Queer Men Books By Queer Men

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10 participants (73 books)

Overview

I realized I was reading lots of MLM books, but not many by MLM authors. So I made this challenge to change that. To qualify, a book must A- be written by a queer male author, and B- have a main character who is a queer man.

Note: Both gender and sexuality are complex and fluid, and whether or not an author or a character is a “queer man” is potentially difficult to say, especially if an author keeps their life private. All I ask is that participants use their best judgement, based on how authors/characters self-identify when possible.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Boys of Fairy Town: Sodomites, Female Impersonators, Third-Sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex Morons in Chicago's First Century by Jim Elledge

The Boys of Fairy Town: Sodomites, Female Impersonators, Third-Sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex Morons in Chicago's First Century

Jim Elledge

312 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
Bloom by Kevin Panetta

Bloom

Bloom #1

Kevin Panetta

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler

Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation

Robert W. Fieseler

381 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ true crime emotional informative sad slow-paced
Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World by Gregory Woods

Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World

Gregory Woods

440 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History by Hugh Ryan

When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History

Hugh Ryan

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives by Walt Odets

Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives

Walt Odets

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced
Colonialism and Homosexuality by Robert Aldrich

Colonialism and Homosexuality

Robert Aldrich

464 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution by Martin Padgett

A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution

Martin Padgett

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced