Gay & Lesbian History Books

Last updated: January 2, 2012

1. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Signet Classics) by Harriet Jacobs and Myrlie Evers-Williams Published: January 1, 2000 Score: 4.62
2. When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins Published: October 14, 2009 Score: 2.79
3. A Queer Thing Happened To America: And what a long, strange trip it's been by Michael Brown Published: May 25, 2011 Score: 2.46
4. Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring Published: July 19, 2011 Score: 2.04
5. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts Published: April 13, 2004 Score: 0.97
6. The Big Penis Book by Dian Hanson Published: June 25, 2008 Score: 0.79
7. You've Got What It Takes: Celebrate Being A Woman Today by Marita Littauer Noon Published: January 1, 2000 Score: 0.75
8. The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed by Judy Shepard Published: May 25, 2010 Score: 0.63
9. Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir by Susie Bright Published: March 22, 2011 Score: 0.59
10. The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir by Staceyann Chin Published: February 9, 2010 Score: 0.53
11. A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played by Marshall Jon Fisher Published: April 14, 2009 Score: 0.46
12. Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph over Alienation and Shag Carpeting by Eric Poole Published: May 27, 2010 Score: 0.37
13. Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--from Music to Hollywood by Terrance Dean Published: June 30, 2009 Score: 0.36
14. The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction by Michel Foucault and Robert Hurley Published: April 14, 1990 Score: 0.35
15. The Woman's Bible (Great Minds Series) by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Published: May 1, 1999 Score: 0.32
16. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) by Mary Wollstonecraft Published: June 2, 1992 Score: 0.31
17. Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq by Kirsten A. Holmstedt Published: July 4, 2007 Score: 0.3
18. A Queer History of the United States (Revisioning American History) by Michael Bronski Published: May 10, 2011 Score: 0.29
19. Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister and Kirsten Potter Published: September 22, 2010 Score: 0.25
20. Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century by John Boswell Published: November 1, 2005 Score: 0.25
21. The Subjection of Women (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Stuart Mill Published: April 1, 1986 Score: 0.21
22. The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood by Glen Retief Published: April 12, 2011 Score: 0.2
23. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Contemporary Classics) by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English Published: July 1, 2010 Score: 0.17
24. Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 by George Chauncey Published: May 19, 1995 Score: 0.16
25. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex And Feminism by Carrie L. Lukas Published: May 1, 2006 Score: 0.16