8 best-selling lgbt books like Bent by Martin Sherman

Cover of Bent by Martin Sherman

Bent

By: Martin Sherman

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

(Applause Books). Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Bent by Martin Sherman , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

Similar categories in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Cover of The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley

2. The Boys in the Band

By: Mart Crowley

4.01

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

"Boys can still hold its own . . . [Mart] Crowley's point is about how the humor is shaped and defi… read more

Similar categories in Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • drama
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • queer
Cover of My Brother and His Brother by Håkan Lindquist, Hakan Lindquist

3. My Brother and His Brother

By: Håkan Lindquist , Hakan Lindquist

3.78

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

"My Brother and His Brother" is a novel about two brothers. The story is told by one of them, Jonas… read more

Similar categories in Håkan Lindquist's My Brother and His Brother book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project

4. The Laramie Project

By: Moisés Kaufman , Tectonic Theater Project

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For a year and a half following the murder of Matthew Shepard, Moises Kaufman and his Tectonic Thea… read more

Similar categories in Moisés Kaufman's The Laramie Project book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Blasted by Sarah Kane

5. Blasted

By: Sarah Kane

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Blastedis Sarah Kane's first full-length play which opened in 1995 and was the sensation of that ye… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Kane's Blasted book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes by Gerd Brantenberg, Louis MacKay

6. Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes

By: Gerd Brantenberg , Louis MacKay

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the land of Egalia, where gender roles are topsy-turvy as "wim" wield the power and "men… read more

Similar categories in Gerd Brantenberg's Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • fiction
Cover of Bent by Martin Sherman

7. Bent

By: Martin Sherman

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

(Applause Books). Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was… read more

Similar categories in Martin Sherman's Bent book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • drama
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • queer
Cover of Angels in America by Tony Kushner

8. Angels in America

By: Tony Kushner

3.79

Format: 248 pages,

In two full-length plays--Millennium Approaches and Perestroika--Kushner tells the story of a handf… read more

Similar categories in Tony Kushner's Angels in America book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • drama
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • queer

9. Cleansed

By: Sarah Kane

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This stunning play from the controversial author of Blastedpremiered at the Royal Court Theatre, Lo… read more

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10. M. Butterfly

By: David Henry Hwang

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterflyopens in the cramped prison cell where di… read more

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11. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By: Tony Kushner

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more

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12. The City and the Pillar

By: Gore Vidal

4.67

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A literary cause celebrewhen first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal's now-classic Th… read more

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13. Dancer from the Dance

By: Andrew Holleran

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic r… read more

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14. The Duchess of Malfi

By: John Webster

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of M… read more

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15. Torch Song Trilogy

By: Harvey Fierstein

3.69

Format: 355 pages,

Drama, American Literature, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Plays Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of th… read more

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16. The Normal Heart

By: Andrew Holleran , Larry Kramer , Joseph Papp

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

THE NORMAL HEARTis the explosive drama about our most terrifying and troubling medical crisis today… read more

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17. The American Dream & The Zoo Story

By: Edward Albee

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Albee is one of our most important American playwrights. And n… read more

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Cover of Feats of Alchemy by Donny Winter

18. Feats of Alchemy

By: Donny Winter

5.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In his sophomore collection of poems, Donny Winter takes readers on a perilous adventure through a … read more

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Cover of Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

19. Yes, Daddy

By: Jonathan Parks-Ramage

3.59

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Parks-Ramage's Yes, Daddy book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

20. Baby Reindeer

By: Richard Gadd

4.35

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

I looked at her, wanting her to laugh. Wanting her to share in the joke. But she didn't. She just s… read more

Similar categories in Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • theatre
  • plays
  • lgbt
Cover of The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam  Sass

21. The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

By: Adam Sass

3.47

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A charming YA rom-com perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and What If It’s Us. Micah… read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers book and Martin Sherman's Bent

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"Wow,"

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

"A weary world deserves a little dreaming."

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

"I don’t need ninety-nine boys. I just need one."

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

"Why is it so much easier to execute someone else’s vision than to realize your own?"

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

9 best-selling fiction books like Bent by Martin Sherman

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

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The Boys in the Band

Mart Crowley

4.01

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My Brother and His Brother

Håkan Lindquist , Hakan Lindquist

3.78

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Blasted

Sarah Kane

3.81

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20 must-read lgbt books like Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

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Fellow Travelers

Thomas Mallon

4.16

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Summer Sons

Lee Mandelo

3.80

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Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

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Best Men

Sidney Karger

3.34

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