6 must-read queer books like The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain

Cover of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Albert Entwistle is a private man with a quiet, simple life. He lives alone with his cat Gracie. An…

"I feel like a carefree, beautiful butterfly!"

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"I feel like a carefree, beautiful butterfly!"

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"In some ways I’m like a picture that hasn’t been colored in yet."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"In some ways I’m like a picture that hasn’t been colored in yet."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

If you liked the queer plot in The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain

2. The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Albert Entwistle is a private man with a quiet, simple life. He lives alone with his cat Gracie. An… read more

Similar categories in Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • british literature
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I feel like a carefree, beautiful butterfly!"

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"In some ways I’m like a picture that hasn’t been colored in yet."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"Come on, we only get one chance at life. This isn't a dress rehearsal."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"I love you a little bit more than yesterday and a little bit less than tomorrow."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

Cover of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) by K.J. Charles

3. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.13

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Cha… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"It didn’t have quite the melancholy feel of lost hopes and the futility of human endeavour that would have suited his mood, but it was still moderately picturesque."

-K.J. Charles, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

Cover of We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

4. We Could Be So Good

By: Cat Sebastian

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's We Could Be So Good book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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5. The Celebrants

By: Steven Rowley

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselve… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Celebrants book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"My purpose, in this life, has been to love and spend it with you."

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

"You only live once. That was the truth of it. But if you do it right, and he felt that he had, once is more than enough"

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

Cover of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

6. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

Cover of No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

7. No Two Persons

By: Erica Bauermeister

4.09

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more

Similar categories in Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

Cover of The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson

8. The Lost Ticket

By: Freya Sampson

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Strangers aboard a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the h… read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's The Lost Ticket book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Hector looked unconvinced. “Does your job make you rich?"

-Freya Sampson, The Lost Ticket

Cover of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

9. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander

10. The Littlest Library

By: Poppy Alexander

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming literary-themed novel about a woman who turns an ordinary red phone box into the lit… read more

Similar categories in Poppy Alexander's The Littlest Library book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There was a book to cure ever ill and solve every problem that was what Mimi had always thought. It was like a tiny sanctuary providing a balm for all of life’s challenges."

-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library

"Manga is a highly respected form of storytelling. Calling it comics doesn’t do it justice. I’ll sort her out with some other graphic novels, too. It’s all stories. It all counts."

-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library

"There is that poem. Scott Holland, I think. How does it go? ‘I have only slipped away into the next room’…or something. Yes. ‘I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I and you are you. What…"

-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library

Cover of In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

11. In the Lives of Puppets

By: T.J. Klune

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly in… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Klune's In the Lives of Puppets book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Hap?"

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

"I found you. I fixed you. I saved you, but you did the same for me."

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

"Humans were foolish. Careless. Cruel. But only a few. Most were full of light."

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

"I've made my choice. I need you to make yours. You're not a puppet. Not anymore."

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

Cover of The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

12. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

Cover of Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

13. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

By: Clare Pooley

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Co… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ljubav je najveći rizik od svih, no život bez nje je besmislen."

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

"Postoje neki problemi koje zaista ne možeš riješiti. Samo moraš naći način da s njima živiš."

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

"Katkad ti sudbina jednostavno pokaže kojim putem da ideš i nemaš drugu opciju nego poći. A ako je ovo tvoja sudbina, dogodit će se. Samo čekaj. Ni u kom slučaju nije gotovo dok nije gotovo."

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

"But sometimes when you put two very different people together, a kind of magic, an alchemy, occurs. Bea said I was like eggs and sugar, and she was flour and butter, and when you mixed us together, w…"

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

Cover of The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

14. The Collected Regrets of Clover

By: Mikki Brammer

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life? … read more

Similar categories in Mikki Brammer's The Collected Regrets of Clover book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring the simpler truth: We are here."

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

"Maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life— and the people we love—will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic."

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

"The secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.... Promise me, kid,...that you'll let yourself live."

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

"Grief plays tricks on you that way - a familiar whiff of cologne or a potential sighting of your person in a crowd, and all the knots you've tied inside yourself to manage the pain of losing them sud…"

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

Cover of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

15. The Lonely Hearts Book Club

By: Lucy Gilmore

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Gilmore's The Lonely Hearts Book Club book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Everywhere I looked was honesty and love. Love most of all."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

"They became a love letter of words and sentiment--and one that was addressed entirely to me."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

"We could only choose which path to take to our destination. What happened along the way was entirely up to chance."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

"More than anything, kuds need to know they have a soft spot to land. Your Bella? She knows. She'll know it until the day she dies."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

Cover of 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) by Alexis  Hall

16. 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, man… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I don't think he'll be able to tell. Memory is peculiar. Worst comes to absolute worst, I'll just arrange to get whacked on the head again and say that's brought everything back." "That's not a thing…"

-Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

Cover of The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) by Steven  Rowley

17. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle

18. The Museum of Ordinary People

By: Mike Gayle

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever… read more

Similar categories in Mike Gayle's The Museum of Ordinary People book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

19. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

20. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

Cover of Leading Man by Justin Myers

21. Leading Man

By: Justin Myers

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Leo’s content to be in the background, letting his louder, more charismatic best friends shine. For… read more

Similar categories in Justin Myers's Leading Man book and Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • lgbt

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Amanda Peters

4.14

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4.06

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K.J. Charles

4.13

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We Could Be So Good

Cat Sebastian

4.29

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Cat Sebastian

4.39

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Alexis Hall

4.02

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3.65

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