The Doctor’s Discretion by E.E. Ottoman (1831)
Lilies of the Bowery by Lily R. Mason (1914)
Spellbound by Allie Therin (1925)
Undiscovered Country by Kelly O’Connor McNees (1932)
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (1989)
Tag Archives: 20th Century
Fave Five: Queer Fiction Set in 20th Century England
Maurice by E.M. Forster
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Swearing Off Stars by Danielle Wong
The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
The Charioteer by Mary Renault
Fave Five: Gay/Bi Historical Fiction Set in Early 20th Century Europe
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (1916 Ireland)
The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood (1931 Berlin)
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (1929 Paris)
History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason (1907 Amsterdam)
While England Sleeps by David Leavitt (1930s London and Spain)*
*There are strong accusations that Leavitt plagiarized Stephen Spender’s life for this novel. You may also want to check out Spender’s autobiography, World Within World, which contains an afterword addressing the allegations.
