20 queer literature recommendations
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idk if someone already did that but here are the books lady dakota mentioned:
1. "On earth we're briefly gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong + Vuong's other work
2. "Heartstopper" by Alice Oseman
3. "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu
4. "The song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller
5. "Call me by your name" by André Aciman
6. "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
7. "The picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde
8. "The perks of being a wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
9. "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides
10. "Paul takes the form of a mortal girl" by Andrea Lawlor
11. "Giovanni's room" by James Baldwin
13. "Bad gays" by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller
14. "The color purple" by Alice Walker
15. Sappho's poems
16. "C+nto & other poems" by Joelle Taylor
17. Allen Ginsberg's poems
18. "The secret history" by Donna Tartt
19. "Paradise Rot" by Jenny Hvai
you are an angel thank you so much
@@lt28maja you're welcome
Hi I don’t know if this spelling was intentional but for #11 the book is called Giovanni’s Room :)
@@leemonade7211 thank you :))
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A Starless Sea is a confusing mess of a novel about a library scattered across time, written gorgeously by Erin Morgenstern, which includes a gay love story between the main character and a man he meets along the surreal adventure he goes on. A rec for anyone looking for queer romance without the focus being solely on romance
This is such a beautiful written book oh my god. Erin Morgenstern is amazing ❤
oh my god i absolutely loved this book
This book is so good. I read it online and just had to get a physical copy because the imagery and plot are woven together so elegantly
Adding all of these to my tbr!! Here are some of my fav queer books:
- To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger (horror, wlw)
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (wlw, nonbinary rep)
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (wlw)
- Blue Is the Warmest Color by Jul Maroh (graphic novel, wlw)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (mlm)
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca (horror, wlw)
- She of the Mountains (novel); God Loves Hair (short stories); I'm Afraid of Men (memoir) by Vivek Shraya
- Taproot by Keezy Young (graphic novel)
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power (wlw)
one of my favourite queer reads is the price of salt by patricia highsmith (written in 1953). it was often regarded as the first mainstream lesbian love story with a happy ending.
the happy ending part is such a spoiler, kills the tension at the end!! I was so on edge until the last page - fave wlw read!!
I recommend Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski. It has the same feel as Call Me by Your Name but without the obsessive+grooming bits(although people should check its trigger warnings too). It's realistic, mature and emotional gay historical fiction that needs more love 🌈
It's one of my favourite books ever!! It's so beautifully written too♡
yes it’s so good !
I love it too 😍 (also the cover is gorgeous)
Omg i love this book sm it’s so beautifully written, I never hear ppl talk about it enough!
i'm reading loveless by alice oseman right now,, and as an aroace myself, i find it to be a very comforting read, like a big warm hug that i never knew i craved so badly
i just finished reading it, it’s soooo good. i personally relate to pip the most:D
Yes same!! 💜💜💜
Fellow aroace here - thats such a good description of how Loveless feels!
I adore that book so so much! Im not aro ace but could relate to Georgia in many ways
I read it recently and honestly that is the best way to describe Alice Oseman as an author!
I love that the first recommendation was Vuong! I absolutely adore his ambitious style and structure-I really think he has quite a radical rethinking of what a novel (or poem for that matter) can be.
I almost think it is a disservice to call ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ a piece of queer literature because of its incredible range and depth.
Such an amazing writer, he really deserves the first mention.
i always get sad during pride month for so many reasons, so any chance i can get to get lost into queer literature, i will gladly take. ty for all the recs!!
Definitely recommend My Policeman, told from the joint perspectives of a woman in 50s Brighton and her husband’s lover. Some scenes are so visually stunning, some are full of devastation and gaslighting and shame.
this channel brings me so much joy, thank you Dakota for curing my book burnout
I love the work of Audre Lorde. Her biomythography "Zami A New Spelling of my Name" is excellent, and Norton just put out an anthology of a number of her essays and poems, with an introduction by Roxanne Gay.
YES YES YES!! i cant express how excited i was to see not only a dakota upload but one about QUEER LITERATURE?!?! amazing. hope you are doing well and enjoying Paris and pride!
I am just finishing up reading Gentleman Jack, the inspiration for the tv series. Anne Lister was a businesswoman, a regency landowner, a seducer of women, a cheater (much less cool than the other stuff, but true) and a forever learner. Her diaries written in secret code were almost destroyed upon being deciphered at the end of the 19th century, because of the "very unsavory" content. She had no shame in who she was. She made it seem like everyone was gay in her time.
"The girls liked me
& had always liked me.
I had never been refused by anyone."
Anne Lister, 13 November 1816
Hi Dakota! We've never met but I just wanted to thank you, so much for existing! I am immensely grateful for your content - I love you!
maurice by e.m forster is my absolute favourite book in the whole entire world, i couldn't recommend it enough
I watched the film again today and I'm still feeling it 😭😭❤️❤️ this comment made me very happy 🥺🌹
@@oopsgirl44 the film is so gorgeous, such a beautiful adaptation, it captured the emotions of the book so perfectly in my opinion. so happy that you enjoyed it, on my initial watch the feelings of the movie lingered with me for days and days
although it's a christmas story, I recommend "The Price of Salt" by Claire Morgan to anyone who is a fan of the movie "Carol" :)
isn't patricia highsmith the author of the price of salt?
@@sneshree i think she used claire morgan as a pseudonym for this book but it is indeed patricia highsmith !
i recommended the same book and just saw your comment :)
this is my fav outfit of yours in a youtube video i think. god bless dakota warren's fashion tastes
I was debating DMing you on tiktok to ask for queer poetry recs like 2 days ago lmao. Also the way your lipstick and sweater match is so aesthetically pleasing
This is perfect timing, I'm currently drunk eating pizza! Thank you for providing me with quality content
Cemetery boys, the seven husbands of Evelyn hugo, Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets to the universe, and autoboyography are my personal favorite lgbt books that aren’t mentioned here 🥰
Aristotle and Dante is SOOOo gooodddd I have to recommend too.
I just bought the sequel.☺️
Glad Ari & Dante isn’t mentioned since the second book is the most transphobic thing I’ve ever read, + all the biophobia through the whole series is freaking disgusting.
@@Isaacnoel54 yes I totally agree with the second book but I really like the first one. It’s my beautiful childhood ‘cause it’s easy to read if you’re practicing English as foreigners.
@@Isaacnoel54 Wait wow what in the second book is transphobic and what is biophobic about the whole series? Cause I don't remember reading any of that but idk maybe I read over it for some reason. Could you please tell me because I would really like to know
wake up people the queen just posted a video. looking forward to reading them as always. thank you x
Unfortunately, I haven't read much queer literature, but I do recommend
"If We Were Villains". It is very similar to "The Secret History" and very gay lol. Happy pride month everyone! :)
If you liked those books you will probably like "these violent delights" by micah nemerever. it's dark academia and even gayer than if we were villains :p
stared at my book sobbing an hour straight after i finished it
yeees I second this, if we were villains is so great
i didn’t know that was gay omg i have it thank u
Thank you for doing a video with Jack! I am really happy I discovered your channel 😁 was in desperate need for queer recommendations
just found your yt channel after following u on tiktok for a while lol. i am definitely adding this to my tbr list.
happy pride everyone!!
i think it a privilege to be so familiar with your videos which is to say i definitely said "a voice that demands to be heard" in perfect chorus with you and enjoyed it immensely
I would highly recommend "Separate rooms" by Pier Vittorio Tondelli, it's a book about love, passion, separation and loss. Pier Vittorio Tondelli is also one of the most important Italian writers of the second half of the XX century!
Orlando by Virginia Woolf is very special to me, among other things because it’s one of the first books that I extensively researched and wrote about for an academic project - I also greatly enjoyed looking into the historical context, researching Woolf’s life and writing, reading her and Vita Sackville-West’s letters to each other, and so on. I think that’s one of the reasons I loved that experience so much and remember the book so well, because I really looked into the surrounding circumstances + it was also quite fascinating to read the letters and whatnot of real queer people from the past and then read their expression of queerness through their art. Thank you for your recommendations!
I'd recommend these violent delights by Micah Nemerever and The town of Babylon by Alejandro varela, both are rlly amazing imo and I truly enjoyed it, fav reads of 2022
More people need to read these violent delights 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
These violent delights is my favorite book!!
@@sofiamilla7809 yes, and Dakota would love it
LOVED these violent delights, i've been bullying everyone into reading it because it doesn't get enough love
@@angelacanedit as you should
Happy pride month lady dakota! Im new here and I absolutely adore your intro! Cant wait to see your recommendations i have been looking for new books to add to my wishlist,,have lots of fun in Paris living the mysterious author dream ha
I’m reading “The Hearts invisible Furies” by John Boyne. It’s about a man growing up gay in Ireland during the 1960’s when the Catholic Church was still very influential and it was illegal to be gay. I’ve not finished it yet but it’s a gorgeous book that I’ve not seen mentioned in many places but is very good.
I've been almost exclusively reading queer books lately! Here are some faves: anything written by Carmen Maria Machado, the woman is a genius. Milkfed by Melissa Broder, Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier, Sarahland by Sam Cohen, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson xx
Omggg I'm so happieee I was asking for queer book reccomendations when you posted a question sticker on ig and u made a whole video it makes me jump yeeee love you Dakota ❤️🤍
One of my favourite books I've ever read: This Is How You Lose The Time War. It's a sci-fi enemies-to--lovers lesbian romance told primarily through teasing letters between the two characters of warring factions in the aforementioned Time War. Their passionate love for each other slowly simmers until it erupts explosively, destructively, and it damn near made me cry which is quite the accomplishment. It's a little slow to get into at first because of its surprising linguistic complexity, but I'm sure watchers of this channel will enjoy it. Some of the most gorgeous prose I have ever read.
this perhaps may be my favorite list of books that lady dakota has curated for us yet.
these violent delights by micah nemerever would be right up your alley. (im not the best at summaries so ill just copy down a part of the summary i found in the amazon product description lol) its a dark academia novel surrounding “two college students, each with his own troubled past, whose escalating obsession with one another leads to an act of unspeakable violence.”
its absolutely captivating though make sure to check tws ofc
YES. This is what we want! I had a breakdown too dw except I fled to the south coast 🙃 I recommend a bit of non-fic for you all: Growing Up Queer in Australia (edited by Benjamin Law). It'll make you laugh, cry and feel far less alone.
radio silence is a wonderful book full of queer exploration, i found it very relatable. it is a young adult book but it made me smile, also a very quick read
Thanks so much for the recs! Here goes some of my faves:Memorial, Exciting Times, Everyone in this room will someday be dead, They never learn, she gets the girl, red white and royal blue, One last stop, i kissed shara wheeler, the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
If you love manga or graphic novels, please read "I Think Our Son Is Gay" by Okura. It is a heartwarming slice-of-life ish manga told from the perspective of a mother who suspects that her son might be gay (as the title says). I've finished the second volume yesterday and got so mad my library doesn't have the rest of the series 😤 in the 2nd volume it addresses this kind of gross, ignorant comment like, "you're too pretty to be gay, what a waste" which I don't think is talked about enough. A waste according to whose standard? Heteronormative standard?
all the books that Dakota has recommended
+ some queer Emily Dickinson poems
. Wild nights - Wild nights!
. we never know we go
. love is done when love's begun
. we cover thee, sweet face
. going to her!
. you love me, are you sure
. i have never seen volcanos
Happy Pride! A few of my recommendations and recent reads: How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann, Exodus 20:3 by Freydis Moon, Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman, Boy Parts by Eliza Clark, The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton, Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Things a Bright Girl Can Do, 100%! Dakota, you really remind me of the character Sadie towards the start of that book.
The stars and the blackness between them. One of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read with poetry in between.
Pride month just got so much better
I feel the EXACT same about the perks of being a wallflower. Thanks for spelling it out to me!
Thank you for your recommendations! "Carmilla" and some others are the next books on my shopping list, now!
I had seen the film The colour purple", but reading the book was a whirlwind of emotions.
I've recently read "Crimson" by Niviaq Korneliussen It is an incredible read, from the subject and the way it's written, too!
This is amazing coz im about to do a school project on queer literature, thank you so much, Lady Dakota
The Telegraph Club, One Last Stop, Who I Was With Her and, Red White and Royal Blue are a few great queer YA novels, the first detailing the asian-american, sapphic experience in the 50’s, the second a modern, moderately sci-fi story of two young women from different decades, the third one is sapphic and just kinda sad and the last is so well know i don’t even have to say anything
Red, White and Royal Blue and One Last Stop are not technically YA novels but if you're looking for a queer YA novel, Casey McQuiston (author of those two books) just wrote one called I Kissed Shara Wheeler. It was such a delight!! It just came out a month or so ago.
OMG u read my mind! I was literally thinking about this for ALL DAY and this video just appeared on the top of my recommendations. Happy Pride Month and happy reading 🤩
lie with me by Philippe Besson is really good and also very short. A man runs into the doppelganger of his first lover, and then reflects on his teenage years and his relationship with said boy
"Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe" is another queer book that i adore!
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!! 10/10 will stick with me for the rest of my life !
Yes yes yes!! Read the 2nd book last month and loved it
I recommend “Camilla and Laura” by SD Simper. Its a rewritten work of sheridan le fanu’s Camilla, but updated for a modern queer audience.
How have I never seen this video before?? I've watched all of your other videos and never seen this one before and it is lovely :))
The CZcams algorithm has a tendency to suppress videos with queer themes, bcs we can't have nice things 😑
I have literally never read anything as beautifull as Laura dicribing carmillas hair in that one scene
I looooove it so much
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera was such a beautiful read. The theme of knowing you are going to die on this very day is used in a situation that most people find themselves in at some point: falling in love with someone you just met. It’s not crazy or dramatic, but very intimate and tender as it chronicles two young boys sharing one last, very gay, day together.
I didn't even know I could love you even more. This video proved I can. Thank you❤
the way you described the song of achilles was just chef's kiss
I am currently reading "Confessions of the Fox" by Jordy Rosenberg and I highly recommend! It's a beautiful exploration of queer intimacy and trans identity :)
Young mungo and The house of impossible beauties would by my favourite queer reads. Young mungo is a queer story set in secterian scotland during the 90s, i would check the trigger warnings before reading. The house of impossible beauties is my favourite book, featuring the real life house of extravaganza we see a fictionalised version of their life together (with some things that actually happened to them added in) its beautiful and made me feel every emotion. Again i would check the tw
Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe is one of my FAVORITE books and it’s one of the gayest things I’ve ever read!
Ocean vuong specifically on earth we’re briefly gorgeous is I think one of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever come across,the most beautiful writer of our time I cant speak highly enough of him
Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell is probably my favorite queer book I've read in this year (or maybe it's tied with Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir). It's funny, insightful, and beautifully candid, all about a disabled gay man living in LA and working in television. Much like the author, himself. This is the book I'm recommending to everyone right now.
maurice by E.M. Forster
YES! dark academia gay classic
more dakota recs… happy pride month to me!!!!
happy pride month lady dakota
Right now I am reading a book called willa and hesper, do look up the trigger warning thing if you want to read it but, I haven’t even finished it and it so beautiful, I want to read it at all times and if I wasn’t so tired right now I would be. If you can read it you should anyone.
I definitely recommend -Annie On My Mind-, such a beautiful book and it has a lot of history behind it.
You should definitely read 'Notes of A Crocodile' by the Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin, if you haven't already. It's Asian queer literature set in the 1980s and It's absolutely remarkable. It examines things such as patriarchy, misogyny, homophobia, gender normativity and capitalism, yet it's witty and satire. As a sad queer teenage girl it was a very refreshing and also painful read. I only wish it would be more popular so we could get more translations than only english.
I haven't yet read Qui Miaojin's other book but I bet it's just as good!
HIGHLY recommend The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid) for the queer storyline... and slightly unrelated but The Chestnut Man (Søren Sveistrup) as another horror thriller given the theme of the channel heheh
'The dark interval' by Rilke is so so special!
I haven’t read the color purple but the movie had me sobbing the entire time. Definitely my all time favorite film. 😊
great video as always Lady Dakota, for anyone who wants some more queer stuff (especially the edgier stuff) my recommendations would be: The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis, Frisk by Dennis Cooper (super fucked up book but worth a read) and really anything by Chuck Palahniuk. He's gay but not a lot of his stuff is outright queer, but Fight Club is super homoerotic and Invisible Monsters has a trans protagonist! Rules of Attraction is also connected to The Secret History, and Tartt and Ellis are good pals.
You might like Edmund White, "Nocturnes for the King of Naples" and Andrew Holleran's "Dancer from the Dance". Also Holleran's lovely short story "In September The Light Changes". "Nocturnes", by the way is brilliantly surreal and dream-haunted.
Automatically adding these to my tbr 💯
If I might add to the recos--hoping you'll check out This is How You Lose the Time War (novella) & Postcolonial Love Poem (poetry) 💖
In addition to Heartstopper I reccomend Radio Silence and Loveless by Alice Oseman 🖤💜
I would be so curious to hear you review Milkfed 🥛
love being able to spot the picture of dorian gray from a miniscule picture, also thanks for including it because people either forget or don't know that it also falls under lgbt-novels
some of my queer fiction recommendations
we are okay is an absolute *chef's kiss* ~
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta is an excellent depiction of a young black boy going through his life, questioning his own identity & sexuality, finding the right group of people and what he truly wants to do in his life. What fascinated me the most about this is the writing style. Dean Atta magically tells the story through poems/a verse-like style. I couldn't recommend it enough.
happy pride month dakota!! i hope you enjoy paris
two books that I adored ever since I read them was dead dead girls by Nekesa Afia and a dowry of blood by s,t. Gibson. I think they were beautifully written.
Please read "Detransition, Baby" its sooooo good im obsessed
Great video!! 🥰 Here are some of my recs:
- A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson (polyamory + vampires + GORGEOUS prose)
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- Lore & Lust trilogy by Karla Nikole (a fun, sexy vampire story)
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (SO heartwarming!!)
- novellas by Nghi Vo and Zen Cho
- Captive Prince trilogy by C.S. Pacat (❗️problematic, dark romance, you’ll see why if you read the synopsis lol)
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (YA)
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA)
aaand of course:
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
I will always be a Captive Prince apologist
For all the Brazilians in Dakota's comment section: Têm um livro muito bom que eu li que chama "Garota, Mulher Outras," escrito pela autora Bernardine Evaristo. Ele explora temas como identidade, raça, e sexualidade, contando várias histórias do ponto de vista de personagens diferentes. Eu recomendo muuuuuito pra quem quer um livro sáfico muito bem escrito.
obrigada!:)
Vlw♡
Anotado!
I'm currently reading Bernardine Evaristo's Mr Loverman and it's brilliant! It narrates the story of closeted gay Caribbean Barry as life goes on from his 20s to his 70s and it's just brilliant because you sort of hate him (because he's so conservative on so many topics) but you still get very attached to him!
Last night at the telegraph club, one last stop, red, white and royal blue and seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo are some of my faves not mentioned here!!!
"It Looks Like This" by Rafi Mittlefehldt is a contemporary read that personally absolutely shattered me. There's a lot of heavy and triggering topics depicted though, which I would be careful with as it may be upsetting to some, but I think it really touches on the grim reality that some queer people are facing with lack of support from their loved ones. It doesn't have a happy ending, but god is it emotional.
You are literally so freaking adorable
"Bronze Age Mindset" by BAP is probably the greatest queer book I've read in a while, many thanks
Three books that trend more to literary classics are The Price of Salt, Winter's Love, and A Single Man.
If you're looking for something that could scratch that gothic horror itch maybe try Yellow Jessamine (though it is set in a fantasy world, not a contemporary one).
Thank you for so many recommendations! I loved Carmilla as well! A couple that I have read recently that I think you'd enjoy is Lie With Me by Philippe Besson and Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Lie With Me is a pretty short book and it is about an author who reflects on his whirlwind romance with another boy when he was a teen. It is reflective and sweet, but also has a lot of yearning and quiet devastation. Our Wives Under the Sea has a dual POV where we see one woman deal with her wife's return from her deep sea mission that goes wrong. Then her wife's POV with what happens in her mission plus the aftermath... the only word I can describe is claustrophobic, but it is so well written!
@@nataliabmachado i have never heard anybody else talk about lie with me but I adore it. it broke me, but it is truly one of my favorite books
@@maggiea5783 I haven’t heard many people talk about it either! What others have you liked?
@@nataliabmachado i really liked this book called silhouette of a sparrow by Molly Beth Griffen! it’s a sapphic ya book set in the early 1900s, but it didn’t read like typical ya if you know what i mean. also top secret by elle kennedy and sarina bowen.
@@maggiea5783 Thanks! I will look those up
I absolutely loved "All that's left in the world" by Erik J. Brown
It's my birthday and I get to watch the video early 🥰
happy birthday and happy pride month!!
I'd recommend The Charm Offensive, The Degenerates, She gets the Girl and The House in the Cerulean Sea ❤
I think The Fever King Duology by Victoria Lee would be a great book to add! Its very heavy in its TWs but it written very well if anyone wants gays, science-magic, classic literature references, and political drama. Also every character in the main cast is queer
confessions of a mask by Yukio Mishima!! absolutely incredible
i've never heard anyone talk about it but my rec is "confessions of the fox", a queer trans historical retelling set in eighteenth century london, but at the same time in todays time with a university professor who is researching this story. so his story is in the footnotes of the manuscript of the main story. i think i didnt explain it very well but just read it !!
my favourite queer book is mrs dalloway !
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz deserves every award it has and is my favorite book of all time it takes place in the 80s on the American-Mexican border and follows two boys becoming friends and exploring themselves with and without each other and it’s so beautifully written and so queer and handles familial trauma and mental health so well
It’s also my favorite!’ such a beautiful one