Pre-1969 LGBTQ Literature

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Juin 2022 (see all)
Description
In honor of Pride Month, our June List of the Month is dedicated to LGBTQ Literature written and/or published before 1969. Given the wealth of Pride reading lists that highlight some of the great books of today, we wanted to draw attention to LGBTQ books from an earlier period. Titles may be either fiction or nonfiction, but they must have an LGBTQ connection, and they must have been written before 1969, even if they were not published until after that date. Ten titles may be added per person. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme, or the parameters listed above.
1
Le portrait de Dorian Gray
de Oscar Wilde
39,744 membres
637 critiques
4
16 Members
hipdeep, Jannes, mysanal, ulee_g, Heather39, sturlington, alex68, zmeischa, al.vick, ahef1963, walterhpdx, quondame, FleetSparrow, DoomLuz, Bking150, Stefcxjo,
2
Maurice
de E. M. Forster
4,189 membres
72 critiques
3.9
16 Members
ablachly, Proclus, Rtrace, Jannes, thorold, amanda4242, Heather39, susanbooks, Dilara86, alex68, katemcangus, arachnepress, dianeham, walterhpdx, Tosta, FleetSparrow,
3
La Chambre de Giovanni
de James Baldwin
5,578 membres
126 critiques
4.2
14 Members
karenb, ablachly, hipdeep, Proclus, reesetee, thorold, DouglasAtEik, ulee_g, Heather39, elkiedee, katemcangus, Angela.Shere, walterhpdx, Bking150
4
Orlando
de Virginia Woolf
10,692 membres
174 critiques
3.9
12 Members
Aquila, karenb, ablachly, hipdeep, Jannes, charl08, mysanal, Heather39, alex68, zmeischa, ManWithAnAgenda, jeancotchin
5
Carol - Les Eaux dérobées
de Patricia Highsmith
2,983 membres
111 critiques
3.8
11 Members
ablachly, ulee_g, sturlington, EMS_24, katemcangus, arachnepress, dianeham, jeancotchin, bonchcronch, Bking150, Stefcxjo
Explications
dianeham: Published in 1973
6
Retour à Brideshead
de Evelyn Waugh
12,625 membres
265 critiques
4
11 Members
Rtrace, FAMeulstee, ulee_g, sturlington, elkiedee, alex68, zmeischa, ahef1963, quondame, FleetSparrow, jeancotchin,Jannes
7
Mrs Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,755 membres
332 critiques
3.9
9 Members
Rtrace, charl08, FAMeulstee, ulee_g, susanbooks, alex68, zmeischa, ahef1963, jeancotchin
8
L'importance d'être Constant
de Oscar Wilde
10,811 membres
178 critiques
4.2
8 Members
reesetee, mysanal, Heather39, susanbooks, ahef1963, quondame, bonchcronch, Bking150
9
Le Puits de solitude
de Radclyffe Hall
2,729 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.4
8 Members
richardderus, reesetee, Jannes, dianeham, FleetSparrow, jeancotchin, bonchcronch, Stefcxjo
10
The Charioteer
de Mary Renault
1,120 membres
34 critiques
4.1
7 Members
ablachly, queen_ypolita, DouglasAtEik, amanda4242, Heather39, Tosta, FleetSparrow
Explications
amanda4242: Renault is best remembered for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece, but I really like this one set shortly after Dunkirk.
11
Adieu à Berlin
de Christopher Isherwood
2,116 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
7 Members
richardderus, Rtrace, Jannes, FAMeulstee, elkiedee, alex68, quondame
12
Un autre pays
de James Baldwin
2,952 membres
41 critiques
4.1
6 Members
karenb, queen_ypolita, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda, Bking150, Stefcxjo
13
Desert of the Heart
de Jane Rule
615 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
Aquila, karenb, queen_ypolita, reesetee, thorold, jeancotchin
14
Rubyfruit Jungle
de Rita Mae Brown
3,251 membres
59 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
richardderus, reesetee, ahef1963, tommi180744, quondame, FleetSparrow, jeancotchin, bonchcronch,karenb ,dianeham
Explications
karenb : Published after 1969 (1973)
15
Le Bois de la nuit
de Djuna Barnes
3,140 membres
58 critiques
½ 3.5
6 Members
karenb, charl08, alex68, dianeham, quondame, FleetSparrow
16
Autobiographie d'Alice Toklas
de Gertrude Stein
2,708 membres
44 critiques
½ 3.6
5 Members
hipdeep, alex68, ahef1963, dianeham, jeancotchin
17
Babel 17
de Samuel R. Delany
2,661 membres
85 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
Rtrace, mysanal, amanda4242, sturlington, aspirit, bonchcronch
Explications
aspirit: Pub 1966. | Queer main character written by an openly gay author.
18
Imre: A Memorandum
de Edward Prime-Stevenson
72 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
5 Members
richardderus, Heather39, RCharronJD, FleetSparrow, Bking150
19
Les domaines hantés
de Truman Capote
2,566 membres
50 critiques
3.8
5 Members
sturlington, katemcangus, walterhpdx, ManWithAnAgenda, bonchcronch
20
Poèmes et Fragments
de Sappho
556 membres
10 critiques
4
6 Members
Aquila, mysanal, Dilara86, AbigailAdams26, jeancotchin, Bking150,themulhern
Explications
themulhern : No internal or historical evidence that Sappho was actually gay. The sort of poetry she wrote was conventionally written by lyric poets of her time.
21
Carmilla
de Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2,930 membres
134 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
Rtrace, Heather39, ahef1963, FleetSparrow, DoomLuz
22
La Chatte sur un toit brulant
de Tennessee Williams
2,966 membres
32 critiques
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, mysanal, zmeischa, ahef1963
23
Thérèse et Isabelle
de Violette Leduc
215 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
reesetee, Dilara86, Longcluse
24
The City and the Pillar {original}
de Gore Vidal
195 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
4 Members
Proclus, Rtrace, castel15, FleetSparrow
25
The Lost Weekend
de Charles Jackson
502 membres
11 critiques
4
3 Members
EMoore1013, walterhpdx, aspirit
Explications
aspirit: Pub. 1944 | Bisexual author's first novel, fictionalizing his real struggles with alcoholism and sexuality.
26
The Microcosm
de Maureen Duffy
72 membres
½ 3.7
3 Members
7sistersapphist, arachnepress, jeancotchin
27
CITY OF NIGHT
de John Rechy
1,027 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
Proclus, SomeGuyInVirginia, ManWithAnAgenda
28
Howl and Other Poems
de Allen Ginsberg
5,595 membres
67 critiques
4
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, mysanal, bonchcronch
29
Un homme au singulier
de Christopher Isherwood
2,237 membres
85 critiques
4
3 Members
Proclus, richardderus, katemcangus
30
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles
de Ann Bannon
130 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
karenb, reesetee, bonchcronch
31
Queer
de William S. Burroughs
1,729 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
Proclus, Stefcxjo
32
De profundis
de Oscar Wilde
1,652 membres
24 critiques
4
2 Members
hipdeep, -Pia-
33
De Profundis and Other Writings
de Oscar Wilde
690 membres
6 critiques
4.1
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, wester
34
Mémoires d'Hadrien
de Marguerite Yourcenar
5,488 membres
125 critiques
4.1
2 Members
richardderus, Tosta
35
Sodom and Gomorrah
de Marcel Proust
2,627 membres
39 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
FAMeulstee, amydross
36
Unnatural Death
de Dorothy L. Sayers
3,191 membres
84 critiques
3.8
2 Members
themulhern, ahef1963
37
Les lunettes d'or et autres histoires de Ferrare
de Giorgio Bassani
361 membres
8 critiques
3.8
2 Members
FAMeulstee, alex68
38
Aubade
de Kenneth Martin
91 membres
1 critique
½ 3.4
2 Members
Proclus, queen_ypolita
39
The Child Manuela: A Novel
de Christa Winsloe
77 membres
1 critique
3.8
2 Members
thorold, AbigailAdams26
40
The Last of the Wine
de Mary Renault
1,676 membres
25 critiques
4.1
2 Members
DouglasAtEik, quondame
41
Christopher et son monde
de Christopher Isherwood
805 membres
11 critiques
3.8
2 Members
arachnepress, Stefcxjo
42
Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
de Robert Graves
3,719 membres
65 critiques
4
2 Members
pamelad, ahef1963
43
La Mort à Venise
de Thomas Mann
5,374 membres
104 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
FAMeulstee, quondame
44
Querelle de Brest
de Jean Genet
950 membres
12 critiques
3.8
2 Members
richardderus, DouglasAtEik
45
Poèmes
de C.P. Cavafy
1,810 membres
26 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, gtross
Explications
gtross: Probably the best known body of gay verse in any language. Not every poem in the "Complete" Cavafy is on a gay theme, but his homoerotic verse is justifiably famous.
46
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 1: I Know My Own Heart
de Anne Lister
351 membres
10 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Aquila, susanbooks
47
The Friendly Young Ladies
de Mary Renault
360 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
queen_ypolita, arachnepress
48
The Gay Ones
de Eve Linkletter
10 membres
1 critique
3
2 Members
SomeGuyInVirginia, bonchcronch
49
Against the Law
de Peter Wildeblood
94 membres
3 critiques
3.9
2 Members
queen_ypolita, arachnepress
50
Journal du voleur
de Jean Genet
1,497 membres
5 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Proclus, bonchcronch
51
Confession d'un masque
de Yukio Mishima
2,609 membres
42 critiques
3.8
2 Members
amanda4242, alex68
52
The Children's Hour
de Lillian Hellman
487 membres
6 critiques
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, reesetee
53
Billy Budd, marin
de Herman Melville
2,641 membres
53 critiques
½ 3.3
2 Members
hipdeep, quondame
54
Poussière
de Rosamond Lehmann
476 membres
13 critiques
3.8
2 Members
amanda4242, arachnepress,karenb
Explications
karenb : Published after 1969 (2017)
amanda4242: Published in 1927.
55
Sept contes gothiques
de Isak Dinesen
2,407 membres
32 critiques
4
Member
gtross
Explications
gtross: Published 1934. Two of the stories ("The Roads Round Pisa" and "The Monkey") explicitly thematize queer sexualities, and most of the rest inventively treat the same.
56
Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs
de Jean Genet
1,832 membres
13 critiques
3.9
Member
Proclus
57
The Evenings
de Gerard Reve
1,328 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Nicole_VanK
58
Mademoiselle de Maupin
de Théophile Gautier
630 membres
14 critiques
3.8
Member
aspirit
Explications
aspirit: Pub. 1835
59
The Folded Leaf
de William Maxwell
519 membres
14 critiques
4
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
60
The Life to Come: And Other Stories
de E. M. Forster
508 membres
3 critiques
4
Member
noveltea
61
Summer Will Show
de Sylvia Townsend Warner
496 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
iamFOXFIRE
62
Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal
de J. R. Ackerley
437 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
pamelad
63
Rue de la Miséricorde (Bom-Crioulo)
de Adolfo Caminha
126 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
LakenElizabeth
64
The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of Shiraz
de Aleister Crowley
50 membres
3.8
Member
paradoxosalpha
65
Live Oak, with Moss
de Walt Whitman
44 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
Member
Heather39
66
Sam
de Lonnie Coleman
39 membres
1 critique
½ 4.5
Member
richardderus
67
The Girls of Radcliff Hall
de Lord Berners
13 membres
Member
AbigailAdams26
68
De ienlike wei
de G. Lootsma-Smidstra
1 utilisateur
Member
Rommert
69
Le Satyricon
de Petronius Arbiter
3,504 membres
34 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
amydross
70
The Mask of Apollo
de Mary Renault
1,375 membres
22 critiques
4
Member
themulhern
71
La Confusion des sentiments
de Stefan Zweig
723 membres
21 critiques
4
Member
gtross
Explications
gtross: Unrequited homosexual love story, between a male professor and his male student.
72
Jeunes femmes en uniforme
de Tereska Torrès
149 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
iamFOXFIRE
73
The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt
de Louis Couperus
110 membres
3.1
Member
Rommert
74
Despised and Rejected
de A. T. Fitzroy
91 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
queen_ypolita
75
Killer in Drag
de Ed Wood Jr.
77 membres
2 critiques
½ 2.4
Member
EMoore1013
76
Vrouw en vriend
de Anna Blaman
74 membres
½ 3.5
Member
EMS_24
77
Régiment de femmes
de Clemence Dane
57 membres
3.9
Member
AbigailAdams26
78
Look Down in Mercy
de Walter Baxter
43 membres
2 critiques
3.8
Member
amanda4242
79
Precious and Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890–1918
de Lizzie Ehrenhalt
19 membres
Member
aspirit
Explications
aspirit: Published a century later but ~2/3 of the book consists of the letters from 1890 into 1918
80
Chorus of Witches
de Paul Buckland
17 membres
3.8
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
81
The Stone Wall: An Autobiography
de Mary Casal
10 membres
Member
7sistersapphist
82
Alexandre, Tome 1 : Le feu du ciel
de Mary Renault
2,216 membres
30 critiques
3.9
Member
themulhern
83
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
de Siegfried Sassoon
694 membres
6 critiques
4
Member
pamelad
84
Olivia
de Dorothy Bussy
412 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
iamFOXFIRE
85
La flamme vaincue
de Radclyffe Hall
262 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
susanbooks
86
Death of a Transvestite
de Ed Wood Jr.
93 membres
1 critique
3
Member
EMoore1013
87
Ermyntrude et Esmeralda
de Lytton Strachey
46 membres
2 critiques
4.1
Member
amanda4242
89
Mikaël
de Herman Bang
20 membres
4.1
Member
aspirit
Explications
aspirit: Pub. 1902
90
The Apple of the Eye
de Glenway Wescott
11 membres
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
Männliche Prostitution im kaiserlichen Berlin
de Hans Ostwald
10 membres
Member
Rommert
92
Claudine à l'école / Claudine s'en va / La maison de Claudine
de Colette
4 membres
Member
arachnepress
93
Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
de Nigel Nicolson
1,239 membres
18 critiques
4
Member
susanbooks
94
Myra Breckinridge
de Gore Vidal
973 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
95
Le pur et l'impur
de Colette
651 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
iamFOXFIRE
96
Le cycle de Mapp et Lucia
de E. F. Benson
542 membres
20 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
pamelad
97
Le Temple
de Stephen Spender
371 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
98
Lysis; Phaedrus; Symposium
de Plato
185 membres
2 critiques
3.8
Member
paradoxosalpha
99
Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965
de Katherine V. Forrest
173 membres
3 critiques
3.8
Member
karenb
100
Korte arabesken
de Louis Couperus
63 membres
1 critique
3.2
Member
Rommert