Gay Fiction Books of the 1970s
The 50 most-read gay fiction books first published between 1970 and 1979, led by Maurice (1971), Dancer from the Dance (1978) and Faggots (1978).
This list collects 50 books from the 1970s by 38 authors, published between 1970 and 1979. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Maurice
E. M. Forster
Dancer from the Dance
Andrew Holleran
Faggots
Larry Kramer
El beso de la mujer araña
Manuel Puig
Tales of the City
Armistead Maupin
The Front Runner
Patricia Nell Warren
Music for Chameleons
Truman Capote
Just Above My Head
James Baldwin
The Lord Won't Mind
Gordon Merrick
Chrome
George Nader
Christopher and His Kind
Christopher Isherwood
Death's Master
Tanith Lee
Tricks
Renaud Camus
The Quirk
Gordon Merrick
This Is Not for You
Jane Rule
P.S. Your cat is dead!
Kirkwood, James
The Sexual Outlaw
John Rechy
Greek Ways
Samuel M. Steward
L'Agneau Carnivore
Agustin Gomez-Arcos
Fadeout
Joseph Hansen
The Other Persuasion
Seymour Kleinberg, Gertrude Stein
Cruising
Gerald Walker
The Fancy Dancer
Patricia Nell Warren
Nocturnes for the King of Naples
Edmund White
One for the Gods
Gordon Merrick
Plays
Orton, Joe.
Death Claims
Joseph Hansen
Wingmen
Ensan Case
Ernesto
Umberto Saba
An Idol for Others
Gordon Merrick
Forth into Light
Gordon Merrick
Troublemaker
Joseph Hansen
Forgetting Elena
Edmund White
In a Shallow Grave
James Purdy - undifferentiated
The Shadow Box
Michael Cristofer
The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Larry Townsend
The Catch Trap
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Narrow Rooms
James Purdy - undifferentiated
The Gold Diggers (Alyson Classics)
Paul Monette
Cobra
Severo Sarduy
Rushes
John Rechy
Leather Ad
Larry Townsend
Consenting Adult
Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson
Coming Out
Wallace Hamilton
Now the Volcano
Winston Leyland
Skinflick
Joseph Hansen
The Cook and the Carpenter
June Arnold
Castration Castle
Felix Lance Falkon
Among the Carnivores
Daniel Curzon
Butch Bi-trucker
Stuart Rowen