queer classics recommendations 🫶

[eyela]

does anyone know any books queer classics (like maurice and the secret history) 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[Ilo]

carmilla! it's sapphic vampires and supposedly the inspiration for dracula. i haven't read it yet, but it's on my autumn tbr :)

[Ella⟢]

Annie on My Mind, published in 1982! About two girls who are best friends who fall in love. Haven’t read it yet but I’m dying to get my hands on it <3 and ofc Giovanni’s Room which was written in 1956 and centers around a gay man, so I’d say that’s pretty classic and queer lol

[Emma]

ilo wrote: "carmilla! it's sapphic vampires and supposedly the inspiration for dracula. i haven't read it yet, but it's on my autumn tbr :)"

yes!! Carmilla is amazing I love it so much. one of my favorite books and it has such cool drawings in it

[persephone]

giovannis room by baldwin is probably the best queer classic imo, confessions of a mask by mishima too, & carmilla ofc

[noémie]

the picture of dorian gray isn't explicitly gay (i mean it kinda is, but not really), but it was used as proof agaisnt oscar wilde when he was tried for homosexuality, so take that as you will