Recs if you like The Line of Beauty...

Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.

In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)

A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review

A list published by The Guardian on 5/16/2026, as voted on by authors, critics, and academics worldwide.

The Guardian Top 100 Best Novels

according to the New York Times

These are mostly in order by year

I thought it would be nice to have all of them in one long list.

The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times

The Observer published a list of the “25 best books of the century so far” on December 18, 2025, as decided by their critics and editors. (Note: the inclusion of The Odyssey is specifically for the translation by Emily Wilson.)

In May 2026 the Guardian published a list of the 100 greatest novels published in English of all time. The list was created based on votes from authors, critics, and academics.

Due to an error, the list originally included The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley instead of The Stranger by Albert Camus. Both are included here, as an unofficial 101 best novels

Queer people deserve to see a future, too.

Script books are hard to find

A goal to read the 100 books rated in the 21st century (so far) as published by the New York times in 2024, list in order from 100-1 but you can find the original list on the NYT website.