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 ,

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Loved by 4 people

Rubyfruit Jungle

By Rita Mae Brown ,

Loved by 2 people

And the Band Played on

By Randy Shilts ,

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Loved by 2 people

Tales of the City

By Armistead Maupin ,

Loved by 2 people

Swordspoint

By Ellen Kushner ,

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Loved by 2 people

Magic's Pawn

By Mercedes Lackey ,

Loved by 1 person

The Door Into Fire

By Diane Duane ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

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 ,

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

Loved by 1 person

The Ladies of Missalonghi

By Colleen McCullough ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Loved by 1 person

The Well of Loneliness

By Radclyffe Hall ,

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

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 ,

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

The Jack of Hearts Murders

By Kate Haley ,

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

The Jack of Hearts Murders

By Kate Haley ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Quick Bright Things

By Michael Golding ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

By Andy Darby ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

The Jack of Hearts Murders

By Kate Haley ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

The Quicksand Theatre Company

By Molly Ringle ,

What Rides at Night

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

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

The Birthright of Sons

By Jefferey Spivey ,

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

Quick Bright Things

Beautiful and Terrible Things

Rubyfruit Jungle

And the Band Played on

Books from our members

Quick Bright Things

Beautiful and Terrible Things

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

Tales of the City

Swordspoint

Books from our members

Quick Bright Things

Beautiful and Terrible Things

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

Agents of Secrets & Lies

Magic's Pawn

The Door Into Fire

Books from our members

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

Agents of Secrets & Lies

Books from our members

Quick Bright Things

Beautiful and Terrible Things

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

Agents of Secrets & Lies

Servant

All Passion Spent

Too Much Flesh and Jabez

The Time of the Doves

The Beverly Malibu

Books from our members

Quick Bright Things

Beautiful and Terrible Things

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

Agents of Secrets & Lies

Servant

Night Terminus

That First Heady Burn

The Ladies of Missalonghi

Books from our members

Agents of Secrets & Lies

Servant

Night Terminus

The Well of Loneliness

Books from our members

Servant

Night Terminus

The Lost Language of Cranes

A Visitation of Spirits

The Swimming-Pool Library

Ice Blues

Books from our members

Servant

Night Terminus

That First Heady Burn

The Jack of Hearts Murders

Books from our members

Quick Bright Things

Beautiful and Terrible Things

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

Agents of Secrets & Lies

Servant

Night Terminus

That First Heady Burn

The Jack of Hearts Murders

Serpent Visions

War and Preservation

Books from our members

Quick Bright Things

Beautiful and Terrible Things

The Blade in the Angel's Shadow

Agents of Secrets & Lies

Servant