10 Top thriller books like Boy Fallen by Chris Gill

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Boy Fallen

By: Chris Gill

4.22

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

A POWERFUL CRIME MYSTERY WITH A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AT ITS CORE When the body…

If you liked the thriller plot in Boy Fallen by Chris Gill , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Drawing Blood

By: Poppy Z. Brite

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Escaping from his North Carolina home after his father murders their family and commits suicide, Tr… read more

Similar categories in Poppy Z. Brite's Drawing Blood book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • lgbt
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2. A Single Man

By: Christopher Isherwood

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving p… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • gay
  • lgbt
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3. White Rabbit

By: Caleb Roehrig

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfrie… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Roehrig's White Rabbit book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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5. Wake (PI Lane Holland #1)

By: Shelley Burr

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

'The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving cent… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • gay
  • lgbt
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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7. Best Men

By: Sidney Karger

3.34

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn't a piece of cake i… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's Best Men book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
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8. Swimming in the Dark

By: Tomasz Jedrowski

4.26

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story o… read more

Similar categories in Tomasz Jedrowski's Swimming in the Dark book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
"Little sparks cause fires too."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"I avoided you, so that you couldn’t avoid me."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"Selfish. Growing into yourself is nothing but that."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"See it as a game– everyone knows the rules. And if you can’t change them, there’s no point in worrying."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

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9. 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

Similar categories in P.J. Vernon's Bath Haus book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery thriller
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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10. 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 Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
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11. 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

Similar categories in Jeremy Atherton Lin's Gay Bar: Why We Went Out book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • gay
  • lgbt
"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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12. The Lemon Drop Kid

By: Josh Lanyon

4.12

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

How The Cookie Crumbled As sole heir to the Bredahl Cookies and Cakes fortune, Casper led a comf… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's The Lemon Drop Kid book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Yes, Daddy

By: Jonathan Parks-Ramage

3.59

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Parks-Ramage's Yes, Daddy book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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14. My Government Means to Kill Me

By: Rasheed Newson

4.25

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a… read more

Similar categories in Rasheed Newson's My Government Means to Kill Me book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • lgbt
"So I loved my sister, but held that love loosely in my arms, anticipating its death and mourning it as it lived"

-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me

"...Generations of black men had been frequenting Mt. Morris since the Harlem Renaissance. Rumor had it that Countee Cullen ditched his wife after he and Harold Jackman made Mt. Morris their regular r…"

-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me

"Zee had only grinned at me when I was valuable to her. I'd go on to tangle with other bosses and authority figures, and that dynamic never changed. Affection never outlasted need. This was the first …"

-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me

"The theory goes that governmental agencies don't accidentally make accessing information or resources difficult. They do this shit on purpose. The forms are confusing, and the record keeping is ass-b…"

-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me

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15. Gone

By: Glenna Thomson

3.97

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing girl ... a cold case ... a sister who won’t give up … 'I was there on the day Rebecca … read more

Similar categories in Glenna Thomson's Gone book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. Punch Me Up to the Gods

By: Brian Broome

4.33

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Punch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing… read more

Similar categories in Brian Broome's Punch Me Up to the Gods book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • gay
  • lgbt
"My second baby was a girl. Cutest thing you ever did see. He was happy with a girl. His first born. He liked havin’ a girl. He fell in love with her and played with her and praised her every move. Se…"

-Brian Broome, Punch Me Up to the Gods

"I think about my father and the clarity that comes with age tells me that he must have suffered... He was anxious. He was lonely. And he was insecure. There is no thing on earth more dangerous than a…"

-Brian Broome, Punch Me Up to the Gods

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17. Tweakerworld

By: Jason Yamas

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and one of San Francis… read more

Similar categories in Jason Yamas's Tweakerworld book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • lgbt
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18. When You Call My Name

By: Tucker Shaw

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in Ne… read more

Similar categories in Tucker Shaw's When You Call My Name book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
"Just so you know,"

-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name

"I stop somewhere waiting for you."

-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name

"He didn't know yet that he would remember this name forever."

-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name

"Tell me why you don’t sleep. I didn’t say goodbye. I knew what was happening, but I didn’t say goodbye. I didn’t even try to."

-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name

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19. Anyone's Ghost

By: August Thompson

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary debut novel in which the transforming love and friendship between two young men du… read more

Similar categories in August Thompson's Anyone's Ghost book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
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20. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • lgbt
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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21. Teacher of the Year (Teachers in Love, #1)

By: M.A. Wardell

3.78

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Love: Not as easy as ABC. They were supposed to keep things casual. Who’d expect they’d be schoo… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Wardell's Teacher of the Year (Teachers in Love, #1) book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
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22. Rainbow Black

By: Maggie Thrash

3.96

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Thrash's Rainbow Black book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • lgbt
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23. 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 Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
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24. Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.67

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush, It's been a few years since we were together, but I can't … read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1) book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
"With only the stars as my witness, I kiss him again, deeper, and to my surprise, it doesn’t feel like scratching an act off a list or completing a quest: it feels like coming home."

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

"Because I know for certain the cardboard version of himself he’s been asked for years to display in the storefront of his family life has been incinerated for good. He’s flesh and blood right now, fl…"

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

"It’s nice to hear him so self-aware. To know that the seismic waves of coming out are still rippling through him too. I thought I was alone in that. Everyone makes it seem like coming out is crossing…"

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

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25. The Bright Lands

By: John Fram

3.41

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback… read more

Similar categories in John Fram's The Bright Lands book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Boy Fallen by Chris  Gill

26. Boy Fallen

By: Chris Gill

4.22

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

A POWERFUL CRIME MYSTERY WITH A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AT ITS CORE When the body… read more

Similar categories in Chris Gill's Boy Fallen book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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27. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • lgbt
Cover of The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) by K.J. Charles

28. The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't miss the second thrilling Regency romance in the Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune series by KJ … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • lgbt
Cover of Wrong Answers Only by Tobias Madden

29. 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

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Wrong Answers Only book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
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30. Tank Water

By: Michael Burge

3.76

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

James Brandt didn’t look back when he got away from his rural hometown as a teenager. Now, he’s ret… read more

Similar categories in Michael Burge's Tank Water book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • crime
  • gay
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31. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Chris Gill's Boy Fallen

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

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3.99

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3.34

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3.96

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4.11

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Thomas Grattan

4.04

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