List of books, genre, and why they were added

Note, I am going by what a quick search tells me they identify, and if I make any mistakes or miss anything, I apologize, and let me know. This list exists so people can see why these books were added and make choices to further diversify their reading. I also added genre so you can pick books the align with your tastes as the term "classics" is very broad.

• Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin - Literary Fiction - Black queer man • Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler - Sci-Fi Dystopian - Black woman

(rest to be added tonight and tommorrow)

What a great and wonderful list!!!

A few that came to mind for me: +Federico García Lorca — gay playwright and poet who was active as part of the Generation of ‘27 in Spain, later assassinated by the nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War (debated on whether it’s because he was gay, a socialist, or some other unrelated motive). He’s famous for his poetry collection “Romancero gitano” as well as his plays! There’s an entry on here called “The House of Bernarda Alba and Other Plays” that could work for this list, maybe?

+Emilia Pardo Bazán — Spanish author whose work featured naturalist and feminist themes. One of her famous novels is “The House of Ulloa”

+Carmen Laforet — Known for her novel “Nada”, which is about the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War

+Ana María Matute — Spanish author who wrote as part of the “hijos de la guerra” (children of the war), a generation of authors who grew up under the Francoist regime after the culmination of the Spanish Civil War. Her novel “The Island” is one of her more famous works!

+Isabel Allende — Chilean author whose works like “The House of Spirits” are considered modern classics in magic realism!

+Manuel Puig — Queer author and activist from Argentina, famous for his novel “The Kiss of the Spider Woman” which covers themes of queer identities and political liberation under the backdrop of the military junta / dictatorial regime in Argentina

+Angela Carter — I’m not sure if her works are considered “classics” or not, who is to say what the arbiter of that would be, but she wrote a collection of gothic fairy tales with feminist undertones called “The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories” !!

yes this list is so needed!!! so many incredible works on here

IMMEDIATE FAVORITE!! thank you for this collection 🩷

This is such a fantastic list, thank you for putting it together!!!!

I might suggest something by Willa Cather! She was white but she was a queer woman and I think her depiction of women and the immigrant experience on the American frontier is super interesting in O Pioneers and My Antonia.

ahhhh i can’t thank you enough 🙏🏽

This is awesome!! Thank you :)

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO 🎊

Love it!

If anyone want to do a buddy read for any of these (later this month or in may) let me know

wonderful wonderful list