14 best-selling queer books like All Friends Are Necessary by Tomas Moniz

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All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous, big-hearted novel, Tomas Moniz delivers a commanding new story about the power of f…

"Remember that. When you take care of something, you're really taking care of yourself."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

"Remember that. When you take care of something, you're really taking care of yourself."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

"Hopefully, you found some happiness, some way to be in the world with people who welcomed you home, who would check in on you when things got bad, who challenged you because they cared."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

"Hopefully, you found some happiness, some way to be in the world with people who welcomed you home, who would check in on you when things got bad, who challenged you because they cared."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

If you liked the queer plot in All Friends Are Necessary by Tomas Moniz , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

1. Blessings

By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more

Similar categories in Chukwuebuka Ibeh's Blessings book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse by Brontez Purnell

2. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

By: Brontez Purnell

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more

Similar categories in Brontez Purnell's Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • queer
  • lgbt
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3. The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

By: Briony Cameron

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one o… read more

Similar categories in Briony Cameron's The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. Oye

By: Melissa Mogollon

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you wo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Mogollon's Oye book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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5. Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more

Similar categories in Emma Copley Eisenberg's Housemates book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."

-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates

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6. The Switch

By: Lily Samson

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Shocking, seductive, sexy and scandalous. The Switch is a page-turning thriller, a clever mystery,… read more

Similar categories in Lily Samson's The Switch book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
" Lilly Samson, The Switch, Quotes, shameless manipulation of. Allergies disclaimer: I would like to stress that this book is not exactly for the unwashed masses: I delayed showering after the last sw…"

-Lily Samson, The Switch

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7. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

Cover of Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansbury

8. Some Strange Music Draws Me In

By: Griffin Hansbury

4.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) encounters Sylvia,… read more

Similar categories in Griffin Hansbury's Some Strange Music Draws Me In book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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9. 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 Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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10. A Great Marriage

By: Frances Mayes

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When a perfect wedding is called off just days before the big event, it sends two people—and their … read more

Similar categories in Frances Mayes's A Great Marriage book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Entitlement

By: Rumaan Alam

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind … read more

Similar categories in Rumaan Alam's Entitlement book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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12. Little Rot

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more

Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's Little Rot book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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13. 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 Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of All Friends Are Necessary by Tomas Moniz

14. All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous, big-hearted novel, Tomas Moniz delivers a commanding new story about the power of f… read more

Similar categories in Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • bisexual
  • queer
"Remember that. When you take care of something, you're really taking care of yourself."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

"Hopefully, you found some happiness, some way to be in the world with people who welcomed you home, who would check in on you when things got bad, who challenged you because they cared."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

Cover of Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez

15. Hombrecito

By: Santiago Jose Sanchez

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant… read more

Similar categories in Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir by Priyanka Mattoo

16. Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir

By: Priyanka Mattoo

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From a wry, insightful, and very funny new voice, here is one woman's peripatetic search for home, … read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Mattoo's Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

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17. Shae

By: Mesha Maren

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age novel about addiction, belonging, and loving a place that doesn’t always love… read more

Similar categories in Mesha Maren's Shae book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner

18. Shred Sisters

By: Betsy Lerner

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sister… read more

Similar categories in Betsy Lerner's Shred Sisters book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of How to Leave the House by Nathan  Newman

19. How to Leave the House

By: Nathan Newman

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Newman's How to Leave the House book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield

20. Time and Time Again

By: Chatham Greenfield

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Phoebe Mendel's day is never ending—literally. On August 6th, she woke up to find herself stuck … read more

Similar categories in Chatham Greenfield's Time and Time Again book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg

21. A Reason to See You Again

By: Jami Attenberg

3.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a… read more

Similar categories in Jami Attenberg's A Reason to See You Again book and Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult

19 must-read fiction books like All Friends Are Necessary by Tomas Moniz

Transform Your Habits

Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

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The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

Briony Cameron

3.82

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Oye

Melissa Mogollon

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Housemates

Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

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Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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