11 Best historical books like Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

Cover of Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

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…

If you liked the historical plot in Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. The Expendable Man

By: Dorothy B. Hughes

4.00

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

The critic HRF Keating chose The Expendable Manas one of his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books. '… read more

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2. Rent Boy

By: Gary Indiana

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Danny is a rent boy, an architecture student, a waiter, and hot! Working his way through school see… read more

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3. You Only Call When You're in Trouble

By: Stephen McCauley

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself? After a lifetime of tak… read more

Similar categories in Stephen McCauley's You Only Call When You're in Trouble book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. 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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"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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5. 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

Similar categories in Tom Crewe's The New Life book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"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

Cover of Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers

6. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

By: Mary Rodgers

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more

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7. Family Meal

By: Bryan Washington

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, intimate novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Washington's Family Meal book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
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8. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cunningham's Day book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

Cover of Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10) by Armistead Maupin

9. 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

Similar categories in Armistead Maupin's Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10) book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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10. Confidence

By: Rafael Frumkin

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two lifelong friends, occasional lovers, and constant conmen find themselves on top of the world af… read more

Similar categories in Rafael Frumkin's Confidence book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
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11. 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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • queer
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12. The Kingdom of Sand

By: Andrew Holleran

3.51

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

One of the great appeals of Florida has always been the sense that the minute you get here you have… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Holleran's The Kingdom of Sand book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
"It is a fact seldom observed that after a certain age a single man is a creature no one has a place for"

-Andrew Holleran, The Kingdom of Sand

"When the American novelist Howard Sturgis lay on his deathbed he was cared for so solicitously by his life partner that at one point Sturgis had to remind him, "A watched pot never boils"—surely one …"

-Andrew Holleran, The Kingdom of Sand

Cover of Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch

13. Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

By: Brad Gooch

4.39

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

“It’s all  the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for … read more

Similar categories in Brad Gooch's Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

14. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

Similar categories in Michael Schulman's Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • historical
  • adult
Cover of Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Philip Gefter

15. Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Philip Gefter

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbrea… read more

Similar categories in Philip Gefter's Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

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16. 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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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17. Brother & Sister Enter the Forest

By: Richard Mirabella

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Opening like a fairy tale and ending like a nightmare, this cannonball of a queer coming-of-age nov… read more

Similar categories in Richard Mirabella's Brother & Sister Enter the Forest book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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18. 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

Similar categories in Edmund White's The Humble Lover book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
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19. 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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"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

Cover of Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy by Charles Busch

20. Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy

By: Charles Busch

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's dramatic journey in the worlds of … read more

Similar categories in Charles Busch's Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of All the World Beside by Garrard Conley

21. 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

Similar categories in Garrard Conley's All the World Beside book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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22. 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

Similar categories in Edward Cahill's Disorderly Men book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
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24. 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

Similar categories in Javier Fuentes's Countries of Origin book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen

25. The Lost Americans

By: Christopher Bollen

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young woman finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and very dangerous enemies when she trave… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Bollen's The Lost Americans book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • mystery
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of In Tongues by Thomas Grattan

26. 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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

27. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

Similar categories in Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • adult
Cover of The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt

28. The Male Gazed

By: Manuel Betancourt

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the s… read more

Similar categories in Manuel Betancourt's The Male Gazed book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • adult
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

29. 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

Similar categories in Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun book and Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • queer
Cover of Four Squares by Bobby Finger

30. 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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan

31. 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 Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer

22 Top fiction books like Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

Transform Your Habits

You Only Call When You're in Trouble

Stephen McCauley

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

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The New Life

Tom Crewe

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Family Meal

Bryan Washington

3.56

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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The Wren, the Wren

Anne Enright

3.55

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Leaving

Roxana Robinson

3.87

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