21 Top queer books like Let's Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih

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Let's Get Back to the Party

By: Zak Salih

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What Does It Mean to Be a Gay Man Today? It’s just weeks after the historic Supreme Court marriage …

If you liked the queer plot in Let's Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Henry Henry

By: Allen Bratton

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more

Similar categories in Allen Bratton's Henry Henry book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."

-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry

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2. Family Meal

By: Bryan Washington

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, intimate novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Washington's Family Meal book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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3. Best Men

By: Sidney Karger

3.34

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn't a piece of cake i… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's Best Men book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

Similar categories in Justin Torres's Blackouts book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. The Kingdom of Sand

By: Andrew Holleran

3.51

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

One of the great appeals of Florida has always been the sense that the minute you get here you have… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Holleran's The Kingdom of Sand book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"It is a fact seldom observed that after a certain age a single man is a creature no one has a place for"

-Andrew Holleran, The Kingdom of Sand

"When the American novelist Howard Sturgis lay on his deathbed he was cared for so solicitously by his life partner that at one point Sturgis had to remind him, "A watched pot never boils"—surely one …"

-Andrew Holleran, The Kingdom of Sand

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6. The Late Americans

By: Brandon Taylor

3.38

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads In the shared and private sp… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Taylor's The Late Americans book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Let's Get Back to the Party

By: Zak Salih

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What Does It Mean to Be a Gay Man Today? It’s just weeks after the historic Supreme Court marriage … read more

Similar categories in Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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8. The Humble Lover

By: Edmund White

2.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award-honored author Edmund White, a wildly hilarious and irreverent novel about… read more

Similar categories in Edmund White's The Humble Lover book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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9. Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style

By: Paul Rudnick

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed writer Paul Rudnick, a riotously funny, perceptive, and life-affirming novel fol… read more

Similar categories in Paul Rudnick's Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If all the world's a stage, gay people are often expected to understudy themselves, reinterpreting the truth of their performances, depending on who's out front, and who's paying their salary."

-Paul Rudnick, Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style

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10. Big Gay Wedding

By: Byron Lane

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An unashamedly proud, loud, and hilarious novel about a small town that’s forever changed by a big … read more

Similar categories in Byron Lane's Big Gay Wedding book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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11. Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto

By: Zachary Zane

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year by Buzzfeed A sex and relationship columnist b… read more

Similar categories in Zachary Zane's Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. All the World Beside

By: Garrard Conley

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England … read more

Similar categories in Garrard Conley's All the World Beside book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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13. Disorderly Men

By: Edward Cahill

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Three gay men in pre-Stonewall NYC find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village… read more

Similar categories in Edward Cahill's Disorderly Men book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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14. Ways and Means

By: Daniel Lefferts

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In Daniel Lefferts’s searing debut novel Ways and Means, a striving finance student confronts the l… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Lefferts's Ways and Means book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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15. Countries of Origin

By: Javier Fuentes

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut, Javier Fuentes chronicles a tumultuous, passionate love affair between two … read more

Similar categories in Javier Fuentes's Countries of Origin book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Lookback Window by Kyle Dillon Hertz

16. The Lookback Window

By: Kyle Dillon Hertz

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fearless debut novel of resilience, transcendence, and the elusive promise of justice. Growing… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Dillon Hertz's The Lookback Window book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"The great shame of your life is that you weren't raised Catholic," James said to me. "You've got suffering, but you don't have the aesthetic."

-Kyle Dillon Hertz, The Lookback Window

"Some people talk about their PTSD as if it's a badge of honor, and I roll my fucking eyes. I'm not trying to be the PDST-esy of them all. I ignored it for a really long time. I overdosed at seventeen…"

-Kyle Dillon Hertz, The Lookback Window

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17. In Tongues

By: Thomas Grattan

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young gay man upends the lives of a powerful art-world couple in this steamy novel of self-discov… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Grattan's In Tongues book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Providence by Craig  Willse

18. Providence

By: Craig Willse

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An introverted English professor falls for an enigmatic sophomore and is lured into a web of chaos … read more

Similar categories in Craig Willse's Providence book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"He reminded me of a scene from a movie, any movie: men standing in doorways, filling the space with their silence."

-Craig Willse, Providence

Cover of The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt

19. The Male Gazed

By: Manuel Betancourt

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the s… read more

Similar categories in Manuel Betancourt's The Male Gazed book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Up With the Sun

By: Thomas Mallon

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A look back at the life of a little-known, C-list celebrity striver who met a bad end in New York C… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan

21. The Future Was Color

By: Patrick Nathan

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling novel about making art, desire, and the inextricable link between the personal and the p… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Nathan's The Future Was Color book and Zak Salih's Let's Get Back to the Party

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer

19 Best fiction books like Let's Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Family Meal

Bryan Washington

3.56

Transform Your Habits

Best Men

Sidney Karger

3.34

Transform Your Habits

Blackouts

Justin Torres

3.77

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20 Best fiction books like In Tongues by Thomas Grattan

Transform Your Habits

Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

4.24

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