12 must-read lgbt books like Unmentionables by David Greene

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Unmentionables

By: David Greene

3.99

Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner Book of the Year bronze medal for Gay literary fiction. Unmentionables is the story of tw…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Unmentionables by David Greene , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Come To The Oaks

By: Bryan T. Clark

4.64

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In 1845, as America is drowning in its own racial conflict, in a time when forbidden love has to re… read more

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  • historical
  • m m romance

2. The Eyes of Darkness

By: Dean Koontz , Leigh Nichols

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

A year after little Danny's death, his mother swore she saw him in a stranger's car...It was a myst… read more

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3. The City and the Pillar

By: Gore Vidal

4.67

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A literary cause celebrewhen first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal's now-classic Th… read more

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4. Dancer from the Dance

By: Andrew Holleran

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic r… read more

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5. The Line of Beauty

By: Alan Hollinghurst

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home… read more

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6. UR

By: Stephen King

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Reeling from a painful break-up, English instructor and avid book lover Wesley Smith is haunted by … read more

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7. The Mystery of Nevermore (Snow & Winter, #1)

By: C.S. Poe

3.93

Format: 265 pages, ebook

It's Christmas, and all antique dealer Sebastian Snow wants is for his business to make money and t… read more

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8. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.25

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

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"One of my nipples is noticeably larger than the other two."

-Tom J. Bross, Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

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9. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.52

Format: 311 pages, ebook

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

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10. Running From The Mirror

By: Howard Shulman

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more

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"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."

-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror

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11. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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12. Queenie of Norwich

By: L.K. Wilde

4.44

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

"You're Nellie Westrop and don't you forget it. We'll see each other again one day, but until we do… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Clean Kill (Garrett Mann, #1) by Steven Konkoly

13. A Clean Kill (Garrett Mann, #1)

By: Steven Konkoly

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

An FBI agent hunting a serial killer has to up his game when a trail of murders is not what it seem… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

By: E.L. Massey

4.40

Format: None pages, ebook

As the headline-stealing captain of the Houston Hell Hounds, nineteen-year-old Alexander Price has … read more

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  • m m romance
  • lgbt
"He doesn't have words for this kind of thing. But 'love' seems really fucking trite for all the whatever that he feels. Or maybe other people shouldn't be allowed to use the word 'love' because they …"

-E.L. Massey, Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

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15. Pretty Pretty Boys (Hazard and Somerset, #1)

By: Gregory Ashe

3.99

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown--and … read more

Similar categories in Gregory Ashe's Pretty Pretty Boys (Hazard and Somerset, #1) book and David Greene's Unmentionables

  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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16. This Way Out

By: Tufayel Ahmed

4.03

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay)… read more

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  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Love is a gift. Mariam's words stick with me. People are more concerned by what two men or two women do in bed than about love. Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another …"

-Tufayel Ahmed, This Way Out

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17. Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style

By: Paul Rudnick

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed writer Paul Rudnick, a riotously funny, perceptive, and life-affirming novel fol… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"If all the world's a stage, gay people are often expected to understudy themselves, reinterpreting the truth of their performances, depending on who's out front, and who's paying their salary."

-Paul Rudnick, Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style

Cover of The Double Vice (Hidden Gotham, #1) by Chris Holcombe

18. The Double Vice (Hidden Gotham, #1)

By: Chris Holcombe

4.19

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Decadent. Duplicitous. Deadly.Welcome to the Queer World of the Roaring 20s.It wasn’t how gay speak… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick

19. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

By: James Kirchick

4.17

Format: 848 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 Named one of Vanity Fair 's “Be… read more

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  • historical
  • lgbt
"Washington, it has been said, is Hollywood for ugly people."

-James Kirchick, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

"Scratch the surface and what do you get?" asked Way Bandy, the two-thousand-dollars-a-day make up artist who "designed" Nancy's face. "More surface."

-James Kirchick, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

"The following year, Kramer would put on Just Say No, "a play about a farce" based in the fictional country of New Columbia, wherein everyone call's the president "Daddy", the First Lady is a harridan…"

-James Kirchick, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

"It was 3:15 in the morning of June 26, 1980, and Congressman Bob Livingston was extraordinarily drunk, hiding in the Congressional Gym beneath the Rayburn House Office Building, petrified that a team…"

-James Kirchick, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

Cover of Interwoven (Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries #7) by Ripley Hayes

20. Interwoven (Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries #7)

By: Ripley Hayes

4.58

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

(Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0C6B5KFQ3.) Daniel Owen has spent the best part of ten years … read more

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  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of The Sins of Jack Branson (Modern Myth Trilogy #1) by David Schulze

21. The Sins of Jack Branson (Modern Myth Trilogy #1)

By: David Schulze

4.14

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

England, 1881. Being gay is both a sin and a crime. Parents disowning their children is considered … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain by Jay Bell

22. The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain

By: Jay Bell

4.00

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes dreams come true, whether you’re ready for them or not. Shane was only fourteen when fou… read more

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  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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23. Tripwrecked

By: A. Poland

3.99

Format: 150 pages, ebook

Aiden Cole isn’t exactly running away. He’s just taking a month-long vacation halfway round the wor… read more

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  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Code Name: Crimson (Of Shadows & Secrets, #1) by Casey Morales

24. Code Name: Crimson (Of Shadows & Secrets, #1)

By: Casey Morales

4.32

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much ca… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of Every Mother's Fear by Joanna Warrington

25. Every Mother's Fear

By: Joanna Warrington

4.40

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Shocking story about motherhood in the 1950s Based on true events this is a harrowing yet heart… read more

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Cover of Unmentionables by David  Greene

26. Unmentionables

By: David Greene

3.99

Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner Book of the Year bronze medal for Gay literary fiction. Unmentionables is the story of tw… read more

Similar categories in David Greene's Unmentionables book and David Greene's Unmentionables

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Garden of Allah Novels Trilogy: The Garden on Sunset / The Trouble with Scarlett / Citizen Hollywood by Martin Turnbull

27. The Garden of Allah Novels Trilogy: The Garden on Sunset / The Trouble with Scarlett / Citizen Hollywood

By: Martin Turnbull

4.57

Format: 856 pages, Kindle Edition

The Garden of Allah Hotel on Sunset Boulevard — Hollywood’s most infamous hotel during Hollywood’s … read more

Similar categories in Martin Turnbull's The Garden of Allah Novels Trilogy: The Garden on Sunset / The Trouble with Scarlett / Citizen Hollywood book and David Greene's Unmentionables

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Garden of Allah Novels Trilogy #3: Tinseltown Confidential / City of Myths / Closing Credits by Martin Turnbull

28. The Garden of Allah Novels Trilogy #3: Tinseltown Confidential / City of Myths / Closing Credits

By: Martin Turnbull

4.83

Format: 1227 pages, Kindle Edition

The Garden of Allah Hotel on Sunset Boulevard -- Hollywood's most infamous hotel during Hollywood's… read more

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29. Every Father's Fear

By: Joanna Warrington

4.56

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Only a handful of people know what really happened on a London maternity ward in February 1961 when… read more

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30. Windstill Night: A Journey on the Bellamy Road

By: Sarah A. Younger

4.53

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

In the shadows of The Great Depression in north Florida, a young girl sets off on a journey with he… read more

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Cover of Every Son's Fear by Joanna Warrington

31. Every Son's Fear

By: Joanna Warrington

4.61

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

A secret is not a secret if somebody else knows... 15-year-old Toby, bright, ambitious and in lo… read more

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8 Best fiction books like Unmentionables by David Greene

Transform Your Habits

Queenie of Norwich

L.K. Wilde

4.44

Transform Your Habits

A Clean Kill (Garrett Mann, #1)

Steven Konkoly

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Pretty Pretty Boys (Hazard and Somerset, #1)

Gregory Ashe

3.99

Transform Your Habits

This Way Out

Tufayel Ahmed

4.03

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7 Top historical fiction books like The Garden of Allah Novels Trilogy: The Garden on Sunset / The Trouble with Scarlett / Citizen Hollywood by Martin Turnbull

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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Case of the Canterfell Codicil (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #1)

P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.13

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The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions

Kerry Greenwood

3.99

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The Sins of Jack Branson (Modern Myth Trilogy #1)

David Schulze

4.14

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