These are modern era but pre-Stonewall fiction books that feature queerness, by queer authors. Given the period, they are not all happy.
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last updated November, 2026
The Friendly Young Ladies
Mary Renault
The Charioteer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Orlando
Maurice
E.M. Forster
The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall
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