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 ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The Switch

By April McCloud ,

Loved by 4 people

Rubyfruit Jungle

By Rita Mae Brown ,

Loved by 2 people

And the Band Played on

By Randy Shilts ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The Switch

By April McCloud ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Loved by 2 people

Tales of the City

By Armistead Maupin ,

Loved by 2 people

Swordspoint

By Ellen Kushner ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The Switch

By April McCloud ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

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 ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The Switch

By April McCloud ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Rescue Me

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins ,

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 ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The Switch

By April McCloud ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Rescue Me

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Loved by 1 person

The Ladies of Missalonghi

By Colleen McCullough ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Rescue Me

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

Loved by 1 person

The Well of Loneliness

By Radclyffe Hall ,

Rescue Me

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

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 ,

Rescue Me

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

The Quicksand Theatre Company

By Molly Ringle ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The Switch

By April McCloud ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Rescue Me

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

The Quicksand Theatre Company

By Molly Ringle ,

The Jack of Hearts Murders

By Kate Haley ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

Lightning Strike Blues

By Gayleen Froese ,

The Switch

By April McCloud ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Rescue Me

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins ,

Agents of Secrets & Lies

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

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

The Quicksand Theatre Company

By Molly Ringle ,

The Jack of Hearts Murders

By Kate Haley ,

That First Heady Burn

By George Bixley ,

Swimming with Lord Byron

By William Kuhn ,

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme

By Mari SanGiovanni ,

What Rides at Night

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

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

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

Lightning Strike Blues

The Switch

Rubyfruit Jungle

And the Band Played on

Books from our members

Lightning Strike Blues

The Switch

Performance Anxiety

Tales of the City

Swordspoint

Books from our members

Lightning Strike Blues

The Switch

Performance Anxiety

Serpent Visions

Magic's Pawn

The Door Into Fire

Books from our members

Performance Anxiety

Serpent Visions

Books from our members

Lightning Strike Blues

The Switch

Performance Anxiety

Serpent Visions

Rescue Me

All Passion Spent

Too Much Flesh and Jabez

The Time of the Doves

The Beverly Malibu

Books from our members

Lightning Strike Blues

The Switch

Performance Anxiety

Serpent Visions

Rescue Me

Agents of Secrets & Lies

War and Preservation

The Ladies of Missalonghi

Books from our members

Serpent Visions

Rescue Me

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Well of Loneliness

Books from our members

Rescue Me

Agents of Secrets & Lies

The Lost Language of Cranes

A Visitation of Spirits

The Swimming-Pool Library

Ice Blues

Books from our members

Rescue Me

Agents of Secrets & Lies

War and Preservation

The Quicksand Theatre Company

Books from our members

Lightning Strike Blues

The Switch

Performance Anxiety

Serpent Visions

Rescue Me

Agents of Secrets & Lies

War and Preservation

The Quicksand Theatre Company

The Jack of Hearts Murders

That First Heady Burn

Books from our members

Lightning Strike Blues

The Switch

Performance Anxiety

Serpent Visions

Rescue Me