Lone Stars
By: Justin Deabler
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warn…
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1. Fellow Travelers
By: Thomas Mallon
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the highly acclaimed author of Bandboxand Dewey Defeats Truman-a searing new historical novel … read more
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- gay
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
2. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
By: Alan Downs
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The gay male world today is characterized by seductive beauty, artful creativity, flamboyant sexual… read more
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3. Best Men
By: Sidney Karger
3.34
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn't a piece of cake i… read more
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- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
4. Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos
By: Michael Imperioli
4.22
Format: 509 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I will be reading and rereading Woke Up This Morning ....These r… read more
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- audiobook
5. Confidence
By: Rafael Frumkin
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Two lifelong friends, occasional lovers, and constant conmen find themselves on top of the world af… read more
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- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
6. 100 Boyfriends
By: Brontez Purnell
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
An irreverent, sensitive, and inimitable look at gay dysfunction through the eyes of a cult hero … read more
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- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
"You never stop looking like art to me"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"I, being what one therapist jokingly referred to as a “clinical sex addict,"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"I had fucked enough boys with Catholic damage to know that if he's wearing a crucifix, he's definitely a ho."-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
"My only desire is to be desired. I feel like the whole equation cancels itself out and what it really means is I have no will—I can (at will) rip out all sense of self just so a boy can have one more…"-Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends
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7. The [Fake] Dating Game
By: Timothy Janovsky
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Ready. Set. Faux . Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audit… read more
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- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game
"Amber bulbs dangle on white strings above our heads, making everyone in the restaurant look like a cartoon character with a bright idea."-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game
"Under the roar of the crowd, Leo whispers into my ear. "You are full of surprises." "On the night we met, you said surprises aren't all they're cracked up to be." "You're the exception to the rule." …"-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game
8. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It
By: Greg Marshall
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets… read more
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- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
9. Small Joys
By: Elvin James Mensah
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected friendship saves a young man's life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chos… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"He was tired of there being something shameful or unsettling about the blunt expression of friendship, of the simple desire to be there for someone needing to be mocked before it could be respected, …"-Elvin James Mensah, Small Joys
10. Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)
By: Lev A.C. Rosen
3.87
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the … read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Even when your dream is taken from you, you can have a great new life."-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)
"People are always trying to claim you, without ever listening to who you are. They want you to be something else, to be the role they have for you in the family. But really, we're all better off just…"-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)
11. Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States
By: Samantha Allen
4.09
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST A transgender reporter's "powerful, profoundly moving" narrative to… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
12. Midnight on Beacon Street
By: Emily Ruth Verona
2.88
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller—and love letter to vintage horror movies—in which a t… read more
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- audiobook
- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
13. Lark Ascending
By: Silas House
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A timely, powerful story of survival set in the not-too-distant future, reminding us to always hold… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- lgbt
"The world became smaller, yet louder."-Silas House, Lark Ascending
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."-Silas House, Lark Ascending
"There was some comfort in knowing that, although the world was being torn in two, there were still remarkable things that went on being, that refused to lose their shine. Some days it was only the wo…"-Silas House, Lark Ascending
14. Greenland
By: David Santos Donaldson
3.80
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling, debut novel-within-a-novel in the vein of The Prophets and Memorial, about a young auth… read more
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- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
15. 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
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
16. Night Will Find You
By: Julia Heaberlin
3.97
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp's nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a co… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
17. 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
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- fiction
- gay
- lgbt
"He reminded me of a scene from a movie, any movie: men standing in doorways, filling the space with their silence."-Craig Willse, Providence
18. The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World
By: Paul Fisher
3.93
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A Wall Street Journal and Times Literary Supplement B ook of the Year | Long-listed for the Plutarc… read more
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- gay
19. The Bright Lands
By: John Fram
3.41
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback… read more
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- contemporary
- audiobook
- fiction
- lgbt
20. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
By: Ariel Henley
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it.At only eight months old, identical twin sis… read more
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- audiobook
21. We Are Lost and Found
By: Helene Dunbar
3.74
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, heartbreaking, and uplifting story in the tradition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower … read more
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- gay
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- audiobook
22. The Thirty Names of Night
By: Zeyn Joukhadar
4.04
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American tran… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"I bow my head under her hands. “I couldn’t do it anymore, Teta."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
"Faith isn’t a gift you can give. It’s something we find for ourselves."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
"Maybe it's true that we become what we love most, that we exalt the nameless by losing ourselves in it."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
"To the night, I am a body without a past or a future, a pillar that bends light. The night doesn't know my name."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
23. Pay Dirt Road (Annie McIntyre, #1)
By: Samantha Jayne Allen
3.36
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Friday Night Lights meets Mare of Easttown in this small-town mystery about an unlikely private inv… read more
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- adult fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
24. The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disa… read more
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- audiobook
25. First Time for Everything
By: Henry Fry
3.67
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a down-on-his-luck gay man working out how he fits into the world, making up for lost… read more
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- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
26. The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)
By: Barry Wittenstein
4.09
Format: 32 pages, ebook
Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Bo… read more
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- historical
27. I'll Take Everything You Have
By: James Klise
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From an Edgar Award-winning author, this historical noir novel follows the life-changing summer of … read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
28. Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)
By: Lev A.C. Rosen
3.85
Format: 352 pages, None
My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it's going to be weird for everyone… read more
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- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I would not look good as a splatter on the floor. It's not my ideal body type"-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)
"It's not about making myself less amazing so I blend in - it's about making sure everyone around me in their own shade of glitter."-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)
"Relationships should always be handled carefully. Sex is one thing – throw your bodies together, wake up the next day – but if you want to really know someone, it’s best to remember that while you lo…"-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)
"So maybe you're asexual. But that is not all bad! I know it feels bad. You're pretty much in you're own version of the closet trying to figure it out. I've been there. I thought my liking boys was a …"-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)
29. Like Mother, Like Mother
By: Susan Rieger
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secr… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
30. A Fractured Infinity
By: Nathan Tavares
3.61
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Film-maker Hayes Figueiredo is struggling to finish the documentary of his heart when handsome phys… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- gay
- lgbt
"One summer in high school I thought, hey, I love movies. Why don't I work at a movie theater? Which is like saying you should work at a butcher shop because you love animals. You see the ugly stuff t…"-Nathan Tavares, A Fractured Infinity
31. Lone Stars
By: Justin Deabler
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warn… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- audiobook
