The Arena of the Unwell
By: Liam Konemann
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Noah spends his nights drifting between North London pubs and music venues, and his days sleeping o…
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1. Since I Laid My Burden Down
By: Brontez Purnell
4.08
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Whiting Award winner Brontez Purnell’s debut novel is an uninhibited portrait of growing up gay in … read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- queer
2. Imperial Bedrooms
By: Bret Easton Ellis
3.19
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Twenty-five years on from "Less Than Zero", we pick up again with "Clay". In 1985, Bret Easton … read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"Women aren't very bright," Rip says. "Studies have been done."-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms
"The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie."-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms
"The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track."-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms
"Her need is so immense that you become surrounded by it; this need is so enormous that you realize you can actually control it, and I know this because I've done it before."-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms
3. Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger
By: Brontez Purnell
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
"Brontez is a raw tongue of flame blazing through all the blatant fakery and insincere bullshit of … read more
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4. Permagel
By: Eva Baltasar
3.85
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Permagel és aquella part de la terra que no es desglaça mai i és la membrana que revesteix l’heroïn… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Do you remember that movie we saw when we were little?"-Eva Baltasar, Permagel
"Al cap d’un temps acabes descobrint que el límit es deixa viure, vertical com mai, a frec del no-res, i que no només és possible habitar-hi sinó que també s’hi pot créixer de maneres diferents. Si de…"-Eva Baltasar, Permagel
"«¿Recuerdas aquella película de cuando éramos pequeñas? —empiezo—. Se titulaba La gran evasión. La vimos con papá al menos siete u ocho veces. Iba de unos aviadores americanos reclusos en un campo de…"-Eva Baltasar, Permagel
5. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
6. Children of Paradise
By: Camilla Grudova
3.49
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
When Holly applies for a job at the Paradise - one of the city's oldest cinemas, squashed into the … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
7. All Down Darkness Wide
By: Seán Hewitt
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming… read more
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- romance
- mental health
- queer
- lgbt
"When they said, 'I'm just scared that you'll be unhappy', what I really felt they were saying was 'I am scared that if you continue being yourself, we will make you unhappy."-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Ik vroeg me af of ik wel klaar was om met hem mee te gaan, of ik wel klaar was om die ene stap verder te zetten in het nieuwe leven dat ik weg van huis begon te ontdekken. Hier was ik een volwassene;…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
8. Evenings and Weekends
By: Oisín McKenna
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- queer
9. 100 Boyfriends
By: Brontez Purnell
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
An irreverent, sensitive, and inimitable look at gay dysfunction through the eyes of a cult hero … read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- queer lit
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"You never stop looking like art to me"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"I, being what one therapist jokingly referred to as a “clinical sex addict,"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"I had fucked enough boys with Catholic damage to know that if he's wearing a crucifix, he's definitely a ho."-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"My only desire is to be desired. I feel like the whole equation cancels itself out and what it really means is I have no will—I can (at will) rip out all sense of self just so a boy can have one more…"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
10. What a Shame
By: Abigail Bergstrom
3.49
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
11. Just by Looking at Him
By: Ryan O'Connell
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I used to believe it was a privilege to be loved by anybody. Not anymore."-Ryan O'Connell, Just by Looking at Him
12. Brainwyrms
By: Alison Rumfitt
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more
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- lgbt
- queer lit
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
13. Bellies
By: Nicola Dinan
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
14. What I'd Rather Not Think About
By: Jente Posthuma
3.77
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without t… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- mental health
"Cracks in the ground aren't always visible to the naked eye. Every movement has the potential to take you down."-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
"This was shocking to me, because if the oldest person I knew understood even less about the world than I did, then how was it possible that other adults had all the answers? And what was the point of…"-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
"To be a natural presence, you shouldn't take up too much space, which I always found easy at the beginning of a friendship. It felt nice to reshape myself into precisely the right format until the mo…"-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
15. Anyone's Ghost
By: August Thompson
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary debut novel in which the transforming love and friendship between two young men du… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. The Arena of the Unwell
By: Liam Konemann
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Noah spends his nights drifting between North London pubs and music venues, and his days sleeping o… read more
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- romance
- music
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- mental health
- queer lit
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- queer
17. Mrs. S
By: K. Patrick
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- queer lit
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."-K. Patrick, Mrs. S
18. Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships
By: Juno Roche
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
'Queer Sex is simply phenomenal'. - Bitch Media In this frank, funny and poignant book, transgen… read more
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- queer lit
- queer
- lgbt
19. The Examiner
By: Janice Hallett
4.06
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
20. Nostalgia Has Ruined My Life
By: Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle
3.77
Format: 68 pages, Paperback
"From the discomfort of my own home I buy dresses, look up recipes, do online surveys." In Nosta… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- mental health
21. Sluts: Anthology
By: Michelle Tea
3.87
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
What it means to be sexually promiscuous in contemporary American culture, edited by cult-favorite … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
