5 Top nonfiction books like Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer by John Glynn

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Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

By: John Glynn

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of May 2019 A TIME Magazine Best Book of May 2019 A Cosmopolit…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer by John Glynn , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Spell

By: Alan Hollinghurst

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Here are the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, an architect in his late forties tr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Hollinghurst's The Spell book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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2. 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 John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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3. What Belongs to You

By: Garth Greenwell

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher enters a public bathroom beneath Sofia's Na… read more

Similar categories in Garth Greenwell's What Belongs to You book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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4. In the Absence of Men

By: Philippe Besson , Frank Wynne

4.19

Format: 384 pages,

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Similar categories in Philippe Besson's In the Absence of Men book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt

5. Binge

By: Tyler Oakley

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Pop culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, Tyl… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Oakley's Binge book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

6. The City and the Pillar

By: Gore Vidal

4.67

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A literary cause celebrewhen first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal's now-classic Th… read more

Similar categories in Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

7. Dancer from the Dance

By: Andrew Holleran

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic r… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Holleran's Dancer from the Dance book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

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8. 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

Similar categories in Allen Bratton's Henry Henry book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • adult
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"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

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9. Swimming in the Dark

By: Tomasz Jedrowski

4.26

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story o… read more

Similar categories in Tomasz Jedrowski's Swimming in the Dark book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"Little sparks cause fires too."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"I avoided you, so that you couldn’t avoid me."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"Selfish. Growing into yourself is nothing but that."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"See it as a game– everyone knows the rules. And if you can’t change them, there’s no point in worrying."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

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10. Bath Haus

By: P.J. Vernon

3.76

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriet… read more

Similar categories in P.J. Vernon's Bath Haus book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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11. Lie With Me

By: Philippe Besson

4.26

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson about an affair between two teenage … read more

Similar categories in Philippe Besson's Lie With Me book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Desire does not go out like a match, it extinguishes slowly as it burns into ash."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"You get used to everything, even the defection of those you thought you were bound to forever."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"I also know how much of yourself you have to leave behind in order to look like everyone else."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"In the end, love was only possible because he saw me not as who I was, but as the person I would become."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

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12. 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 John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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13. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

By: Jeremy Atherton Lin

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The New York … read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Atherton Lin's Gay Bar: Why We Went Out book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Gay is the opium of the people."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

"It used to be: We are everywhere. Now it’s: We are everything."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

"We became a different kind of wallflower—not shrinking violets but judgmental pansies."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

"I was under the impression I was always late to the party, but in fact I may not have been invited."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

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14. 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

Similar categories in Ryan O'Connell's Just by Looking at Him book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I used to believe it was a privilege to be loved by anybody. Not anymore."

-Ryan O'Connell, Just by Looking at Him

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15. Yes, Daddy

By: Jonathan Parks-Ramage

3.59

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Parks-Ramage's Yes, Daddy book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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16. Perris, California

By: Rachel Stark

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and l… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Stark's Perris, California book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
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17. Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, and Finding My Way Home

By: Robert Noland

4.70

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

From a hard-rocking life fueled by substance abuse to a hope-filled life of freedom and joy--this i… read more

Similar categories in Robert Noland's Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, and Finding My Way Home book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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18. Tweakerworld

By: Jason Yamas

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and one of San Francis… read more

Similar categories in Jason Yamas's Tweakerworld book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
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19. 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 John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. 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 John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • adult
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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21. 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 John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"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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22. Broken People

By: Sam Lansky

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, incandescent debut novel about coming to grips with the past and ourselves, for f… read more

Similar categories in Sam Lansky's Broken People book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And this is how life goes: there will be times where you feel like nothing more than a patchwork quilt of all the worst parts of yourself, and then there will be times when the call to be better is j…"

-Sam Lansky, Broken People

"He had known on some level, even if he couldn't articulate it clearly at the time, that the problem, the thing that kept him from being loved, was his tendency toward excess, the big hunger inside of…"

-Sam Lansky, Broken People

"...healing isn’t just the part that looks like healing. You don’t just get fixed in a weekend. You have to keep making the choice to fix yourself. Every time you choose to be nice to yourself instead…"

-Sam Lansky, Broken People

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23. 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

Similar categories in Daniel Lefferts's Ways and Means book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. 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 John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • adult
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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25. Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

By: John Glynn

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of May 2019 A TIME Magazine Best Book of May 2019 A Cosmopolit… read more

Similar categories in John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • audiobook
  • new york
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio

26. The Gay Best Friend

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

an alternate cover edition can be found here He's always been the token gay best friend. Now, st… read more

Similar categories in Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Worryin only gives the small things big shadows"

-Nicolas DiDomizio, The Gay Best Friend

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27. The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind

By: Amanda M. Fairbanks

3.40

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, laude… read more

Similar categories in Amanda M. Fairbanks's The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • new york
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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28. Four Squares

By: Bobby Finger

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of The Old Place comes a tender, funny, and fresh novel spanning the 1990s … read more

Similar categories in Bobby Finger's Four Squares book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • new york
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Nearlywed by Nicolas DiDomizio

29. Nearlywed

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An engaged couple's compatibility is put to the test during their ill-fated early honeymoon in this… read more

Similar categories in Nicolas DiDomizio's Nearlywed book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. The Future Was Color

By: Patrick Nathan

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling novel about making art, desire, and the inextricable link between the personal and the p… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Nathan's The Future Was Color book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) book and John Glynn's Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer

  • adult
  • audiobook

18 Best adult books like Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer by John Glynn

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Lie With Me

Philippe Besson

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Just by Looking at Him

Ryan O'Connell

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Yes, Daddy

Jonathan Parks-Ramage

3.59

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20 Best fiction books like Perris, California by Rachel Stark

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Last House

Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Leaving

Roxana Robinson

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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