The best queer books of 1980s (chosen by queer authors)

Loved by 28 people

The Left Hand of Darkness

By Ursula K. Le Guin ,

Loved by 15 people

Giovanni's Room

By James Baldwin ,

Loved by 10 people

Brideshead Revisited

By Evelyn Waugh ,

Loved by 6 people

The Persian Boy

By Mary Renault ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

By Michael Wombat , Victoria Pearson , Lisa Shambrook , Miranda Kate

The Piano in the Tree

By Jo Havens ,

Loved by 4 people

Rubyfruit Jungle

By Rita Mae Brown ,

Loved by 2 people

And the Band Played on

By Randy Shilts ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

By Michael Wombat , Victoria Pearson , Lisa Shambrook , Miranda Kate

The Piano in the Tree

By Jo Havens ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Loved by 2 people

Tales of the City

By Armistead Maupin ,

Loved by 2 people

Swordspoint

By Ellen Kushner ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

By Michael Wombat , Victoria Pearson , Lisa Shambrook , Miranda Kate

The Piano in the Tree

By Jo Havens ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Loved by 2 people

Magic's Pawn

By Mercedes Lackey ,

Loved by 1 person

The Door Into Fire

By Diane Duane ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

By Michael Wombat , Victoria Pearson , Lisa Shambrook , Miranda Kate

The Piano in the Tree

By Jo Havens ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Loved by 1 person

All Passion Spent

By Vita Sackville-West ,

Loved by 1 person

Too Much Flesh and Jabez

By Coleman Dowell ,

Loved by 1 person

The Time of the Doves

By Mercè Rodoreda , David H. Rosenthal (translator) ,

Loved by 1 person

The Beverly Malibu

By Katherine V. Forrest ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

By Michael Wombat , Victoria Pearson , Lisa Shambrook , Miranda Kate

The Piano in the Tree

By Jo Havens ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

Loved by 1 person

The Ladies of Missalonghi

By Colleen McCullough ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

Loved by 1 person

The Well of Loneliness

By Radclyffe Hall ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

Loved by 1 person

The Lost Language of Cranes

By David Leavitt ,

Loved by 1 person

A Visitation of Spirits

By Randall Kenan ,

Loved by 1 person

The Swimming-Pool Library

By Alan Hollinghurst ,

Loved by 1 person

Ice Blues

By Richard Stevenson ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

What Rides at Night

By Summer Jewel Keown (editor), Elly Blue (editor),

Agents of Secrets & Lies

By Michael Wombat , Victoria Pearson , Lisa Shambrook , Miranda Kate

The Piano in the Tree

By Jo Havens ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

What Rides at Night

By Summer Jewel Keown (editor), Elly Blue (editor),

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme

By Mari SanGiovanni ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

By Michael Wombat , Victoria Pearson , Lisa Shambrook , Miranda Kate

The Piano in the Tree

By Jo Havens ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

What Rides at Night

By Summer Jewel Keown (editor), Elly Blue (editor),

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme

By Mari SanGiovanni ,

The Jack of Hearts Murders

By Kate Haley ,

The Quicksand Theatre Company

By Molly Ringle ,

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The best queer books of the 1980s

The books our community loved the most.

The Left Hand of Darkness

Giovanni's Room

Brideshead Revisited

The Persian Boy

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Piano in the Tree

Rubyfruit Jungle

And the Band Played on

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Piano in the Tree

Performance Anxiety

Tales of the City

Swordspoint

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Piano in the Tree

Performance Anxiety

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Magic's Pawn

The Door Into Fire

Books from our members

Performance Anxiety

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Piano in the Tree

Performance Anxiety

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Night Terminus

All Passion Spent

Too Much Flesh and Jabez

The Time of the Doves

The Beverly Malibu

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Piano in the Tree

Performance Anxiety

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Night Terminus

Swimming with Lord Byron

That First Heady Burn

The Ladies of Missalonghi

Books from our members

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Night Terminus

Swimming with Lord Byron

The Well of Loneliness

Books from our members

Night Terminus

Swimming with Lord Byron

The Lost Language of Cranes

A Visitation of Spirits

The Swimming-Pool Library

Ice Blues

Books from our members

Night Terminus

Swimming with Lord Byron

That First Heady Burn

What Rides at Night

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Piano in the Tree

Performance Anxiety

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Night Terminus

Swimming with Lord Byron

That First Heady Burn

What Rides at Night

Serpent Visions

Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Piano in the Tree

Performance Anxiety

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Night Terminus