French LGBTQ novels

novel sequence by Marcel Proust

1785 novel by Marquis de Sade

1925 novel by André Gide

novel by Marguerite Yourcenar

1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans

French erotic novel, influential for BDSM

1795 novel by Marquis de Sade

1902 novel by André Gide

novel by Jean Genet

novel by Honoré de Balzac

Séraphîta () is a French novel by Honoré de Balzac with themes of androgyny. It was published in the Revue de Paris in 1834. In contrast with the realism of most of the author's best known works, the story delves into the fantastic and the supernatural to illustrate philosophical themes.

French graphic novel by Jul' Maroh

novel by Emmanuelle Arsan

Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess () is a French erotic novel first published in 1833. Its authorship is anonymous, but it is believed to have been written by Alfred de Musset, and it was rumoured that the lesbian eponymous heroine was a portrait of his lover, George Sand. It became a bestseller among nineteenth-century erotic literature.

1947 novel by Jean Genet

1949 autobiographical novel by Jean Genet

1969 novel by Monique Wittig

novel by Roger Peyrefitte