6 Best queer books like Le Jardin d'acclimatation by Yves Navarre

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Le Jardin d'acclimatation

By: Yves Navarre

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Pour Bertrand Prouillan la vie s'est figée un certain 9 juillet, jour de ses vingt ans, au retour d…

If you liked the queer plot in Le Jardin d'acclimatation by Yves Navarre , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Charlotte

By: David Foenkinos

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Ce roman retrace la vie de Charlotte Salomon, artiste peintre morte à vingt-six ans alors qu'elle é… read more

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  • france
"La dicha se convierte en una isla en el pasado, inaccesible."

-David Foenkinos, Charlotte

"She must disappear for a time from the human surface, And sacrifice everything for this, To recreate herself from the depths of her world."

-David Foenkinos, Charlotte

"Words do not always need a destination. We can leave them behind us at the borders of feelings. Running around headless in the vague zone. And that is the privilege of artists: to live in confusion."

-David Foenkinos, Charlotte

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2. The Imitation Game

By: Jim Ottaviani , Leland Purvis

3.61

Format: 197 pages, ebook

Today, Alan Turing is considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intellig… read more

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  • lgbt
Cover of Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

3. Confessions of a Mask

By: Yukio Mishima

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Confessions of a Maskis the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact tha… read more

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  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. Belle du Seigneur

By: Albert Cohen

3.90

Format: 309 pages, Mass Market Paperback

<> Ariane devant son seigneur, son maitre, son aime Solal, tous deux entoures d'une foule de compar… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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5. Zeno's Conscience

By: Italo Svevo , William Weaver

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available i… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Dirty Snow

By: Georges Simenon , William T. Vollmann , Marc Romano

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nineteen-year-old Frank Friedmaier lives in a country under occupation. Most people struggle to get… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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7. Journey by Moonlight

By: Len Rix , Antal Szerb

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

A major classic of 1930s literature, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (Utas es Holdvilag)is the f… read more

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  • fiction
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8. The Holy Terrors

By: Jean Cocteau , Rosamond Lehmann

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Les Enfants Terribles holds an undisputed place among the classics of modern fiction. Written in a … read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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9. Dans ma chambre

By: Guillaume Dustan

4.10

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

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  • gay
  • lgbt
  • france
  • fiction
  • queer
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10. The Hunting Gun

By: Yasushi Inoue , Sadamichi Yokoö

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition . The Hunting Gun, set in the period immediately following WWII, follows… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Journey to the End of the Night

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann

4.19

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

12. Devotion

By: Patti Smith

3.97

Format: 649 pages, Hardcover

From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative … read more

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13. La Gloire de mon père

By: Marcel Pagnol

3.94

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Je suis ne dans la ville d'Aubagne, sous le Garlaban couronne de chevres, au temps des derniers che… read more

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14. Runaway Horses

By: Yukio Mishima , Michael Gallagher

3.08

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns … read more

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15. I Am the Brother of XX

By: Fleur Jaeggy , Gini Alhadeff

4.25

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Fleur Jaeggy is often noted for her terse and telegraphic style, which somehow brews up a profound … read more

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16. Le Malade imaginaire

By: Molière

3.63

Format: 255 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Le Malade imaginaire est la dernière comédie et en même temps la dernière pièce écrite par Molière.… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"La musique est accoutumée à ne point faire ce qu'on veut."

-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire

"Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies."

-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire

17. Suite Française

By: Irène Némirovsky , Sandra Smith

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first two stories of a masterwork once thought lost, written by a pre-WWII bestselling author w… read more

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18. Cyrano de Bergerac

By: Edmond Rostand , Lowell Bair , Eteel Lawson

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is Edmond Rostand's immortal play in which chivalry and wit, bravery and love are forever capt… read more

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19. The Young Man

By: Annie Ernaux

3.61

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat… read more

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  • france
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20. Triste tigre

By: Neige Sinno

4.23

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more

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  • france
"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"

-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre

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21. An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

By: Clarice Lispector

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH … read more

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  • fiction
"Ah "persona", como não te usar e ser!"

-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

"Oh God! Having just one life was so little."

-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

"Meu mistério é simples: eu não sei como estar viva."

-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

"E digo: eu está apaixonada pelo teu eu. Então nós é."

-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

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22. The Hole

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.49

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more

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  • fiction
"I moved out here with my husband."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

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23. Ce que je sais de toi

By: Éric Chacour

4.43

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Dans le Caire des années 1980, un jeune médecin suit un destin tracé pour lui. Entre son dispensair… read more

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  • gay
  • lgbt
  • france
  • fiction
  • queer
"Le jour, ses mains en prolongement des tiennes sur le corps des patients. La nuit, son corps en prolongement du tien sous tes mains impatientes."

-Éric Chacour, Ce que je sais de toi

Cover of Quand tu écouteras cette chanson by Lola Lafon

24. Quand tu écouteras cette chanson

By: Lola Lafon

4.40

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Le 18 août 2021, j'ai passé la nuit au Musée Anne Frank, dans l'Annexe. Anne Frank, que tout le mon… read more

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  • france
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25. Vivir con nuestros muertos

By: Delphine Horvilleur

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Una gran obra literaria sobre el poder de la narración para combatir el dolor de la pérdida. Est… read more

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  • france
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26. 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

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  • fiction
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of Sur la Dalle (Commissaire Adamsberg, #12) by Fred Vargas

27. Sur la Dalle (Commissaire Adamsberg, #12)

By: Fred Vargas

3.54

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

"— Le dolmen dont tu m’as parlé, Johan, il est bien sur la route du petit pont ? — À deux kilomètre… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
Cover of The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors) by Guy de Maupassant

28. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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29. Un soir d'été

By: Philippe Besson

3.86

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

" Nous étions six – cinq garçons et une fille – insouciants, frivoles, joyeux, dans un été de tous … read more

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  • gay
  • lgbt
  • france
  • fiction
  • queer
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30. Le Jardin d'acclimatation

By: Yves Navarre

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Pour Bertrand Prouillan la vie s'est figée un certain 9 juillet, jour de ses vingt ans, au retour d… read more

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  • gay
  • lgbt
  • france
  • fiction
  • queer

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Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

2.57

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Albert Cohen

3.90

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4.25

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12 must-read fiction books like Ce que je sais de toi by Éric Chacour

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Jean-Baptiste Andrea

4.28

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Éric Chacour

4.43

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Francis Ouellette

4.21

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