19 Top lgbt books like Selamlik by Khaled Alesmael

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Selamlik

By: Khaled Alesmael

3.85

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, vis…

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1. Guapa

By: Saleem Haddad

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

A debut novel that tells the story of Rasa, a young gay man coming of age in the Middle East Set ov… read more

Similar categories in Saleem Haddad's Guapa book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

2. Love Junkie

By: Robert Plunket

4.50

Format: None pages,

The critically acclaimed author of the cult favorite My Search for Warren Harding now writes a hila… read more

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3. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • 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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5. The Foghorn Echoes

By: Danny Ramadan

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout tha… read more

Similar categories in Danny Ramadan's The Foghorn Echoes book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The story within me aches like an untreated wound. It's unheard and I need to speak it. It roams my insides like a caged animal gasping for air. It trembles."

-Danny Ramadan, The Foghorn Echoes

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6. I Will Greet the Sun Again

By: Khashayar J. Khabushani

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A searing, heartbreaking debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American fam… read more

Similar categories in Khashayar J. Khabushani's I Will Greet the Sun Again book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. What Does Israel Fear From Palestine?

By: Raja Shehadeh

4.34

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as pa… read more

Similar categories in Raja Shehadeh's What Does Israel Fear From Palestine? book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • adult
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8. Bored Gay Werewolf

By: Tony Santorella

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about… read more

Similar categories in Tony Santorella's Bored Gay Werewolf book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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9. 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"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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10. 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of In Tongues by Thomas Grattan

11. 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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12. Providence

By: Craig Willse

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An introverted English professor falls for an enigmatic sophomore and is lured into a web of chaos … read more

Similar categories in Craig Willse's Providence book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"He reminded me of a scene from a movie, any movie: men standing in doorways, filling the space with their silence."

-Craig Willse, Providence

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13. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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15. The Bump

By: Sidney Karger

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poig… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's The Bump book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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16. 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

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

17. 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of No Road Home by John Fram

18. No Road Home

By: John Fram

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A young father must clear his name and protect his queer son when his wealthy new wife’s televangel… read more

Similar categories in John Fram's No Road Home book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Selamlik by Khaled Alesmael

19. Selamlik

By: Khaled Alesmael

3.85

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, vis… read more

Similar categories in Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • dark
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Queer Arab Glossary by Marwan Kaabour

20. The Queer Arab Glossary

By: Marwan Kaabour

4.65

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When conventional language does not equip us with the tools to speak about ourselves, we create our… read more

Similar categories in Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary book and Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

21. 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 Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

18 Top fiction books like Selamlik by Khaled Alesmael

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Guapa

Saleem Haddad

4.30

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Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian

4.46

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Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

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The Foghorn Echoes

Danny Ramadan

4.06

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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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