11 best-selling queer books like Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald

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Glasgow Boys

By: Margaret McDonald

4.39

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This co…

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Cover of Close to Home by Michael  Magee

1. 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

Similar categories in Michael Magee's Close to Home book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • young adult
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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3. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Boy Like Me by Simon James Green

4. 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 Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson

5. 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

Similar categories in August Thompson's Anyone's Ghost book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Slum Boy: One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever written by Juano Diaz

6. Slum Boy: One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever written

By: Juano Diaz

4.52

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

"This is a heart-breaking story, beautifully told. I hope it finds a million readers". - Andrew O'H… read more

Similar categories in Juano Diaz's Slum Boy: One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever written book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

Cover of Glasgow Boys by Margaret  McDonald

7. Glasgow Boys

By: Margaret McDonald

4.39

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This co… read more

Similar categories in Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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8. Weak Teeth

By: Lynsey May

3.28

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Ellis's life has crumbled without warning. Her boyfriend has fallen in love with someone else, her … read more

Similar categories in Lynsey May's Weak Teeth book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) by Josh  Silver

9. Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2)

By: Josh Silver

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow. Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Duck Feet

By: Ely Percy

4.52

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

'Duck Feet' is a coming-of-age novel, set in the mid-noughties in Renfrew and Paisley, Scotland. D… read more

Similar categories in Ely Percy's Duck Feet book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of All the Hidden Monsters (All the Hidden Monsters #1) by Amie Jordan

11. All the Hidden Monsters (All the Hidden Monsters #1)

By: Amie Jordan

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life… read more

Similar categories in Amie Jordan's All the Hidden Monsters (All the Hidden Monsters #1) book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • young adult
Cover of The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J.  West

12. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

13. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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14. Girls

By: Kirsty Capes

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

GIRLS follows the story of two sisters - Mattie and Nora - and the thorny relationship with their f… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Capes's Girls book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Gender Theory

By: Madeline Docherty

4.27

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

You lose your virginity to a boy from your gender theory seminar, and the first person you tell is … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Docherty's Gender Theory book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands

16. Only Here, Only Now

By: Tom Newlands

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new talent writing from lived experience makes his debut with this irresistible and ori… read more

Similar categories in Tom Newlands's Only Here, Only Now book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of Hot Girl Summer: The laugh-out-loud holiday read for summer 2024! by Sophie Gravia

17. Hot Girl Summer: The laugh-out-loud holiday read for summer 2024!

By: Sophie Gravia

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gravia's Hot Girl Summer: The laugh-out-loud holiday read for summer 2024! book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

Cover of The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) by Simon James Green

18. The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

By: Simon James Green

4.15

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Alfie Parker has bagged the hottest date to prom … hasn’t he? Bestselling LGBTQ+ writer Simon James… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Private Rites by Julia Armfield

19. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

Cover of Songlight (The Torch Trilogy, #1) by Moira Buffini

20. Songlight (The Torch Trilogy, #1)

By: Moira Buffini

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Star-crossed lovers, against-all-odds friendship, and a brutally unforgiving world make this first … read more

Similar categories in Moira Buffini's Songlight (The Torch Trilogy, #1) book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of These Stolen Lives by Sharada Keats

21. These Stolen Lives

By: Sharada Keats

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A powerful dystopian thriller from a stunning new voice in YA, set in a world divided by race where… read more

Similar categories in Sharada Keats's These Stolen Lives book and Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys

  • young adult

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