21 best-selling queer books like The Humble Lover by Edmund White

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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…

If you liked the queer plot in The Humble Lover by Edmund White , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Fellow Travelers

By: Thomas Mallon

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the highly acclaimed author of Bandboxand Dewey Defeats Truman-a searing new historical novel … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mallon's Fellow Travelers book and Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • fiction
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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2. The New Life

By: Tom Crewe

3.77

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more

Similar categories in Tom Crewe's The New Life book and Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Science requires a rational audience."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"True development does not respect comfort."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

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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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Franci… read more

Similar categories in Armistead Maupin's Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10) book and Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. Confidence

By: Rafael Frumkin

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two lifelong friends, occasional lovers, and constant conmen find themselves on top of the world af… read more

Similar categories in Rafael Frumkin's Confidence book and Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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6. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
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7. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • 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

Cover of The Late Americans by Brandon  Taylor

8. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Let's Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih

9. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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10. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
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11. The Boy in the Rain

By: Stephanie Cowell

4.07

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the twenty-nine-y… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Cowell's The Boy in the Rain book and Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs by Andrew  Rannells

12. Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs

By: Andrew Rannells

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambi… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Rannells's Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs book and Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • queer
  • lgbt
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13. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • 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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14. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto by Zachary  Zane

15. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • adult
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of All the World Beside by Garrard Conley

16. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Disorderly Men by Edward  Cahill

17. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Countries of Origin by Javier Fuentes

18. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of In Tongues by Thomas Grattan

19. 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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

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 Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of All the Right Notes by Dominic   Lim

21. All the Right Notes

By: Dominic Lim

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

​ In this hilarious and joyous rom com, sparks fly when a piano genius and a Hollywood heartthrob a… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Lim's All the Right Notes book and Edmund White's The Humble Lover

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

19 Best fiction books like The Humble Lover by Edmund White

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Fellow Travelers

Thomas Mallon

4.16

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The New Life

Tom Crewe

3.77

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Best Men

Sidney Karger

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Allen Bratton

3.65

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Rafael Frumkin

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