Best books with gay/lesbian characters

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Tales Of The City
1.  Tales Of The City by Armistead Maupin
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  "A great feelgood book about friendship and relationships in general"
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The Berlin Novels: "Mr Norris Changes Trains", "Goodbye to Berlin"
2.  The Berlin Novels: "Mr Norris Changes Trains", "Goodbye to Berlin" by Christopher Isherwood
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  "Captures the feel of another time and place.  Basis for the film Cabaret"
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A Boy's Own Story (Picador Books)
3.  A Boy's Own Story (Picador Books) by Edmund White
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  "An early classic. One of the first books I read with a gay theme."
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Memoirs of Hadrian: And Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  Memoirs of Hadrian: And Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (Penguin Modern Classics) by Marguerite Yourcenar
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  "Historic, without being boring.  I cannot figure it out."
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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder (Essential Penguin)
5.  Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder (Essential Penguin) by Evelyn Waugh
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  "a masterpiece"
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Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
6.  Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing by May Sarton
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  "a quiet novel about a woman reflecting upon her past"
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Penguin Modern Classics) by Carson McCullers
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  "Member of the Wedding ain't too shabby either"
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The City And The Pillar
8.  The City And The Pillar by Gore Vidal
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  "Yes, Myra Breckenridge is funnier"
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Was
9.  Was by Geoff Ryman
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  "Tracks down the real Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz"
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The Hours
10.  The Hours by Michael Cunningham
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  "I don't know how many people have said, I don't understand this! Three women in alternating chapters.  Duh!"
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
11.  The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
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  "Everything he writes is excellent"
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Father Of Frankenstein
12.  Father Of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
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  "Basis for the film Gods and Monsters"
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Brokeback Mountain
13.  Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
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  "Soon to be a major motion picture."
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The Well of Loneliness (Virago Modern Classics)
14.  The Well of Loneliness (Virago Modern Classics) by Radclyffe Hall
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  "Don't be lesbian without it!"
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Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics)
15.  Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin
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  "Another must read."
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Maurice (Penguin Modern Classics)
16.  Maurice (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. M. Forster
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  "A must read"
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An Arrow's Flight
17.  An Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis
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  "Love in the time of Achilles"
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The Color Purple
18.  The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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  "Read it, if you haven't read it already"
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Bastard Out of Carolina
19.  Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
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  "It's not like The Waltons"
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The Front Runner
20.  The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren
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  "There has not been another novel like it.  Ground-breaking, considering when it was written."
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Funny Boy: A Novel in Six Stories
21.  Funny Boy: A Novel in Six Stories by Shyam Selvadurai
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  "Coming of age in Sri Lanka"
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Rubyfruit Jungle
22.  Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
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  "Written before she became Catwoman"
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Dancer from the Dance
23.  Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran
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  "Read it a long, long time ago.  Don't remember it, but it belongs to the ABCs of gay lit"
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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
24.  Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
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  "Young lesbian girl gets beaten up by Christian parents"
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