List of books reviewed

This is an entirely idiosyncratic selection of more or less LGBT-themed books that I've reviewed so far. Please note, the attribution of stars is based on the Michelin guide system. So:

 

No star doesn't mean it's awful, but it's definitely missable. Read the review.

1 star: Definitely worth your time.

2 stars: An important work.

3 stars: A classic. 


À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie de Hervé Guibert   mémoir   ★★★

Acqua Calda by Keith McDermott   novel    ★

Blue by Derek Jarman    poetry   ★

Bow Grip by Ivan E. Coyote    novel   

Camere Separate by Pier Vittorio Tondelli   novel   ★★★

Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood    memoir   ★★

The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal    novel   ★

Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran     novel   ★★★

Dans ma chambre de Guillaume Dustan     roman  ★

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann    novel   ★★★

Down There on a Visit by Christopher Isherwood   novel   

Family Dancing by David Leavitt   short stories   ★

Les Faux-monnayeurs par André Gide    roman   ★★

The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo    

La Fin de l'homosexualité par Éric Duhaime    non-fiction   

The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst    ★★

Fou de Vincent  de Hervé Guibert    ★★

Gay Life Stories by Robert Aldrich    non-fiction   ★★

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe    graphic novel   ★★

Les Générations de Flavia Biondi    bande déssinée   ★

The Geography of Pluto by Christopher DiRaddo   novel   ★

Golden Boys by Phil Stamper    YA novel   

Le Hangar de Normand Martineau    roman  

House of Names by Colm Toibin    novel   

Les Illuminés de Bollée et Dytar    bande dessinée   

The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran    novel   ★★

Last Watch of the Night by Paul Monette    essays   ★★

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara   novel

London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp    fiction   ★★

The Magician  by Colm Tóibín    novel   ★

The Marble Quilt by David Leavitt    short stories   ★

The Master by Colm Tóibín    novel   ★★

A Meeting by the River by Christopher Isherwood    novel   ★

Modern Nature by Derek Jarman    memoir   ★★

My Alexandria by Mark Doty   poetry   ★★

My Brother and His Brother by H. Lindquist    novel

The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp    memoir   ★

Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann   biography   ★★

Les Nuits Fauves par Cyril Collard   novel   ★★

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde   novel   ★★★

Quelqu'un par Nicholas Giguère   poetry   ★

Le Ramier par André Gide    novel

The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst    novel   ★

The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst   novel   ★★★

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin   novel   ★

Une Part de ma vie de Bernard-Marie Koltès

This Wound is a World  by Billy-Ray Belcourt     poetry   ★★

     The Velvet Rage by Alan Downs     non-fiction   ★

     While England Sleeps by David Leavitt    novel