Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son
By: Richie Jackson
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant and urgent love letter to his son, award-winning Broadway, TV and film producer Ri…
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1. We Bought a Zoo
By: Benjamin Mee
4.17
Format: None pages,
When Benjamin Mee decided to uproot his family and move them to an unlikely new home--a dilapidated… read more
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2. 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
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4. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
By: Alan Downs
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The gay male world today is characterized by seductive beauty, artful creativity, flamboyant sexual… read more
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5. 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
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- audiobook
- queer
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- lgbt
6. 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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- biography
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- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"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
7. 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
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- audiobook
- history
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- 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
8. Little Fish
By: Casey Plett
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
WINNER, Lambda Literary Award; Firecracker Award for Fiction; $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Awa… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
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"Maybe living through it isn't the only hard part. Maybe being in the world afterward is also the hard part."-Casey Plett, Little Fish
"Wendy knew how to deal with looking cis and she knew how to deal with looking trans, but she would never, ever figure out how to be both. How the world could treat her so differently—within days or h…"-Casey Plett, Little Fish
"What kind of world does the core of your brain expect that you, you personally get to live in? Wendy wanted to be loved. However easily she might have abandoned or ruined her prospects, Wendy did sti…"-Casey Plett, Little Fish
9. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse
By: Brontez Purnell
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more
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- biography memoir
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10. The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2)
By: Lev A.C. Rosen
4.17
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you have finally foun… read more
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- audiobook
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11. The Prettiest Star
By: Carter Sickels
4.43
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it’s where Brian is from, where his fami… read more
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12. If You Change Your Mind
By: Robby Weber
3.46
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious and heartfelt debut novel, an aspiring screenwriter learns sometimes love has its… read more
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"It's like he's got Tony Stark or S.H.E.I.L.D on the other end at that phone or something."-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind
"Grants footsteps are the same as they always were, they are soft and slow but also confident, like him, he knows I'll follow."-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind
"- You said I wouldn't catch fire if I touch you, I say. - And that's not true, I will. It will be a wildfire and I won't be able to put it out."-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind
"- But if I am going to fail, I say. - If I am not going to end up in LA after all spending weekends with you and watching our dreams come true, I don’t want to risk falling for you again just to say …"-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind
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
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- 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
14. 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
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- biography
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- gay
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
15. Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son
By: Richie Jackson
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant and urgent love letter to his son, award-winning Broadway, TV and film producer Ri… read more
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- lgbt
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- nonfiction
- queer
16. ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
By: John Paul Brammer
4.05
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
From popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer John Paul Brammer comes a hilarious, heartwarming me… read more
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- gay
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"I thought of myself more as "a person with unique difficulty accessing heterosexuality."-John Paul Brammer, ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
"All those years of remembering, carrying, and suffering over this person, and he probably hadn't thought about me at all since I'd moved away. I was willing to bet all my tormentors were also sufferi…"-John Paul Brammer, ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
17. Sing Anyway (Moonlighters, #1)
By: Anita Kelly
4.05
Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition
After a lifetime of failed relationships, non-binary history professor Sam Bell is committed to a n… read more
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18. Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?
By: Zach Zimmerman
3.62
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
In this debut collection of essays, lists, musings, and quips, New York-based comedian Zach Zimmerm… read more
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- lgbt
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- queer
19. 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
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- queer
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20. Another First Chance
By: Robbie Couch
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more
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21. Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
By: Brian Tyler Cohen
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"These are manipulation tactics happening at the hands of the very people whom voters have been groomed to trust. Republicans may claim to hate the Democrats, but frankly there is no one they have mor…"-Brian Tyler Cohen, Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
