Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance, and Show Tunes
By: David Pevsner
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A funny, daring, bawdy and incredibly honest memoir from the anti-ageist, anti-body shaming, pro-se…
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1. Child of the Sun
By: Kyle Onstott , Lance Horner
4.47
Format: None pages, Paperback
This brilliant and brutally intimate novel accurately captures the depravity and intrigue of Ancien… read more
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- queer
- gay
- lgbt
2. You Should Be So Lucky
By: Cat Sebastian
4.39
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky
3. Glitterland (Spires, #1)
By: Alexis Hall
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In the past, the universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand. In the past, I am bri… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
"...I would have told a thousand lies to have him, and a thousand more to keep him."-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
"I’m not here because I’m broken. I’m here because I’m whole. Difficult, potentially undeserving, but whole. And I don’t need you, I just want you. I want you"-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
"I half imagined I could taste the silver on his nails, as sharp as glitter in my mouth. Maybe when he touched me, colour would spill from his hands like heat."-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
"I felt him move and turned my head to deflect his kiss so that it landed on the side of my jaw instead of my mouth. It shimmered there briefly like some iridescent, impossible butterfly."-Alexis Hall, Glitterland (Spires, #1)
4. The New Life
By: Tom Crewe
3.77
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
"Science requires a rational audience."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"True development does not respect comfort."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"-Tom Crewe, The New Life
5. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
By: Mary Rodgers
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. Day
By: Michael Cunningham
3.57
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"-Michael Cunningham, Day
7. Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)
By: Armistead Maupin
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Franci… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
8. Bath Haus
By: P.J. Vernon
3.76
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriet… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
9. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
By: Lucy Sante
3.70
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more
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- queer
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
10. Just by Looking at Him
By: Ryan O'Connell
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
"I used to believe it was a privilege to be loved by anybody. Not anymore."-Ryan O'Connell, Just by Looking at Him
11. Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
By: Melissa Febos
4.24
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Memoir meets craft masterclass in this “daring, honest, psychologically insightful” exploration of … read more
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- queer
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Writing is a form of freedom more accessible than many"-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
"...The more we believe we ought to be something that we are not, the more money we will spend in that mission."-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
"Every single thing I have created worth a damn has been a practice of love, healing, and redemption. I know this process to be divine."-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
"I have found that a fulfilling writing life is one in which the creative process merges with the other necessary processes of good living, which only the individual can define."-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
12. Yes, Daddy
By: Jonathan Parks-Ramage
3.59
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
13. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- gay
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
14. The Boyfriend Subscription
By: Steven Salvatore
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Equal parts sizzling, sweet and irresistibly fresh, Steven Salvatore’s The Boyfriend Subscription i… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
15. Milo and Marcos at the End of the World
By: Kevin Christopher Snipes
3.91
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
When Marcos moves to town, Milo is forced to acknowledge the feelings he's kept hidden, especially … read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
"There are two things I can definitely taste: salt and hope."-Kevin Christopher Snipes, Milo and Marcos at the End of the World
"Maybe a God that roots for love is the only God worth believing in."-Kevin Christopher Snipes, Milo and Marcos at the End of the World
"I really do have to make a choice between you and my parents, or you and God, or you and the whole stupid planet, then I choose you. From now until the end of time. I choose you."-Kevin Christopher Snipes, Milo and Marcos at the End of the World
16. The Lost Boys (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #26)
By: Faye Kellerman
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Faye Kellerman returns with an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery set in bucolic upstate New York, ful… read more
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- audiobook
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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- audiobook
- queer
- gay
- 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
18. My Fair Brady
By: Brian D. Kennedy
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
19. 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
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- queer
- gay
- lgbt
20. 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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- nonfiction
- gay
21. Out for the Night (Browerton University #4)
By: A.J. Truman
3.69
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
“For the night, I am yours…” Meet Coop: Formal date. Wingman. Friend. Mystery man. He calls him… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
22. Out of My Mind (Browerton University #3)
By: A.J. Truman
3.80
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
A no-strings-attached hookup with his "straight" roommate? Mac hit the college sex jackpot. Aft… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
23. Four Squares
By: Bobby Finger
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of The Old Place comes a tender, funny, and fresh novel spanning the 1990s … read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
24. 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
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
25. Frankie
By: Graham Norton
4.53
Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition
Frankie Howe has lived a long life, her small flat is crammed full of art, furniture - and memories… read more
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26. The Brightness Between Us (The Darkness Outside Us, #2)
By: Eliot Schrefer
4.61
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling autho… read more
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- queer
- gay
- lgbt
27. 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
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- gay
- lgbt
28. Look Up, Handsome
By: Jack Strange
3.89
Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition
Quinn wants to save his bookshop, the last thing he needs is to fall in love… Hay-on-Wye’s only … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
29. Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance, and Show Tunes
By: David Pevsner
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A funny, daring, bawdy and incredibly honest memoir from the anti-ageist, anti-body shaming, pro-se… read more
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- memoir
- gay
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
30. A Boy Like That: Hits, Misses, Messes, and Miracles as I Danced Across the Stages of Broadway and Hollywood
By: Grover Dale
4.65
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
At age eighteen, Grover Dale fled a dirty shack and an abusive childhood to catch a bus to NYC, his… read more
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31. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
By: Cher
4.47
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
THERE IS ONLY ONE CHER … … and for seven decades she has been showing us why. Cher holds the att… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
