Classic Gay Male Literature

1.
Maurice
Maurice 4.08 avg rating — 55,455 ratings
2.
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 49,931 ratings
3.
A Single Man
A Single Man 4.06 avg rating — 36,551 ratings
4.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,049 ratings
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Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,152 ratings
6.
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 — 572,025 ratings
7.
At Swim, Two Boys
At Swim, Two Boys 4.11 avg rating — 9,622 ratings
8.
The Charioteer
The Charioteer 4.11 avg rating — 6,416 ratings
9.
The Front Runner (Harlan's Story, #1)
The Front Runner (Harlan's Story, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 6,082 ratings
10.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,569 ratings
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A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1)
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 9,053 ratings
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The City and the Pillar
The City and the Pillar 3.84 avg rating — 10,091 ratings
13.
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 — 46,892 ratings
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The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 10,899 ratings
15.
The Swimming-Pool Library
The Swimming-Pool Library 3.72 avg rating — 11,032 ratings
16.
As Meat Loves Salt
As Meat Loves Salt 3.93 avg rating — 6,130 ratings
17.
City of Night
City of Night 3.94 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
18.
Dancer from the Dance
Dancer from the Dance 3.98 avg rating — 10,106 ratings
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Dream Boy
Dream Boy 3.92 avg rating — 4,879 ratings
20.
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
21.
Death in Venice and Other Tales
Death in Venice and Other Tales 3.92 avg rating — 16,075 ratings
22.
Forbidden Colors
Forbidden Colors 3.92 avg rating — 4,676 ratings
23.
Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls 4.21 avg rating — 7,135 ratings
24.
The Carnivorous Lamb
The Carnivorous Lamb 4.35 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
25.
The Catch Trap
The Catch Trap 4.18 avg rating — 1,946 ratings
26.
While England Sleeps
While England Sleeps 3.97 avg rating — 2,317 ratings
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The Absolutist
The Absolutist 4.10 avg rating — 22,493 ratings
28.
The Boys on the Rock
The Boys on the Rock
by: John Fox
3.90 avg rating — 932 ratings
29.
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes 3.97 avg rating — 6,906 ratings
30.
Another Country
Another Country 4.30 avg rating — 32,347 ratings
31.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 859,178 ratings
32.
Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall
Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall 3.67 avg rating — 723 ratings
33.
Cry to Heaven
Cry to Heaven
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating — 21,458 ratings
34.
Becoming a Man
Becoming a Man 4.17 avg rating — 3,722 ratings
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The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters 3.83 avg rating — 10,132 ratings
36.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,130 ratings
37.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman 4.02 avg rating — 21,123 ratings
38.
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir 4.37 avg rating — 2,887 ratings
39.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating — 1,861,979 ratings
40.
Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy 4.06 avg rating — 1,780 ratings
41.
Atom Heart John Beloved
Atom Heart John Beloved 3.83 avg rating — 356 ratings
42.
Bullied
Bullied
by: Jeff Erno
4.22 avg rating — 349 ratings
43.
The Best Little Boy in the World: The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Memoir
The Best Little Boy in the World: The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Memoir
by: John Reid
3.84 avg rating — 1,637 ratings
44.
Sea of Tranquillity
Sea of Tranquillity 3.94 avg rating — 387 ratings
45.
American Studies
American Studies 3.83 avg rating — 357 ratings
45.
Finistère
Finistère 3.85 avg rating — 159 ratings
47.
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies 4.51 avg rating — 197,369 ratings
48.
Was
Was 3.88 avg rating — 1,853 ratings
48.
Christopher and His Kind
Christopher and His Kind 4.05 avg rating — 3,667 ratings
50.
The Portrait of Mr. W.H.
The Portrait of Mr. W.H. 3.58 avg rating — 2,315 ratings
51.
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You 3.70 avg rating — 32,211 ratings
51.
War Against the Animals
War Against the Animals 3.98 avg rating — 348 ratings
53.
Teleny
Teleny 3.63 avg rating — 2,538 ratings
54.
Symposium
Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating — 85,860 ratings
55.
Martin and John
Martin and John
by: Dale Peck
3.69 avg rating — 952 ratings
56.
Ran
Ran 3.67 avg rating — 3,997 ratings
57.
Lie With Me
Lie With Me 4.27 avg rating — 58,665 ratings
58.
Swimming in the Dark
Swimming in the Dark 4.25 avg rating — 68,304 ratings
59.
The Folded Leaf
The Folded Leaf 3.98 avg rating — 1,354 ratings
60.
Boys of Life
Boys of Life 3.86 avg rating — 253 ratings
61.
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant 4.03 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
62.
Faggots
Faggots 3.63 avg rating — 3,885 ratings
63.
Nächte auf Aruba
Nächte auf Aruba 3.68 avg rating — 432 ratings
64.
Trug
Trug 3.76 avg rating — 604 ratings
65.
Wingmen
Wingmen 4.38 avg rating — 365 ratings
66.
The Boy I Love (The Boy I Love Trilogy, #1)
The Boy I Love (The Boy I Love Trilogy, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 517 ratings
66.
My Policeman
My Policeman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,496 ratings
68.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,871 ratings
69.
All the Beauty of the Sun (The Boy I Love Trilogy, #2)
All the Beauty of the Sun (The Boy I Love Trilogy, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 126 ratings
70.
A Dead Man in Deptford
A Dead Man in Deptford 3.81 avg rating — 1,511 ratings
71.
The Road to London
The Road to London really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39 ratings
72.
The Lord Won't Mind
The Lord Won't Mind 3.74 avg rating — 706 ratings
72.
Fadeout (Dave Brandstetter, #1)
Fadeout (Dave Brandstetter, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
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The Weekend
The Weekend 3.70 avg rating — 1,650 ratings
74.
Raptor
Raptor 4.11 avg rating — 1,903 ratings
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Hallucinating Foucault
Hallucinating Foucault 3.99 avg rating — 2,155 ratings
77.
Less (Arthur Less, #1)
Less (Arthur Less, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 219,067 ratings
78.
The God in Flight
The God in Flight 3.95 avg rating — 348 ratings
79.
The Dog in the Chapel (The Dog in the Chapel, #1)
The Dog in the Chapel (The Dog in the Chapel, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 432 ratings
80.
Mister Sandman
Mister Sandman 3.70 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
80.
Plays Well with Others
Plays Well with Others 3.95 avg rating — 707 ratings
80.
Ernesto
Ernesto 3.70 avg rating — 1,075 ratings
83.
What the Dead Remember
What the Dead Remember 3.79 avg rating — 91 ratings
83.
Afterlife
Afterlife 3.90 avg rating — 417 ratings
83.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,646 ratings
86.
The Easy Way Out
The Easy Way Out 3.76 avg rating — 737 ratings
86.
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection 3.80 avg rating — 1,779 ratings
86.
Getting Over Homer
Getting Over Homer 3.47 avg rating — 62 ratings
86.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating — 12,077 ratings
90.
The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov
The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 657 ratings
90.
Im Dampfbad greift nach mir ein Engel: drei Romane
Im Dampfbad greift nach mir ein Engel: drei Romane 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
92.
The Men from the Boys (Jeff & Lloyd, #1)
The Men from the Boys (Jeff & Lloyd, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 762 ratings
93.
Full Circle
Full Circle 4.16 avg rating — 689 ratings
94.
Mysterious Skin
Mysterious Skin 4.16 avg rating — 12,040 ratings
95.
Looking For It
Looking For It 3.97 avg rating — 743 ratings
95.
Last Summer
Last Summer 4.02 avg rating — 772 ratings
95.
The Story of the Night
The Story of the Night 3.89 avg rating — 3,006 ratings
98.
Blind Fall
Blind Fall 3.70 avg rating — 2,006 ratings
98.
The Coming Storm
The Coming Storm 3.88 avg rating — 1,397 ratings
98.
The Salt Point
The Salt Point 3.73 avg rating — 311 ratings
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