This is a partial list of books; suggestions and corrections appreciated! Though most works aren't strictly gay Asian, their contents are related.
| Title | Author(s)/Editor(s) | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Vanilla | Thomas Boggs | The Gay Man's Press | 1998 |
| Edinburgh | Alexander Chee | Welcome Rain | 2001 |
| Bite hard | Justin Chin | Manic D Press | 1997 |
| Burden of Ashes | Justin Chin | Alyson | 2002 |
| Harmless Medicine | Justin Chin | Manic D Press | 2001 |
| Gold by the Inch | Lawrence Chua | Grove | 1998 |
| Ode to Lata | Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla | Really Great Books | 2002 |
| A Thousand Wings | T.C. Huo | Dutton | 1998 |
| Comrade Loves of the Samurai *** | Saikaku Ihara | Charles E. Tuttle | 1972 |
| The Great Mirror of Male Love | Saikaku Ihara | Stanford University Press | 1990 |
| The Life of an Amorous Man | Saikaku Ihara | Charles E. Tuttle | 1964 |
| The Intrinsic Quality of Skin | Peter A. Jackson | Floating Lotus Publications | 1994 |
| Abraham's Promise | Paul Jeyaretam | Times Books International | 1994 |
| Junglee Girl | Ginu Kamani | aunt lute books | 1995 |
| Dancer Dawkins and the California Kid *** | Willyce Kim | Alyson Publications | 1985 |
| Dead Heat *** | Willyce Kim | Alyson Publications | 1988 |
| Secret Lives: Three Novellas | Francis King | Constable | 1992 |
| My Beautiful Laundrette and the Rainbow Sign | Hanif Kureishi | Faber and Faber | 1986 |
| When Fox is a Thousand | Larissa Lai | Press Gang Publishers | 1995 |
| Peculiar Chris *** | Johann S. Lee | Cannon International | 1992 |
| Farewell to My Concubine *** | Lilian Lee | William Morrow | 1993 |
| Rolling the R's | R. Zamora Linmark | Kaya | 1996 |
| Oriental Girls Desire Romance | Catherine Liu | Kaya | 1998 |
| Burnt Offerings | Timothy Liu | Copper Canyon Press | 1995 |
| Say Goodnight | Timothy Liu | Copper Canyon Press | 1998 |
| Once Upon an Elephant | Ashok Mathur | Arsenal Pulp Press | 1998 |
| Bombay Talkie | Ameena Meer | Serpent's Tail | 1994 |
| Red Azalea | Anchee Min | Pantheon Books | 1994 |
| Confessions of a Mask | Yukio Mishima | New Directions | 1968 |
| Out on Main Street and Other Stories | Shani Mootoo | Press Gang Publishers | 1993 |
| Pei Yu - Boy Actress | George Soulie de Morant | Alamo Square Press | 1991 |
| Coin-Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami | Kodansha America, Inc. | 1994 |
| Fixer Chao | Han Ong | Picador USA | 2002 |
| Crystal Boys | Pai Hsien-Yung | Gay Sunshine Press | 1990 |
| Shiva and Arun | P. Parivaraj | The Gay Man's Press | 1998 |
| Calendar Boy | Andy Quan | New Star Books | 2001 |
| Flipping | Richard Ramos | Floating Lotus | 1998 |
| The Umbrella Country | Bino Realuyo | Ballantine Books | 1999 |
| The Necessary Hunger | Nina Revoyr | St. Martin's Press | 1997 |
| Throw It to the River | Nice Rodriguez | Women's Press | 1993 |
| Cinnamon Gardens | Shyam Selvadurai | Hyperion | 1999 |
| Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai | McClelland & Stewart | 1994 |
| Black Feathers | Cecilia Tan | Harper Perennial | 1998 |
| Queer Papi Porn; Gay Asian Erotica | Joel Tan | Cleis Press | 1998 |
| Cultural Revolution *** | Norman Wong | Persea Books | 1994 |
| Kitchen | Banana Yoshimoto | Grove Press | 1993 |