Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
22nd out of 779 books — 3,257 voters
Spring Snow by Yukio MishimaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio MishimaConfessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaRunaway Horses by Yukio Mishima
The Best of Yukio Mishima
4th out of 23 books — 76 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese Literature
18th out of 311 books — 389 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
126th out of 2,703 books — 3,918 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
84th out of 826 books — 1,151 voters
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
107th out of 1,925 books — 2,214 voters

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu MiaojinLast Words from Montmartre by Qiu MiaojinConfessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaLie With Me by Philippe BessonIf Not, Winter by Sappho
LGBTQ literature in English translation
3rd out of 253 books — 65 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
81st out of 452 books — 776 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Writers who committed suicide
47th out of 538 books — 291 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
18th out of 513 books — 148 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuShōgun by James Clavell
Japanese Fiction
48th out of 416 books — 335 voters
Battle Royale by Koushun TakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese Books That Are Not Manga
33rd out of 257 books — 191 voters

Maurice by E.M. ForsterBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeA Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Classic Gay Male Literature
39th out of 287 books — 163 voters
The Republic by PlatoThe Decline of the West by Oswald SpenglerThe Camp of the Saints by Jean RaspailRide the Tiger by Julius EvolaIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John Kaczynski
/lit/ guide to right wing literature
18th out of 119 books — 37 voters

The Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Fall by Albert CamusHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Better Than Food Books
8th out of 210 books — 41 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
9712th out of 78,609 books — 292,903 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cult Classics
620th out of 1,576 books — 2,152 voters
Yakuza Pride by H.J. BruesDirty Kiss by Rhys FordDirty Secret by Rhys FordMikey and the Chickadee by Kid BoiseDirty Laundry by Rhys Ford
Gay Asian Books
8th out of 115 books — 86 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
47th out of 237 books — 174 voters
Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinTales of the City by Armistead MaupinMaurice by E.M. ForsterDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Gay Novels From Before 1990
9th out of 227 books — 19 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
FSU /lit/-core Race of 2015
86th out of 100 books — 11 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Price of Salt by Claire  Morgan
Queer Lit & Queer Writers Before 2000
11th out of 115 books — 26 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPOENA DAMNI by Dimitris LyacosThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiBlindness by José SaramagoThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Translated Books Project
34th out of 524 books — 74 voters
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
An Unusual Japanese Book List
37th out of 223 books — 180 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
1789th out of 7,874 books — 49,838 voters
Maurice by E.M. ForsterGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinDeath in Venice by Thomas MannNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Publishing Triangle 100 Best Gay and Lesbian Books
15th out of 100 books — 13 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
100 MUST-READ BOOKS BY QUEER AUTHORS
23rd out of 100 books — 33 voters
HomoAmerican - The Secret Society by Michael K. DaneYou Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsFun Home by Alison BechdelBoy Erased by Garrard Conley
Best Gay Memoirs
16th out of 209 books — 100 voters

The Last Concubine by Catt FordThe Great Mirror of Male Love by Saikaku IharaFall of a State by Kate CotonerOver the Mountain of the Moon by Reiko MorganFarewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee
Gay Fiction: East Asian Historical
6th out of 42 books — 18 voters
Everything by Simon Price1984 by George OrwellThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Stranger by Albert Camus
The Ultimate Manic Street Preachers Reading List
18th out of 118 books — 22 voters

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