Queer Books Set in the 1940s

1.
The Lilac People: A Novel
The Lilac People: A Novel
by: Milo Todd
4.36 avg rating — 2,935 ratings
2.
The Killing Code
The Killing Code 3.81 avg rating — 2,990 ratings
3.
The Companion
The Companion 3.66 avg rating — 2,101 ratings
4.
Under the Same Stars
Under the Same Stars 4.11 avg rating — 4,382 ratings
5.
The Two Hotel Francforts
The Two Hotel Francforts 3.42 avg rating — 2,127 ratings
5.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,553 ratings
5.
The First Bright Thing
The First Bright Thing 3.58 avg rating — 3,318 ratings
8.
Counting Lost Stars
Counting Lost Stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,341 ratings
9.
Even Though I Knew the End
Even Though I Knew the End
by: C.L. Polk
3.81 avg rating — 18,306 ratings
9.
Displacement
Displacement 4.28 avg rating — 11,042 ratings
11.
Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen
Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen 3.44 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
11.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch 3.71 avg rating — 32,755 ratings
13.
Winter Love
Winter Love
by: Han Suyin
3.82 avg rating — 1,133 ratings
13.
Great or Nothing
Great or Nothing 3.78 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
15.
Let the Mountains Be My Grave
Let the Mountains Be My Grave 4.05 avg rating — 457 ratings
15.
Passing Strange
Passing Strange 3.88 avg rating — 2,979 ratings
17.
Murder on Monte Vista (Mason Adler Mystery, #1)
Murder on Monte Vista (Mason Adler Mystery, #1) 3.28 avg rating — 83 ratings
18.
Turtle Bay (Tides of Change, #2)
Turtle Bay (Tides of Change, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 51 ratings
19.
The Missing Page (Page & Sommers, #2)
The Missing Page (Page & Sommers, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
20.
The Charioteer
The Charioteer 4.12 avg rating — 6,415 ratings
21.
Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss
Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings
22.
These Days
These Days 3.68 avg rating — 2,974 ratings
23.
The Songbird (Hattie James, #1)
The Songbird (Hattie James, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227 ratings
24.
Dead in the Frame (Pentecost and Parker Mystery, #5)
Dead in the Frame (Pentecost and Parker Mystery, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
25.
The Summer Isles
The Summer Isles 3.82 avg rating — 309 ratings
26.
These Days
These Days 3.68 avg rating — 2,974 ratings
27.
The Supersonic Phallus
The Supersonic Phallus 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
28.
A Room in Chelsea Square
A Room in Chelsea Square 3.48 avg rating — 92 ratings