Books like Greek love by J. Z. Eglinton

A diary-like portrait of Anna, a young single mother, writer, and Communist Party member, whose inner and outer lives collide amid domestic upheaval and political turmoil, marking a watershed moment for the Women’s Movement.

Three generations of Brangwen women confront the decline of rural England and the era’s most forbidden topics—marriage, physical love, and family sexual mores—in a story banned upon publication.

A young opera singer from a modest Colorado town leaves her hometown in search of artistic fulfillment amid the cultural vibrancy of Chicago, navigating the challenges of coming of age and cultural identity.

Angela Carter's 1977 novel satirically depicts a dystopian United States torn apart by civil war among political, racial, and gender groups, exploring post‑feminist ideas of gender and identity alongside themes of sadomasochism and power politics.

Homosexuals, transvestites, transsexuals, sado-masochists, necrophiliacs - all of these have been, or still are, considered 'deviants'. Concomitantly there has been almost universal acceptance that unembellished vaginal penetration, performed by one man and one woman, is 'normal' sex. This is now contested. But what is perverse sex and what isn't? The Pleasure's All Mine explores the gamut of sexual activity that has been seen as strange, abnormal or deviant over the last 2,000 years. This first comprehensive history of sexual perversion examines an abundance of original sources - letters, diaries, memoirs, court records, erotic books, medical texts and advice manuals - and shows how, for ordinary people, different kinds of sex have always offered myriad different pleasures. There never was a 'normal'. Almost all sexual behaviours have travelled to and fro along a continuum of proscription and acceptance. Attitudes have changed towards masturbation, leatherwear, 'golden showers' and sado-masochism. From the specialized cultures of pain, necrophilia and bestiality to the social world of plushies and furries, and lovers of life-sized sex dolls, some previously acceptable behaviour now provokes social outrage, while activities as diverse as sodomy and wife-swapping have moved on the spectrum of acceptance from sin to harmless fun. Each 'perversion' is explored from the time it was first visible in history, to how it is viewed today, and.

A sci-fi boy-love novel

Hailed as magisterial when it first appeared, Greek Homosexuality remains an academic milestone and continues to be of major importance for students and scholars of gender studies. Kenneth Dover explores the understanding of homosexuality in ancient Greece, examining a vast array of material and textual evidence that leads him to provocative conclusions. This new release of the 1989 second edition, for which Dover wrote an epilogue reflecting on the impact of his book, includes two specially commissioned forewords assessing the author's legacy and the place of his text within modern studies of gender in the ancient world

James N. Davidson explores homosexuality in ancient Greece, revealing its influence on politics, art, and daily life, and redefining the cultural meaning of same‑sex love.