10 Top queer books like Two Nails, One Love by Alden M. Hayashi

Cover of Two Nails, One Love by Alden M. Hayashi

Two Nails, One Love

By: Alden M. Hayashi

4.39

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Two Nails, One Love opens in New York City with the narrator-Ethan Taniguchi, a Japanese-American g…

If you liked the queer plot in Two Nails, One Love by Alden M. Hayashi , here is a list of 10 books like this:

1. The Hole

By: Sora Kim-Russell , Hye-Young Pyun , None

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Bestseller in Korea, a Psychological Thriller about Loneliness and the Dark Truths We Try to Bury… read more

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2. Wednesday's Child: Stories

By: Yiyun Li

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the awa… read more

Similar categories in Yiyun Li's Wednesday's Child: Stories book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Elizabeth's Star (We'll Meet Again #1) by Rhonda  Forrest

3. Elizabeth's Star (We'll Meet Again #1)

By: Rhonda Forrest

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

‘If you talk to the stars, I will talk back to you.’ In 1941, Queensland drover, Michael McTavis… read more

Similar categories in Rhonda Forrest's Elizabeth's Star (We'll Meet Again #1) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

4. The House of Doors

By: Tan Twan Eng

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more

Similar categories in Tan Twan Eng's The House of Doors book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • queer
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

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5. All That's Left Unsaid

By: Tracey Lien

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut foll… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Lien's All That's Left Unsaid book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Wenn sie noch beste Freundinnen gewesen wären, hätte Ky Minnie gestanden, was für sie das Beste an ihrem Job war, nämlich den Leuten sagen zu können, dass sie Journalistin war, aber dass sie die Arbe…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Ky laughed, felt the tingling warmth that bloomed within her whenever she talked to someone for whom she didn't need to fill in the blanks - someone who understood that the act of complaining about h…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Ky didn't allow her mother to have feelings, because to grant her those would mean acknowledging that she was a person who had desires and dreams beyond what Ky saw. It was easier to imagine her as a…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Now that she was twenty-two, the words were there in her head, jumbled. The feeling was still too hot to approach but was slowly beginning to make sense. If she would just give herself the time and s…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

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6. Several People Are Typing

By: Calvin Kasulke

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF. Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack … read more

Similar categories in Calvin Kasulke's Several People Are Typing book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
"what is a workplace but a cult where everyone gets paid"

-Calvin Kasulke, Several People Are Typing

"When is have a break? We already had lunch, man. The next break happens when the work is over. I showed you on your gcal, remember? When is have a break from self meat? LOL. Uh, death, I guess. But t…"

-Calvin Kasulke, Several People Are Typing

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7. 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

Similar categories in Michael Cunningham's Day book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
"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

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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

Similar categories in P.J. Vernon's Bath Haus book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of 23rd Midnight (Women’s Murder Club, #23) by James  Patterson

9. 23rd Midnight (Women’s Murder Club, #23)

By: James Patterson

4.36

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The latest in this "successful and suspenseful" ( Entertainment Weekly ) an attention-seeking copy… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's 23rd Midnight (Women’s Murder Club, #23) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. 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

Similar categories in Justin Torres's Blackouts book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of I'm Your Guy (Hockey Guys, #2) by Sarina Bowen

11. I'm Your Guy (Hockey Guys, #2)

By: Sarina Bowen

4.18

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

TOMMASO The furniture district is my personal hell. I don’t know my ass from an ottoman. But when … read more

Similar categories in Sarina Bowen's I'm Your Guy (Hockey Guys, #2) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Total Creative Control (Creative Types, #1) by Joanna Chambers

12. Total Creative Control (Creative Types, #1)

By: Joanna Chambers

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Sunshine PA, meet Grumpy Boss ... When fanfic writer Aaron Page landed a temp job with the creat… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Chambers's Total Creative Control (Creative Types, #1) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

13. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

Similar categories in Mark Harmon's Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

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14. The Doctor's Daughter

By: Shari J. Ryan

4.33

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Auschwitz, 1941: It was her father’s job to save the lives of the SS. But she chose to risk everyth… read more

Similar categories in Shari J. Ryan's The Doctor's Daughter book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"No one warned me there would eventually be a last tick."

-Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

"How is beauty ever to be seen through a tarnished lens?"

-Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

"It’s easier to dream of a future where we are not in a war."

-Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

"Nothing is what it was, and this town is no longer a part of who we are."

-Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

Cover of Murder at Pirate's Cove (Secrets and Scrabble, #1) by Josh Lanyon

15. Murder at Pirate's Cove (Secrets and Scrabble, #1)

By: Josh Lanyon

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Ellery Page, aspiring screenwriter, Scrabble champion and guy-with-worst-luck-in-the-world-when-it-… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Murder at Pirate's Cove (Secrets and Scrabble, #1) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Tell Me How This Ends

By: Jo Leevers

4.20

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Can Henrietta find out what happened to Annie’s sister—before it’s too late? Haunted by the past… read more

Similar categories in Jo Leevers's Tell Me How This Ends book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Rome Apartment

By: Kerry Fisher

4.14

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As I stood on the terrace and gazed out over the most glorious view, he studied my face and said to… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Fisher's The Rome Apartment book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Frequency of Us by Keith Stuart

18. The Frequency of Us

By: Keith Stuart

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In Second World War Bath, young, naïve wireless engineer Will meets German refugee Elsa Klein: she … read more

Similar categories in Keith Stuart's The Frequency of Us book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Most people never have love – what they experience is desire and then routine. Real love, lasting love – it is rare. There isn’t enough to go around. So no, there was no one else for me."

-Keith Stuart, The Frequency of Us

"There are rare moments in your life so vivid that you know they will be unforgettable from the very outset. They have about them an ethereal quality separate from other events in our lives."

-Keith Stuart, The Frequency of Us

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19. The Problem with Perfect

By: Philip William Stover

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When style is everything, will Ethan learn that true beauty is on the inside? Chase Myles can th… read more

Similar categories in Philip William Stover's The Problem with Perfect book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Until We Meet (We'll Meet Again #2) by Rhonda  Forrest

20. Until We Meet (We'll Meet Again #2)

By: Rhonda Forrest

4.39

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

'We who are about to die, salute you.' Rabaul New Guinea, 1942. A small garrison of Australian s… read more

Similar categories in Rhonda Forrest's Until We Meet (We'll Meet Again #2) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Friday Black

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

4.05

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt… read more

Similar categories in Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Friday Black book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
"We’re in How-It-Was class."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"Buy One Get One stops for no one."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"You have to grab for happiness in places like this because there isn't enough to go around for everybody."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"I locate: your life is in the hands of someone who doesn't even know you and thinks you don't deserve it."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

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22. Dedicated to You

By: Andrew Grey

4.41

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Dillon Fitzgerald is a famous singer. He’s also exhausted. Too many shows in a too busy schedule ha… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Grey's Dedicated to You book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
Cover of Brushed With Love (Surfing the Waves, #1) by Fearne Hill

23. Brushed With Love (Surfing the Waves, #1)

By: Fearne Hill

4.10

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Clement Constantine Church is a hot mess. With deadlines to meet. Whereas the striking Viking red… read more

Similar categories in Fearne Hill's Brushed With Love (Surfing the Waves, #1) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah

24. Untold Night and Day

By: Bae Suah

3.49

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A seductive, disorienting novel that manipulates the fragile line between dreams and reality, by So… read more

Similar categories in Bae Suah's Untold Night and Day book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"In life there are wounds that like leprosy slowly eat away at the soul in solitude."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

"The door swung back so suddenly it severed them from their shadows, which were left behind like dark ghosts."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, every photograph is a unique proof of identify, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, Wolfi thought, every photograph is a unique proof of identity, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

Cover of Salt (Island Love #1) by Fearne Hill

25. Salt (Island Love #1)

By: Fearne Hill

4.40

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

When was the right time to tell someone that silver flames were shooting from their hair? And that … read more

Similar categories in Fearne Hill's Salt (Island Love #1) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
Cover of The Lost Fiancé Twist (Spencer Brothers #1) by Ana Ashley

26. The Lost Fiancé Twist (Spencer Brothers #1)

By: Ana Ashley

4.11

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Relationship status: it’s complicated. Being ghosted by the love of your life sucks. Zero out of t… read more

Similar categories in Ana Ashley's The Lost Fiancé Twist (Spencer Brothers #1) book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
Cover of The Woodcarver's Model by Peter E.  Fenton

27. The Woodcarver's Model

By: Peter E. Fenton

4.18

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

Sometimes the truth is the hardest thing to reveal. Travel writer Rob Hanson has been from the s… read more

Similar categories in Peter E. Fenton's The Woodcarver's Model book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

Cover of Cloud Cover by Jeffrey Sotto

28. Cloud Cover

By: Jeffrey Sotto

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

~2020 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) and Literary Titan Book Award~ "★★★★★ Fascinating… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Sotto's Cloud Cover book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • queer
Cover of Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan

29. Heart, Be at Peace

By: Donal Ryan

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ S… read more

Similar categories in Donal Ryan's Heart, Be at Peace book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Boss Me by Michelle McCraw

30. Boss Me

By: Michelle McCraw

3.99

Format: None pages, ebook

He's finally found The One. Too bad it's his boss. Ben has spent his life with his heart on his s… read more

Similar categories in Michelle McCraw's Boss Me book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
Cover of Two Nails, One Love by Alden M. Hayashi

31. Two Nails, One Love

By: Alden M. Hayashi

4.39

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Two Nails, One Love opens in New York City with the narrator-Ethan Taniguchi, a Japanese-American g… read more

Similar categories in Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love book and Alden M. Hayashi's Two Nails, One Love

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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