11 Top queer books like Truth & Dare by So Mayer

Cover of Truth & Dare by So Mayer

Truth & Dare

By: So Mayer

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The debut fiction collection from an inimitable critic, Truth & Dare is a deeply personal and fanta…

If you liked the queer plot in Truth & Dare by So Mayer , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Accidental

By: Ali Smith

3.37

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Whitbread Award for best novel and a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, The Accidenta… read more

Similar categories in Ali Smith's The Accidental book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • fiction
"Believe me. Everything is meant."

-Ali Smith, The Accidental

"Got a light? See? Careful. I'm everything you ever dreamed."

-Ali Smith, The Accidental

"There are things that can't be said, because it's hard to have to know them."

-Ali Smith, The Accidental

"She was living in a time when historically it was permissible to smile like that above the face of someone who had died a violent death."

-Ali Smith, The Accidental

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2. The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4) book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • fiction
  • lgbt
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3. The Swimming-Pool Library

By: Alan Hollinghurst

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A literary sensation and bestseller both in England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an en… read more

Similar categories in Alan Hollinghurst's The Swimming-Pool Library book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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4. In the Absence of Men

By: Philippe Besson , Frank Wynne

4.19

Format: 384 pages,

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Similar categories in Philippe Besson's In the Absence of Men book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer

5. Queer

By: William S. Burroughs

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, "Queer" is an enigma - both an unflinching … read more

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6. DallerGut Dream Department Store

By: Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more

Similar categories in Lee Mi-ye's DallerGut Dream Department Store book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • fiction
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

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7. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

By: Jeremy Atherton Lin

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The New York … read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Atherton Lin's Gay Bar: Why We Went Out book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • queer
"Gay is the opium of the people."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

"It used to be: We are everywhere. Now it’s: We are everything."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

"We became a different kind of wallflower—not shrinking violets but judgmental pansies."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

"I was under the impression I was always late to the party, but in fact I may not have been invited."

-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

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8. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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9. Butter

By: Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more

Similar categories in Asako Yuzuki's Butter book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • fiction
"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

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10. Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Dinan's Bellies book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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11. Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

By: Andrea Lawlor

3.87

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

It’s 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with pol… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lawlor's Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"Inside Paul something tight released: a rusted nut turned finally around its old bolt. White sheets were thrown off moldering couches with a fanfare of dust and sunlight."

-Andrea Lawlor, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

"It was June, and like everyone else Paul made himself extremely busy going to queer art openings and queer punk shows and queer spoken word showcases and queer evenings of performance art. He was exh…"

-Andrea Lawlor, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

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12. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

By: Brontez Purnell

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more

Similar categories in Brontez Purnell's Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • queer
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13. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

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14. Fragile Animals

By: Genevieve Jagger

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Jagger's Fragile Animals book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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15. Variations

By: Juliet Jacques

4.07

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Variations is the debut short story collection from one of Britain's most compelling voices, Juliet… read more

Similar categories in Juliet Jacques's Variations book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • short stories
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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16. Astral Season, Beastly Season

By: Tahi Saihate

3.42

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Astral Season, Beastly Season is the debut novel by Japanese writer Tahi Saihate. The story follows… read more

Similar categories in Tahi Saihate's Astral Season, Beastly Season book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • fiction
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17. Never Was

By: H. Gareth Gavin

3.84

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Part hallucination, part queer bildungsroman, Never Was is a beautifully strange novel about grief,… read more

Similar categories in H. Gareth Gavin's Never Was book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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18. Space Crone

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.29

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

For the first time, ​Space Crone brings together celebrated author Ursula K. Le Guin’s writings on … read more

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19. Undercurrent

By: Barney Norris

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

'The beginning of summer. Perhaps it crosses my mind even now while I wait for news of Amy that som… read more

Similar categories in Barney Norris's Undercurrent book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • fiction
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20. Truth & Dare

By: So Mayer

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The debut fiction collection from an inimitable critic, Truth & Dare is a deeply personal and fanta… read more

Similar categories in So Mayer's Truth & Dare book and So Mayer's Truth & Dare

  • short stories
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer

15 Top fiction books like Truth & Dare by So Mayer

Transform Your Habits

The Accidental

Ali Smith

3.37

Transform Your Habits

The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

Maggie Stiefvater

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Swimming-Pool Library

Alan Hollinghurst

3.16

Transform Your Habits

In the Absence of Men

Philippe Besson , Frank Wynne

4.19

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19 Top fiction books like DallerGut Dream Department Store by Lee Mi-ye

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La asombrosa tienda de la señora Yeom

Kim Ho-yeon

4.04

Transform Your Habits

DallerGut Dream Department Store

Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Transform Your Habits

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

Transform Your Habits

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Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

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