21 must-read fiction books like Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez

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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…

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1. Henry Henry

By: Allen Bratton

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more

Similar categories in Allen Bratton's Henry Henry book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."

-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry

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2. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
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3. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • 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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6. Dayspring

By: Anthony Oliveira

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre—at once a bold retelling of bibli… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Oliveira's Dayspring book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"when god died he died whimpering"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"the fox has a den and the bird has a nest only humans go homeless"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"when i sleep i remember days that never were. i dream a life i never saw and which i now see he never wanted..."

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"saint sebastian was a roman soldier. hot idiot twink go-go dancer pass around party bottom of the lord pincushioned through with arrows"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

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7. All the World Beside

By: Garrard Conley

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England … read more

Similar categories in Garrard Conley's All the World Beside book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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8. Ways and Means

By: Daniel Lefferts

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In Daniel Lefferts’s searing debut novel Ways and Means, a striving finance student confronts the l… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Lefferts's Ways and Means book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
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9. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. How We Named the Stars

By: Andrés N. Ordorica

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica’s debut novel is a tender and lyrical … read more

Similar categories in Andrés N. Ordorica's How We Named the Stars book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. Cinema Love

By: Jiaming Tang

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them. For over th… read more

Similar categories in Jiaming Tang's Cinema Love book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. The Sons of El Rey

By: Alex Espinoza

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the American Book Award­–winning author comes a multi-generational epic spanning 1960s Mexico … read more

Similar categories in Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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17. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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18. 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 Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • new york
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
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19. Small Rain

By: Garth Greenwell

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A medical crisis brings one man close to death—and to love, art, and beauty—in a profound and lumin… read more

Similar categories in Garth Greenwell's Small Rain book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
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20. Our Evenings

By: Alan Hollinghurst

4.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions mode… read more

Similar categories in Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories

By: Ruben Reyes Jr.

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, an… read more

Similar categories in Ruben Reyes Jr.'s There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories book and Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction

17 Top contemporary books like Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

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Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

4.24

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Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

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Anyone's Ghost

August Thompson

4.11

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9 must-read adult fiction books like Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson

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Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

3.96

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Anyone's Ghost

August Thompson

4.11

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In Tongues

Thomas Grattan

4.04

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Housemates

Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

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