
Three Lives 3.07 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
38.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,522 ratings
39.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,889 ratings
40.
Les amitiés particulières
Les amitiés particulières 4.03 avg rating — 463 ratings
41.
The Beautiful Room Is Empty (The Edmund Trilogy, #2)
The Beautiful Room Is Empty (The Edmund Trilogy, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 3,424 ratings
41.
The Story of the Night
The Story of the Night 3.89 avg rating — 3,006 ratings
43.
Wasteland
Wasteland 3.57 avg rating — 35 ratings
44.
Closer
Closer 3.67 avg rating — 3,996 ratings
45.
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers 4.01 avg rating — 6,846 ratings
46.
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness 3.76 avg rating — 18,800 ratings
47.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating — 23,083 ratings
48.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
49.
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor 3.19 avg rating — 19,174 ratings
50.
Dancer from the Dance
Dancer from the Dance 3.98 avg rating — 10,104 ratings
51.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 45,993 ratings
52.
City of Night
City of Night 3.94 avg rating — 4,903 ratings
53.
Patience & Sarah
Patience & Sarah 3.91 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
54.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
55.
Olivia
Olivia 3.79 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
56.
Aquamarine
Aquamarine 3.61 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
57.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,142 ratings
58.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,058 ratings
59.
Eustace Chisholm and the Works
Eustace Chisholm and the Works 3.97 avg rating — 451 ratings
60.
The Story of Harold
The Story of Harold 4.30 avg rating — 46 ratings
61.
The Gallery
The Gallery 4.03 avg rating — 470 ratings
62.
Sister Gin
Sister Gin 3.34 avg rating — 87 ratings
63.
Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall
Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall 3.67 avg rating — 723 ratings
64.
Father of Frankenstein
Father of Frankenstein 4.10 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
65.
The Young and the Evil
The Young and the Evil 3.72 avg rating — 98 ratings
66.
A Visitation of Spirits
A Visitation of Spirits 3.84 avg rating — 824 ratings
67.
Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli
Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli 3.19 avg rating — 102 ratings
68.
Rat Bohemia
Rat Bohemia 3.92 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
69.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,838 ratings
70.
Lover (The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series)
Lover (The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series) 3.20 avg rating — 51 ratings
71.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,791 ratings
72.
La Bâtarde
La Bâtarde 4.08 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
73.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,766 ratings
74.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,905 ratings
75.
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4)
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4) 4.18 avg rating — 12,160 ratings
76.
The Changelings
The Changelings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings
77.
Paradiso
Paradiso 4.10 avg rating — 950 ratings
78.
Sheeper
Sheeper 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
79.
Les Guérillères
Les Guérillères 3.92 avg rating — 1,486 ratings
80.
The Child Manuela
The Child Manuela really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 247 ratings
81.
An Arrow's Flight
An Arrow's Flight 3.97 avg rating — 954 ratings
82.
The Gaudy Image
The Gaudy Image 3.23 avg rating — 39 ratings
83.
The Exquisite Corpse
The Exquisite Corpse 3.70 avg rating — 113 ratings
84.
Was
Was 3.88 avg rating — 1,853 ratings
85.
Thérèse et Isabelle
Thérèse et Isabelle 3.65 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
86.
Gemini
Gemini 4.06 avg rating — 636 ratings
87.
The Children's Crusade
The Children's Crusade 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings
88.
El lugar sin límites
El lugar sin límites 3.89 avg rating — 3,913 ratings
89.
Riverfinger Women
Riverfinger Women 3.60 avg rating — 70 ratings
90.
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon 4.17 avg rating — 3,731 ratings
91.
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 12,143 ratings
92.
Miss Peabody's Inheritance
Miss Peabody's Inheritance 3.47 avg rating — 219 ratings
93.
René's Flesh
René's Flesh 3.83 avg rating — 247 ratings
94.
Funny Boy
Funny Boy 4.06 avg rating — 8,693 ratings
95.
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing 3.85 avg rating — 689 ratings
96.
Sea of Tranquillity
Sea of Tranquillity 3.94 avg rating — 387 ratings
97.
Autobiography of a Family Photo
Autobiography of a Family Photo 3.76 avg rating — 170 ratings
98.
In Thrall
In Thrall 3.74 avg rating — 140 ratings
99.
On Strike Against God
On Strike Against God 4.21 avg rating — 337 ratings
100.
Sita
Sita 3.83 avg rating — 318 ratings