The 100 Most Influential Queer Books of All Time

1.
Stone Butch Blues
Stone Butch Blues 4.53 avg rating — 34,597 ratings
2.
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing 3.42 avg rating — 10,426 ratings
3.
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Gender Queer: A Memoir 4.27 avg rating — 74,793 ratings
4.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,364 ratings
5.
Orlando: A Biography
Orlando: A Biography 3.87 avg rating — 109,476 ratings
6.
The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt 4.02 avg rating — 80,987 ratings
7.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,258 ratings
8.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,296 ratings
9.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating — 76,503 ratings
10.
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 572,138 ratings
11.
Nevada
Nevada 3.94 avg rating — 17,561 ratings
12.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating — 58,961 ratings
13.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 663,239 ratings
14.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy 3.91 avg rating — 79,622 ratings
15.
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 120,829 ratings
16.
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us 4.03 avg rating — 6,314 ratings
17.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,167 ratings
18.
Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability
Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability 3.99 avg rating — 437 ratings
19.
Transgender History
Transgender History 4.22 avg rating — 5,495 ratings
20.
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity 4.27 avg rating — 8,774 ratings
21.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 167,024 ratings
22.
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness 3.76 avg rating — 18,806 ratings
22.
Art and Queer Culture
Art and Queer Culture 4.30 avg rating — 147 ratings
24.
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to Berlin 3.93 avg rating — 20,503 ratings
25.
The City and the Pillar
The City and the Pillar 3.84 avg rating — 10,092 ratings
25.
Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era
Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era 4.20 avg rating — 2,675 ratings
27.
Las malas
Las malas 4.42 avg rating — 34,700 ratings
28.
Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman 4.14 avg rating — 2,322 ratings
29.
City of Night
City of Night 3.94 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
30.
Thérèse and Isabelle
Thérèse and Isabelle 3.65 avg rating — 1,893 ratings
31.
Maurice
Maurice 4.08 avg rating — 55,458 ratings
32.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 46,002 ratings
33.
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions 4.50 avg rating — 6,457 ratings
34.
Faggots
Faggots 3.63 avg rating — 3,885 ratings
35.
Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1)
Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,897 ratings
36.
Annie on My Mind
Annie on My Mind 4.02 avg rating — 55,095 ratings
37.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,543 ratings
38.
The Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories 3.95 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
39.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,997 ratings
40.
Notes of a Crocodile
Notes of a Crocodile 3.82 avg rating — 8,563 ratings
41.
Chelsea Girls
Chelsea Girls 3.81 avg rating — 6,645 ratings
42.
Funny Boy
Funny Boy 4.06 avg rating — 8,695 ratings
43.
Beijing Comrades
Beijing Comrades 3.95 avg rating — 1,402 ratings
44.
Valencia
Valencia 3.78 avg rating — 6,031 ratings
45.
Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1)
Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 14,113 ratings
46.
Boy Meets Boy
Boy Meets Boy 3.81 avg rating — 76,171 ratings
47.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,648 ratings
48.
Ash
Ash 3.63 avg rating — 37,570 ratings
49.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating — 1,862,497 ratings
50.
Melissa
Melissa
by: Alex Gino
4.09 avg rating — 47,339 ratings
51.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 462,562 ratings
52.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,271 ratings
53.
La bastarda
La bastarda 3.54 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
54.
When the Moon Was Ours
When the Moon Was Ours 3.88 avg rating — 11,103 ratings
55.
Less (Arthur Less, #1)
Less (Arthur Less, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 219,088 ratings
56.
Lie With Me
Lie With Me 4.27 avg rating — 58,701 ratings
57.
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 25,891 ratings
58.
Ramona Blue
Ramona Blue 3.91 avg rating — 12,363 ratings
59.
An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 21,203 ratings
60.
Like a Love Story
Like a Love Story 4.26 avg rating — 15,581 ratings
61.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,250 ratings
62.
A Country for Dying
A Country for Dying 3.69 avg rating — 612 ratings
63.
The Henna Wars
The Henna Wars 3.93 avg rating — 30,601 ratings
64.
Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby 3.93 avg rating — 88,746 ratings
65.
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4.52 avg rating — 9,683 ratings
66.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating — 23,086 ratings
67.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,730 ratings
68.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,481 ratings
69.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic 4.39 avg rating — 28,863 ratings
70.
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza 4.33 avg rating — 13,223 ratings
71.
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir 4.37 avg rating — 2,889 ratings
72.
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
by: Eli Clare
4.37 avg rating — 2,482 ratings
73.
The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise 4.20 avg rating — 2,131 ratings
74.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings
75.
When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution
When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution 4.06 avg rating — 319 ratings
76.
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS 4.44 avg rating — 4,226 ratings
77.
I Am Jazz
I Am Jazz 4.12 avg rating — 3,331 ratings
78.
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out 3.80 avg rating — 5,178 ratings
79.
Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory
Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory 4.22 avg rating — 100 ratings
80.
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement 4.35 avg rating — 2,845 ratings
81.
Velour: The Drag Magazine [Collector's Edition]
Velour: The Drag Magazine [Collector's Edition] 4.74 avg rating — 38 ratings
82.
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity 4.01 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
83.
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 18,852 ratings
84.
The Stonewall Reader
The Stonewall Reader 4.36 avg rating — 3,525 ratings
85.
In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating — 153,093 ratings
86.
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex 4.34 avg rating — 18,731 ratings
87.
All Boys Aren’t Blue
All Boys Aren’t Blue 4.19 avg rating — 44,465 ratings
88.
How We Fight For Our Lives
How We Fight For Our Lives 4.27 avg rating — 22,738 ratings
89.
Beyond the Gender Binary
Beyond the Gender Binary 4.48 avg rating — 12,824 ratings
90.
Queer Love in Color
Queer Love in Color 4.66 avg rating — 184 ratings
91.
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing up with the AIDS Crisis
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing up with the AIDS Crisis 4.57 avg rating — 129 ratings
92.
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir 4.28 avg rating — 4,249 ratings
93.
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
by: Sappho
4.43 avg rating — 20,759 ratings
94.
Howl and Other Poems
Howl and Other Poems 4.13 avg rating — 117,402 ratings
95.
The Dream of a Common Language
The Dream of a Common Language 4.32 avg rating — 6,773 ratings
96.
Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry
Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry 4.49 avg rating — 281 ratings
97.
Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems
Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems 4.56 avg rating — 478 ratings
98.
Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns 4.46 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
99.
Beast Meridian
Beast Meridian 4.45 avg rating — 240 ratings
100.
Don't Call Us Dead
Don't Call Us Dead 4.46 avg rating — 12,107 ratings
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