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 …
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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
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"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
2. 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
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3. I Will Greet the Sun Again
By: Khashayar J. Khabushani
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A searing, heartbreaking debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American fam… read more
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. Small Joys
By: Elvin James Mensah
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected friendship saves a young man's life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chos… read more
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"He was tired of there being something shameful or unsettling about the blunt expression of friendship, of the simple desire to be there for someone needing to be mocked before it could be respected, …"-Elvin James Mensah, Small Joys
7. The Dove in the Belly
By: Jim Grimsley
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
At the University of North Carolina, Ronny's made some friends, kept his secrets, survived dorm lif… read more
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"Ben was shaking now, sobbing. Ronny watched and let it happen. Ronny wrapped Ben in the blanket. "I came to every game," he said."-Jim Grimsley, The Dove in the Belly
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
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9. 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
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10. 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
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"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
11. The Language of Love and Loss
By: Bart Yates
4.04
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly re… read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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- romance
- literary fiction
- gay
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- contemporary
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
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
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"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
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
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18. How We Named the Stars
By: Andrés N. Ordorica
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica’s debut novel is a tender and lyrical … read more
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19. 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
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"He reminded me of a scene from a movie, any movie: men standing in doorways, filling the space with their silence."-Craig Willse, Providence
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
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21. Hombrecito
By: Santiago Jose Sanchez
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant… read more
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