8 Best lgbt books like Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town by Esther Newton

Cover of Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town by Esther Newton

Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

By: Esther Newton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Recounts the history of Cherry Grove, from the 1930s to the present, including interviews with resi…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town by Esther Newton , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. A Night in the Lonesome October

By: Gahan Wilson , Roger Zelazny , James Warhola

4.18

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

All is not what it seems… In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack prowl… read more

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2. The Well of Loneliness

By: Radclyffe Hall

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disgu… read more

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  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
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3. Stone Butch Blues

By: Leslie Feinberg

4.43

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues book and Esther Newton's Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

  • queer
  • lgbt
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4. Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community

By: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy , Madeline D. Davis

3.92

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

This ground-breaking book traces the emergence and growth of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New Yo… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy's Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community book and Esther Newton's Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

  • lesbian
  • history
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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5. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

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"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

6. Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two

By: Allan Bérubé

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Despite the many histories of the fighting men and women in World War II, none has been written abo… read more

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7. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

By: Michelle Alexander

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"As the United States celebrates the nation's 'triumph over race' with the election of Barack Obama… read more

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8. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more

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"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

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9. Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

By: Frank Herbert

3.96

Format: 609 pages, Paperback

Book three in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the… read more

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"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error,"

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

"Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions."

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

"The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion."

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

"The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

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10. God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

By: Frank Herbert

3.88

Format: 587 pages, Paperback

Book four in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the … read more

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"But you invite ..."

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"In the wrong hands,"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"Only fools prefer the past!"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

"For what do you hunger, Lord?"

-Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)

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11. The Meaning of Mariah Carey

By: Mariah Carey

4.07

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the st… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Protect your dreams."

-Mariah Carey, The Meaning of Mariah Carey

"I was barely conscious but my standards were still awake."

-Mariah Carey, The Meaning of Mariah Carey

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12. Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

By: Sarah Schulman

4.52

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive politica… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 book and Esther Newton's Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

  • american history
  • history
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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13. The Stonewall Reader

By: New York Public Library

4.36

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fig… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Defend the fairies!"

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

"This place was the “ART"

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

"I just want you all to know,"

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

"You can’t call us fags anymore, we’re gay."

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

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14. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's The Pairing book and Esther Newton's Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

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15. When Brooklyn Was Queer

By: Hugh Ryan

4.31

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

The groundbreaking, never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Ryan's When Brooklyn Was Queer book and Esther Newton's Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town by Esther Newton

16. Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

By: Esther Newton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Recounts the history of Cherry Grove, from the 1930s to the present, including interviews with resi… read more

Similar categories in Esther Newton's Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town book and Esther Newton's Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

  • lesbian
  • american history
  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • gender studies
  • nonfiction
  • anthropology

5 Best history books like Cherry Grove Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town by Esther Newton

Transform Your Habits

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy , Madeline D. Davis

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

Sarah Schulman

4.52

Transform Your Habits

The Stonewall Reader

New York Public Library

4.36

Transform Your Habits

When Brooklyn Was Queer

Hugh Ryan

4.31

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17 must-read fiction books like God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) by Frank Herbert

Transform Your Habits

Paul of Dune (Heroes of Dune, #1)

Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Mentats of Dune (Schools of Dune, #2)

Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Winds of Dune (Heroes of Dune, #2)

Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

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