Recs if you like Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940...

So much LGBTQ+ history! A lot of this is centered in the US, though there are some exceptions and I'm trying to grow it all the time. Note that I have an HIV / AIDS list that a lot of queer history, especially around the 80s + 90s. So check that one out for more

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

Nonfiction books about LGBTQ+ topics because history cannot be erased, no matter how hard some try.

The Merle Curti Award is awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social and/or American intellectual history