Gay Fiction Books of the 1950s
The 24 most-read gay fiction books first published between 1950 and 1959, led by Giovanni's Room (1956), The Price of Salt (1952) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1956).
This list collects 24 books from the 1950s by 22 authors, published between 1950 and 1959. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
24 books

Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin

The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote

Confessions of a Mask
三島由紀夫, Meredith Weatherby

The Natural
Bernard Malamud, SparkNotes

The Bell
Iris Murdoch

The Charioteer
Mary Renault

Querelle de Brest
Jean Genet

Hemlock and After
Angus Wilson

Pompes funèbres
Jean Genet

Finistère
Fritz Peters

Faux-monnayeurs
André Gide

Look Down in Mercy
Walter Baxter

Gli Occhiali D'oro
Giorgio Bassani

The judgment of Paris
Gore Vidal

Death in Venice
Thomas Mann

Quatrefoil
James Barr

Malcolm
James Purdy - undifferentiated

A Room in Chelsea Square
Anonymous, Michael Nelson

A Search for the King
Gore Vidal

Thin Ice
Sir Compton Mackenzie

Dark Passions Subdue
Douglas Sanderson

Cast The First Stone
Chester Himes

The Third Sex
Artemis Smith