Marlo
By: Jay Carmichael
3.51
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A novel of two men, love, and aching loneliness. It's the 1950s in conservative Australia, and C…
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1. The Swimming-Pool Library
By: Alan Hollinghurst
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A literary sensation and bestseller both in England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an en… read more
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- gay fiction
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- gay
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2. Loaded
By: Christos Tsiolkas
3.89
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake.… read more
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- gay
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- literature
- australia
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4. 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
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5. 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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6. Holding the Man
By: Timothy Conigrave
3.99
Format: 32 pages,
Los anos setenta seran recordados, entre otras cosas, por ser la epoca en que el "glam" irrumpe con… read more
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7. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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- literature
8. Tiepolo Blue
By: James Cahill
3.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Ben turns and grins ironically. ‘When you stopped just now and looked at the sky, you weren’t measu… read more
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- gay
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- queer
9. 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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- romance
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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
10. 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
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- historical
- historical fiction
11. 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
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"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
12. In Memoriam
By: Alice Winn
4.53
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more
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"It’s intimate."-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Call me Sidney,"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Where’s the rest of it?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Do you believe in magic?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
13. 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
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- queer
14. Pity
By: Andrew McMillan
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and … read more
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- queer lit
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15. 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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16. Radical Love
By: Neil Blackmore
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by… read more
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17. The Conversion
By: Amanda Lohrey
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more
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- literature
- australia
18. Sanctuary
By: Garry Disher
3.99
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more
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- australia
19. Evenings and Weekends
By: Oisín McKenna
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
20. 100 Boyfriends
By: Brontez Purnell
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
An irreverent, sensitive, and inimitable look at gay dysfunction through the eyes of a cult hero … read more
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"You never stop looking like art to me"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"I, being what one therapist jokingly referred to as a “clinical sex addict,"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"I had fucked enough boys with Catholic damage to know that if he's wearing a crucifix, he's definitely a ho."-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"My only desire is to be desired. I feel like the whole equation cancels itself out and what it really means is I have no will—I can (at will) rip out all sense of self just so a boy can have one more…"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
21. The In-Between
By: Christos Tsiolkas
3.70
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more
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"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between
22. Son of Sin
By: Omar Sakr
3.69
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
Poet Omar Sakr’s debut novel is a fierce and fantastic force that illuminates the bonds that bind f… read more
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- queer
- australia
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23. Game On: Can you love the player, if you hate the game?
By: Matt Cain
3.80
Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle and Becoming Ted, abrand new enemies-to-love… read more
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24. Invisible Boys
By: Holden Sheppard
4.41
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who's not as tough as… read more
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"How bad would it actually be, to end up with a woman? I’m sure I could learn to live with it. And if you close your eyes, well, you could imagine it’s a guy."-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
"When the moon rose, I’d wonder if there was a boy somewhere looking at the same moon, maybe in Europe or America or Africa. Would we meet one day and talk about how we were both looking at the moon a…"-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
25. The Adversary
By: Ronnie Scott
3.19
Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition
‘I was an agent of Dan, a captive of his, really. I went where he wanted me, and did as he wanted, … read more
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26. Marlo
By: Jay Carmichael
3.51
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A novel of two men, love, and aching loneliness. It's the 1950s in conservative Australia, and C… read more
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27. A Man and His Pride
By: Luke Rutledge
4.02
Format: None pages, Audiobook
An uplifting and deeply moving gay novel by an exciting new Australian voice in commercial fiction,… read more
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- lgbt
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28. Wrong Answers Only
By: Tobias Madden
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Marco's always done the right thing. But now it's time for wrong answers only.Marco should be at un… read more
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29. Gus and the Missing Boy
By: Troy Hunter
4.30
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
True crime buff Gus Green has always felt out of place in the world. He's overweight, gay, his inju… read more
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- lgbt
30. Selamlik
By: Khaled Alesmael
3.85
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, vis… read more
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31. The Gorgon Flower
By: John Richards
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A young woman is haunted by the disappearance of her grandmother, a brilliant mathematician whose r… read more
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