This is a partial list of books; suggestions and corrections appreciated! Though most works aren't strictly gay Asian, their contents are somewhat related.
| Title | Author(s)/Editor(s) | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Men of Thailand Revisited: Trees in the Same Forest | Eric G. Allyn | Bua Luang Publishing Company | 1991 |
| Privileging Positions, The Sites of Asian American Studies | Marilyn Alquizola, Gary Y. Okihiro, Dorothy Fujita Rony, Scott K. Wong | Washington State University Press | 1995 |
| Pink Samurai: Love, Marriage, and Sex in Contemporary Japan *** | Nicholas Bornoff | Pocket Books | 1991 |
| Mongrel; essays, diatribes + pranks | Justin Chin | St. Martin's Press | 1999 |
| Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan | Martin Collcutt | Harvard University Press | 1981 |
| Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America | David Eng | Duke University Press | 2001 |
| Honor Thy Children: One Family's Journey to Wholeness | Molly Fumia | Conari Press | 1997 |
| Closet Queeries | J. Neil Garcia | Anvil | 1997 |
| Philippine Gay Culture | Neil Garcia | University of Philippines Press | 1996 |
| Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade | Andrew Grossman | Harrington Park Press | 2000 |
| Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia | Gilbert Herdt | University of California Press | 1984 |
| Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China | Bret Hinsch | University of California Press | 1990 |
| Philippine Diary: A Gay Guide to the Philippines | Joseph Itiel | International Wavelength | 1989 |
| Dear Uncle Go - Male Homosexuality in Thailand | Peter A. Jackson | Floating Lotus Publications | 1995 |
| Invisible Minority: The Unknown World of the Indian Homosexual | Arvind Kala | Dynamic | ---- |
| Sex Longing & Not Belonging: A Gay Muslim's Quest for Love & Meaning | Badruddin Khan | Floating Lotus Publications | 1997 |
| Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay & Lesbian Experience | Russell Leong | Routledge | 1996 |
| Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan | Gary Leupp | University of California Press | 1996 |
| Male Prostitution: Two Monographs | Paul W. Mathews | Australia Book Company | 1987 |
| Sisterhood: The Untold Story *** | Joash Moo | Times Books International | 1990 |
| Seduction and Solitude | Danton Remoto | Anvil Publishing | 1995 |
| Butch and Femme On and Off the Takarazuka Stage: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Organization in Japan | Jennifer Ellen Robertson | Michigan State University | 1989 |
| Kukai and the Tradition of Male Love in Japanese Buddhism *** | Paul Gordon Schalow | State University of New York Press | 1992 |
| Gay and Lesbian Asia: Culture, Identity, Community | Gerard Sullivan, Peter A. Jackson | Harrington Park Press | 2001 |
| Queer Japan | Barbara Summerhawk, Cheiron McMahill, Darren McDonald | New Victoria Publishers | 1998 |
| Great Mirrors Shattered : Homosexuality, Orientalism, and Japan | John Whittier Treat | Oxford University Press | 1999 |
| Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation | Urvashi Vaid | Anchor Books | 1991 |
| The New Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book | Ginny Vida, Karol D. Lightner, Tanya Viger, Rita Mae Brown eds. | Touchstone Books | 1996 |
| Love of the Samurai: A Thousand Years of Japanese Homosexuality *** | Tsuneo Watanabe & Jun'ichi Iwata | Alyson Publications | 1989 |
| Male Homosexuality in Four Societies: Brazil, Guatemala, the Philippines, and the United States | Fredrick L. Whitam & Robin M. Mathy | Praeger Publishers | 1986 |
| Following Foo: (the electronic adventures of The Chestnut Man) | B.D. Wong | Harper Entertainment | 2003 |