26 Best fiction books like This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed

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This Way Out

By: Tufayel Ahmed

4.03

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay)…

"Love is a gift. Mariam's words stick with me. People are more concerned by what two men or two women do in bed than about love. Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another person. It is the mundane moments when you know the other person is there but you don't need to speak - their presence is enough, the meals shared, the walks taken, not just sex. What is so wrong about that?"

-Tufayel Ahmed, This Way Out

"Love is a gift. Mariam's words stick with me. People are more concerned by what two men or two women do in bed than about love. Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another person. It is the mundane moments when you know the other person is there but you don't need to speak - their presence is enough, the meals shared, the walks taken, not just sex. What is so wrong about that?"

-Tufayel Ahmed, This Way Out

If you liked the fiction plot in This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Big Chicas Don't Cry by Annette Chavez Macias

1. Big Chicas Don't Cry

By: Annette Chavez Macias

4.22

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Four cousins navigate love, loss, and the meaning of family over the course of one memorable year i… read more

Similar categories in Annette Chavez Macias's Big Chicas Don't Cry book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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2. Boy Like Me

By: Simon James Green

4.55

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in schools. When a… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Boy Like Me book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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3. One Love

By: Matt Cain

3.76

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love. 2002. Danny arrives at Manchester University dete… read more

Similar categories in Matt Cain's One Love book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Signal Moon: A Short Story

By: Kate Quinn

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition

A short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference be… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's Signal Moon: A Short Story book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • fiction
"It fucking matters. What I do, our kind, signal technicians—it descends straight from you guys."

-Kate Quinn, Signal Moon: A Short Story

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5. Never Meant to Stay

By: Trisha Das

4.14

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant b… read more

Similar categories in Trisha Das's Never Meant to Stay book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Kismet

By: Amina Akhtar

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From Amina Akhtar comes a viciously funny thriller about wellness—the smoothies, the secrets, and t… read more

Similar categories in Amina Akhtar's Kismet book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Candid Life of Meena Dave

By: Namrata Patel

4.12

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman embarks on an unexpected journey into her past in an engrossing novel about identity, famil… read more

Similar categories in Namrata Patel's The Candid Life of Meena Dave book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. A Place for Us: A Memoir

By: Brandon J. Wolf

4.32

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of the most vital and passionate LGBTQ+ activists comes a powerful memoir about self-disco… read more

Similar categories in Brandon J. Wolf's A Place for Us: A Memoir book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • queer
  • lgbt
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9. The Vibrant Years

By: Sonali Dev

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Living on their own terms means being there for one another. When sixty-five-year-old Bindu Desa… read more

Similar categories in Sonali Dev's The Vibrant Years book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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10. Land On Me

By: Matthew R. Corr

4.21

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST INDIE CHOICE AWARD FROM QUILL HAWK PUBLISHING. Landon Griffin has everyt… read more

Similar categories in Matthew R. Corr's Land On Me book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I loved kissing you, "

-Matthew R. Corr, Land On Me

"Some girl is taking up the attention that I dreamed he would give me. She’s got him, and I’ve got...tears."

-Matthew R. Corr, Land On Me

"I just never pictured any of this. Since we lost my mom it’s felt like I’ve been endlessly falling with nowhere to land."

-Matthew R. Corr, Land On Me

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11. There Goes Sunday School (There Goes Sunday School #1)

By: Alexander C. Eberhart

4.10

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In sixteen-year-old Mike Hernandez’s life, only one thing is clear: Gay is NOT okay. His family’s l… read more

Similar categories in Alexander C. Eberhart's There Goes Sunday School (There Goes Sunday School #1) book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. She's Up to No Good

By: Sara Goodman Confino

4.31

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and li… read more

Similar categories in Sara Goodman Confino's She's Up to No Good book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. This Way Out

By: Tufayel Ahmed

4.03

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay)… read more

Similar categories in Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • adult
  • queer
"Love is a gift. Mariam's words stick with me. People are more concerned by what two men or two women do in bed than about love. Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another …"

-Tufayel Ahmed, This Way Out

Cover of The Other Man by Farhad J. Dadyburjor

14. The Other Man

By: Farhad J. Dadyburjor

3.66

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming and transporting romantic comedy about finding happy ever after on your own terms. … read more

Similar categories in Farhad J. Dadyburjor's The Other Man book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Curious Secrets of Yesterday by Namrata  Patel

15. The Curious Secrets of Yesterday

By: Namrata Patel

4.02

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s ambitions clash with familial expectations in a captivating novel about generational secr… read more

Similar categories in Namrata Patel's The Curious Secrets of Yesterday book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Direction of the Wind

By: Mansi Shah

4.09

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartfelt story that spans continents and generations, about a young woman who searches for answe… read more

Similar categories in Mansi Shah's The Direction of the Wind book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Secret of Elephants

By: Vasundra Tailor

4.10

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Navsari, India. Penniless and trapped in a loveless marriage, Nirmala spends her days anxiously car… read more

Similar categories in Vasundra Tailor's The Secret of Elephants book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Schooled

By: Ted Fox

3.87

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

From a delightful new voice in fiction comes the story of a stay-at-home dad reclaiming his past an… read more

Similar categories in Ted Fox's Schooled book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Worlds Apart

By: Jane Crittenden

3.77

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional and hopeful debut that asks: Can first love survive 18 years, 11,000 miles and a lifet… read more

Similar categories in Jane Crittenden's Worlds Apart book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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20. The Goddess Effect

By: Sheila Yasmin Marikar

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

All she wants is to be her best self. Is she ready? Absolutely. Does she know what to expect? Absol… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Yasmin Marikar's The Goddess Effect book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Die For You (Book Club Boys, #3) by Max  Walker

21. Die For You (Book Club Boys, #3)

By: Max Walker

3.94

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

TRISTAN HALL With a serial killer's crosshairs on my back, the world as I knew it is turned upsi… read more

Similar categories in Max Walker's Die For You (Book Club Boys, #3) book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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22. Never Meant to Meet You

By: Alli Frank

4.14

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

From the authors of Tiny Imperfections comes a riotously funny, emotionally real look at race and r… read more

Similar categories in Alli Frank's Never Meant to Meet You book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. The Community

By: N. Jamiyla Chisholm

3.63

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

An arresting and emotional memoir about a family’s indoctrination into a religious cult, a daughter… read more

Similar categories in N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • religion
  • adult
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24. Dry Spells

By: Archana Maniar

4.15

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

"A beautiful, vivid and atmospheric ... story of loss and redemption" - Fiona Valpy A devastating … read more

Similar categories in Archana Maniar's Dry Spells book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • fiction
Cover of The Second Time We Met by Frances Mensah Williams

25. The Second Time We Met

By: Frances Mensah Williams

3.73

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

With another chance at love, what could possibly go wrong? Recovering from heartbreak, unlucky-i… read more

Similar categories in Frances Mensah Williams's The Second Time We Met book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. This Time for Me

By: Alexandra Billings

4.11

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Billings's This Time for Me book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • lgbt
  • queer
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27. Black Boy Out of Time

By: Hari Ziyad

3.74

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists tod… read more

Similar categories in Hari Ziyad's Black Boy Out of Time book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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28. No Ordinary Thursday

By: Anoop Judge

3.87

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A family, broken by the shattering turns of a single day, will do anything to find their way back t… read more

Similar categories in Anoop Judge's No Ordinary Thursday book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Mercy and Grace: A Novel

By: Anoop Judge

3.94

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

From India to America, a woman’s search for family, home, and self becomes a journey of secrets and… read more

Similar categories in Anoop Judge's Mercy and Grace: A Novel book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • fiction
Cover of Death in Heels (Dublin Drag Mysteries #1) by Kitty  Murphy

30. Death in Heels (Dublin Drag Mysteries #1)

By: Kitty Murphy

3.70

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

When Fi went to support her best friend’s drag debut, she didn’t imagine a killer would be going to… read more

Similar categories in Kitty Murphy's Death in Heels (Dublin Drag Mysteries #1) book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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31. Cubs & Campfires (Sweet & Stocky, #1)

By: Dylan Drakes

4.07

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

A cozy summer romance with low angst and high heat. Luca Torres, struggling journalism graduat… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Drakes's Cubs & Campfires (Sweet & Stocky, #1) book and Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

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