Her second work, Two Virgins in the Attic, was semi-autobiographical, a book about a relationship between two female roommates who eventually decide to live together permanently, spurning what was at the time an intensely male-oriented society. Her early work, Flower Tales, is a series of 52 stories about romantic friendships, longing, and unrequited love. Yoshiya is considered a pioneer of Japanese lesbian literature. Please do additional research if you have specific concerns. As most (all) of these books have some kind of homophobia, I have not noted that warning specifically under each book. Note: I included content warnings where I was able, but things slip through the cracks, and I myself was not able to read every book on this list, particularly in the nonfiction category. I’m blessed that we have enough seminal, crucial queer literature that it was painful to to “only” feature 100 books on this list, and I’m sure each reader will have several books in mind that I was foolish to leave out. The simple truth is that some of the books that were most influential towards my own queer awakening haven’t made this list, simply because a list like this is a gigantic task.

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