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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) booklist

Neil Bartlett - Mr Clive and Mr Page

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In 1886 an architect called Richardson built a house on the south side of Chicago. In 1985 the Daily Mirror reported the death of Rock Hudson. Halfway through the century that falls between these dates a man who claims his name is Mr Page sits down by his gas fire on a snowbound Christmas Eve and sets himself the task of explaining a story that connects these apparently unconnected events.

Sylvia Brownrigg - Pages for you

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Sylvia Brownrigg's Pages for You is the story of a sentimental, sensual education, a love affair between a student and a teacher--all blushes, kisses, books and poetry.

Michael Cunningham - A home at the end of the world

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Here are two decades of American life told through four people: Bobby and gay Jonathan, growing up together in a small town in the 1970s; Jonathan's mother Alice; and unconventional Clare, with whom the two grown-up men form a family.

David Leavitt - While England sleeps

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Set against the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe, While England sleeps tells the story of the love affair between Brian Botsford, an upper-class young writer, and Edward Phelan, an idealistic, self-educated employee of the London Underground and a member of the Communist party.

Patrick McCabe - Breakfast on Pluto

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Paddy Pussy is a juvenile transvestite from the small town of Tyreelin. A question is raised whether he is just a transvestite who longs to settle down in a loving relationship or whether he is a cunningly disguised IRA bomber ready to wreak destruction and death.

Mary Renault - The charioteer

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After surviving the Dunkirk retreat, Laurie Odell, a young homosexual, critically examines his unorthodox lifestyle and personal relationships, as he fall in love with a young conscientious objector and becomes involved with a circle of world-weary gay men.

Christopher Rice - Light before day

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Obsession, fantasy and nightmare collide in a harrowingly brilliant suspense thriller from the son of the legendary Anne Rice.

Colm Toibin - The story of the night

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Richard Garay lives alone with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from those around him. Stifled by a job he despises, he finds himself willing to take considerable risks.


Adult fiction authors

Jake Arnott

Rhona Cameron

Julian Clary

Stella Duffy

Stephen Fry

Patrick Gale

Philip Hensher

Alan Hollinghurst

Jackie Kay

Val McDermid

Paul Magrs

Armistead Maupin

Jamie O'Neill

Manda Scott

Ali Smith

Sarah Waters

Jeanette Winterson

Alice Walker

Autobiography/biography

Derren Brown

Michael Barrymore

Dirk Bogarde

Paul O'Grady

John Barrowman

Kenneth Williams