5 Best biography books like The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal by Glenn Chandler

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The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal

By: Glenn Chandler

3.76

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The Cleveland Street scandal, involving a homosexual brothel reputedly visited by the Queen's grand…

If you liked the biography plot in The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal by Glenn Chandler , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Secret Agent

By: Joseph Conrad

3.59

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her… read more

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"Bad world for poor people."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

"To the destruction of what is."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

"As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

"A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

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2. A Place Called Winter

By: Patrick Gale

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

In the golden 1900s, Harry Cane, a shy, eligible gentleman of leisure is drawn from a life of quiet… read more

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  • gay
  • lgbt
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3. Sins of the Cities of the Plain

By: Jack Saul

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Written 12 years before Teleny by Saul and a likely ghostwriter, this account of Victorian cross-dr… read more

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  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt

4. The Lord Won't Mind

By: Gordon Merrick

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

In this first volume of the classic trilogy, Charlie and Peter forge a love that will survive World… read more

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5. The Absolutist

By: John Boyne

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the mo… read more

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6. The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

By: Oscar Wilde , Nicholas Frankel

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

More than 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted "The Picture of Dorian Gray" for publication in "Li… read more

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7. Salomé

By: Oscar Wilde , Aubrey Beardsley , Robert Baldwin Ross , Alfred Bruce Douglas

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Outraged by the sexual perversity of this one-act tragedy, Great Britain's Lord Chamberlain banned … read more

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8. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

By: Huw Lemmey

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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9. The Debutante

By: Jon Ronson

3.41

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

This is the story of a Tulsa debutante who, as a result of a series of unlikely and often very bad … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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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  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"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

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11. The Pachinko Parlour

By: Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.61

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more

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  • audiobook
"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour

"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour

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12. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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13. 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

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  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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14. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) book and Glenn Chandler's The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal

  • audiobook
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15. The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.08

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

2 hours and 43 minutes The world has been fundamentally changed by the shock and devastation of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. 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
  • biography
  • 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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17. Love, Hate & Clickbait

By: Liz Bowery

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Cutthroat political consultant Thom Morgan is thriving, working on the governor of California’s pre… read more

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  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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18. The Scottish Boy

By: Alex de Campi

4.16

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himse… read more

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  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"Iain,’ he says softly. ‘If you’re in heaven, I cannot let you go. I keep seeing you, trying to put you back in the world by sheer force of desire. I saw you in the Black Knight, and I feel like every…"

-Alex de Campi, The Scottish Boy

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19. George Orwell’s 1984: An Audible Original adaptation

By: George Orwell

4.11

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

From the age of uniformity. From the age of solitude and doublethink. From the age of Big Brother… read more

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20. Leading Men

By: Christopher Castellani

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An expansive yet intimate story of desire, artistic ambition, and fidelity, set in the glamorous li… read more

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  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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21. The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal

By: Glenn Chandler

3.76

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The Cleveland Street scandal, involving a homosexual brothel reputedly visited by the Queen's grand… read more

Similar categories in Glenn Chandler's The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal book and Glenn Chandler's The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal

  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer

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3.55

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Jon Ronson

3.41

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Tom Crewe

3.77

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Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.61

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3.78

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Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus

3.66

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Han Kang

3.47

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3.23

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