Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall
By: James Polchin
3.56
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A hybrid of true crime and social history that examines how popular culture, the media, and the psy…
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1. Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day
By: Peter Ackroyd
3.34
Format: 247 pages, ebook
*** A Sunday Times Bestseller *** In Queer City Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- gay
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"The love that dares not speak its name has never stopped talking."-Peter Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day
"Sexuality was a fluid, infinitely malleable and indefinite condition. It permeated the streets of London like the smell of pies and sweetmeats."-Peter Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day
2. Moonglow
By: Michael Chabon
3.80
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
In 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon… read more
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- audiobook
"...When were they happy?" "In the cracks?" I said. "In the cracks."-Michael Chabon, Moonglow
"He was tired of shouldering the weight of other people's bad decisions along with his own."-Michael Chabon, Moonglow
"She had been an exhausting woman to love. But he had loved her no less passionately for the hard work."-Michael Chabon, Moonglow
"I agreed to keep the cards a secret and asked my grandmother if she believed in magic. She said she did not but that, surprisingly, magic worked even if you did not believe in it."-Michael Chabon, Moonglow
3. Hag-Seed
By: Margaret Atwood
3.80
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
When Felix is deposed as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival by his devious assist… read more
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- audiobook
"La grandeza está en la virtud, no en la venganza"-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed
"Suddenly revenge is so close he can actually taste it. It tastes like steak, rare."-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed
"But once you’ve climbed a ladder, what use is it? You kick it away, if you don’t intend to go down it again."-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed
"You always do good ones. We trust you, Mr. Duke," Says Dylan. Foolish lads, thinks Felix: never trust a professional ham."-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed
4. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.82
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more
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- crime
- audiobook
5. 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
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- politics
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
6. Logical Family: A Memoir
By: Armistead Maupin
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this long-awaited memoir, the beloved author of the bestselling Tales of the City series chronic… read more
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- lgbt
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7. 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
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- queer
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8. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
This startling novel describes the adolescence of a ferociously bright and rebellious orphan adopte… read more
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9. Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies
By: Michael Ausiello
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this evocative and gorgeously wrought memoir reminiscent of Rob Sheffield's Love Is a Mixtape an… read more
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10. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
By: Ross King
4.17
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelange… read more
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11. 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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12. Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
By: David Carter
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Riveting...Not only the definitive examination of the riots but an absorbing history of pre-Stonew… read more
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13. Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
By: Neil Gaiman
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 0060515236 (ISBN13: 9780060515232). Fragile Things is … read more
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- audiobook
"Words can wound, and wounds can heal."-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
"We save our lives in such unlikely ways."-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
"On the whole, stories don't write themselves."-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
"I was not so old that I would deny my own senses."-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
14. Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
By: Elon Green
3.84
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
The gripping true story, told here for the first time, of the Last Call Killer and the gay communit… read more
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- history
- true crime
- lgbt
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- crime
- queer
15. Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
By: Jack Parlett
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
* A Town and Country Must-Read Book of Summer * *A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE* *A Washington Post… read more
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- audiobook
- american history
- history
- gay
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
16. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- politics
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- audiobook
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
17. Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
By: Wright Thompson
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestseller! “A warm and loving reflection that, like good bourbon, will stand… read more
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- history
- audiobook
"What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a livi…"-Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
18. Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2)
By: Emily Tesh
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
This second volume of the Greenhollow duology once again invites readers to lose themselves in the … read more
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19. Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services―Notes of a Former Caseworker
By: Jessica Pryce
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow , a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed inves… read more
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20. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
By: Tia Levings
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more
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21. Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall
By: James Polchin
3.56
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A hybrid of true crime and social history that examines how popular culture, the media, and the psy… read more
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- gay
- lgbt
- politics
- nonfiction
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- queer
