Bodies of Men
By: Nigel Featherstone
3.99
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
Shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year 2020Shortlisted for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards - …
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1. Blueback
By: Tim Winton
3.56
Format: 304 pages,
From the author of the bestselling novel "The Riders" comes a bewitching fable sure to delight read… read more
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- australia
- fiction
2. Boys of Life
By: Paul Russell
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this powerful novel, the acclaimed author of The Salt Point portrays a coming of age overshadowe… read more
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- fiction
- queer
3. Steeplechase
By: Krissy Kneen
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
I search for the last incoming call. I store the number under one word, 'sister'. I know I should h… read more
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- fiction
- australia
4. Closer
By: Dennis Cooper
3.72
Format: 395 pages, Paperback
Like Jean Genet and William Burroughs, Dennis Cooper assaults the senses as he engages the mind wit… read more
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- fiction
- queer
5. Holding the Man
By: Timothy Conigrave
3.99
Format: 32 pages,
Los anos setenta seran recordados, entre otras cosas, por ser la epoca en que el "glam" irrumpe con… read more
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6. We Could Be So Good
By: Cat Sebastian
4.29
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy… read more
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- m m romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
7. Lola in the Mirror
By: Trent Dalton
4.41
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more
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- australia
- fiction
8. Shy
By: Max Porter
3.63
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’… read more
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- fiction
"He could learn to speak this language: night-end."-Max Porter, Shy
"He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad."-Max Porter, Shy
"Shy said It's our music, coming out of our shit towns, it's not from Staten Island or Seattle or Detroit, it's from Walsall and Watford. Shaun and his mate Andy burst out laughing and Andy did a sque…"-Max Porter, Shy
"He smells of pond. Everything smells of pond. He feels like he could sniff his way into individual microbes, earthy worming growgreen liquid stink, newts and shoots, silty, fruity, and as he walks he…"-Max Porter, Shy
9. Devotion
By: Hannah Kent
3.87
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Prussia, 1836. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on… read more
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"Dying is unlike living. The smooth running of time is for the beating heart only. The dead stutter. The hands on my clock do not turn to numbers but to each other."-Hannah Kent, Devotion
"Thea, in all incarnations, wherever my soul has resided, I have loved you, am loving you, will love you. If the earth one day burns out its charge, you will find me in the ash. if the sea dries, find…"-Hannah Kent, Devotion
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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- historical
- queer
- fiction
- historical fiction
"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
11. In Memoriam
By: Alice Winn
4.53
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more
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- historical
- queer
- fiction
- historical fiction
"It’s intimate."-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Call me Sidney,"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Where’s the rest of it?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Do you believe in magic?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
12. Young Mungo
By: Douglas Stuart
4.38
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo and James are born under different stars--Mungo a … read more
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- queer
- fiction
- historical fiction
"It was a nothing that felt like an everything."-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
"He hadn’t known that the sky could hold so many hues – or he hadn’t paid it any mind before. Did anyone in Glasgow look up?"-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
"Mungo watched as his siblings gathered up their belongings. He saw them with an unusual clarity. It was already over for them. It would never be over for him. He just had no one to tell."-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
"They had crossed this line a day or two before. They had wandered from timid tenderness to affection wrapped in insults. It was a lovely place for two boys to be: honest, exciting, immature."-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
13. Radical Love
By: Neil Blackmore
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by… read more
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- historical
- queer
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. 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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- fiction
- queer
15. All Down Darkness Wide
By: Seán Hewitt
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming… read more
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- queer
"When they said, 'I'm just scared that you'll be unhappy', what I really felt they were saying was 'I am scared that if you continue being yourself, we will make you unhappy."-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Ik vroeg me af of ik wel klaar was om met hem mee te gaan, of ik wel klaar was om die ene stap verder te zetten in het nieuwe leven dat ik weg van huis begon te ontdekken. Hier was ik een volwassene;…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
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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- historical
- 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
17. The In-Between
By: Christos Tsiolkas
3.70
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more
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- australia
- fiction
- queer
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between
18. Rainbow Milk
By: Paul Mendez
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follow… read more
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- historical
- queer
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
By: John Waters
3.88
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
No one knows more about everything - especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling… read more
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- queer
"Librarians are always smart, a little nuts, and know how to party."-John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
"As soon as you stop listening to new music, your life is over. You are a fart."-John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
20. 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
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- fiction
- queer
21. 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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- m m romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"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
22. Rodham
By: Curtis Sittenfeld
3.83
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and Eligible, a novel that imagines a d… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"There are two kinds of marriages: the ones where you're privy to how messy they are, and the ones where you're not."-Curtis Sittenfeld, Rodham
"I've learned over many decades that people are likeliest to declare their respect when their behavior suggests the opposite."-Curtis Sittenfeld, Rodham
23. Ready When You Are
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.20
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more
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- australia
- fiction
- queer
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
24. Alec
By: William di Canzio
4.21
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
William di Canzio's Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. M. Forster's secret novel of a happy same-sex lov… read more
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- m m romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"Did they all see through him? Risley, Mrs. W? This was something new about being queer, this innuendo and subterfuge, and it sickened him."-William di Canzio, Alec
25. Invisible Boys
By: Holden Sheppard
4.41
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who's not as tough as… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- queer
"How bad would it actually be, to end up with a woman? I’m sure I could learn to live with it. And if you close your eyes, well, you could imagine it’s a guy."-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
"When the moon rose, I’d wonder if there was a boy somewhere looking at the same moon, maybe in Europe or America or Africa. Would we meet one day and talk about how we were both looking at the moon a…"-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
26. Bad Kids
By: Zijin Chen
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
THE PERFECT CRIME DOESN’T EXIST One beautiful morning, Zhang Dongsheng pushes his wealthy in-law… read more
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- fiction
27. A Man and His Pride
By: Luke Rutledge
4.02
Format: None pages, Audiobook
An uplifting and deeply moving gay novel by an exciting new Australian voice in commercial fiction,… read more
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- queer
28. Lucky's
By: Andrew Pippos
3.37
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Lucky's is a story of family. It is also about a man called Lucky. His restaurant chain. A fir… read more
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
29. We Didn't Think It Through
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.32
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
From the author of the award-winning The Boy from the Mish, comes a compelling coming-of-age YA nov… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- queer
30. Bodies of Men
By: Nigel Featherstone
3.99
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
Shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year 2020Shortlisted for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards - … read more
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- historical
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- historical fiction
- queer
31. We Could Be Something
By: Will Kostakis
3.97
Format: 401 pages, Paperback
Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more
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- australia
- m m romance
- fiction
- queer
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
