2021 Reading Classic Books Challenge - hosted by brokenspine

Read a classic written by an LGBT author and/or with an LGBT main character
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Sappho: A New Translation by Sappho

Sappho: A New Translation

Sappho

114 pages • first pub -600 (editions)

nonfiction classics lgbtqia+ poetry reflective slow-paced
A Phantom Lover: And Other Dark Tales by Vernon Lee by Vernon Lee

A Phantom Lover: And Other Dark Tales by Vernon Lee

Vernon Lee

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Maurice by E.M. Forster

Maurice

E.M. Forster

256 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

108 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

194 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Well of Loneliness

Radclyffe Hall

608 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

150 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Les inséparables by Simone de Beauvoir

Les inséparables

Simone de Beauvoir

174 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

272 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional medium-paced