13 must-read gay books like Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill

Cover of Tiepolo Blue by James  Cahill

Tiepolo Blue

By: James Cahill

3.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ben turns and grins ironically. ‘When you stopped just now and looked at the sky, you weren’t measu…

If you liked the gay plot in Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín

1. The Story of the Night

By: Colm Tóibín

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of Brooklynand The Master, a powerful, brave, and moving novel set in… read more

Similar categories in Colm Tóibín's The Story of the Night book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer

2. 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

Similar categories in Andrew Holleran's Dancer from the Dance book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

Cover of Tiepolo Blue by James  Cahill

3. Tiepolo Blue

By: James Cahill

3.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ben turns and grins ironically. ‘When you stopped just now and looked at the sky, you weren’t measu… read more

Similar categories in James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • art
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Henry Henry

By: Allen Bratton

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more

Similar categories in Allen Bratton's Henry Henry book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."

-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry

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5. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

Similar categories in Michael Magee's Close to Home book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. 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

Similar categories in Tom Crewe's The New Life book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"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

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7. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winn's In Memoriam book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

Cover of The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom

8. The Whale Tattoo

By: Jon Ransom

3.75

Format: None pages, None

Cruelly beautiful, utterly authentic – introducing a searingly talented new Queer writer. When a… read more

Similar categories in Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. Pity

By: Andrew McMillan

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and … read more

Similar categories in Andrew McMillan's Pity book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of One Love by Matt Cain

10. One Love

By: Matt Cain

3.76

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love. 2002. Danny arrives at Manchester University dete… read more

Similar categories in Matt Cain's One Love book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Radical Love by Neil Blackmore

11. Radical Love

By: Neil Blackmore

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by… read more

Similar categories in Neil Blackmore's Radical Love book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt

12. All Down Darkness Wide

By: Seán Hewitt

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming… read more

Similar categories in Seán Hewitt's All Down Darkness Wide book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"When they said, 'I'm just scared that you'll be unhappy', what I really felt they were saying was 'I am scared that if you continue being yourself, we will make you unhappy."

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

"Ik vroeg me af of ik wel klaar was om met hem mee te gaan, of ik wel klaar was om die ene stap verder te zetten in het nieuwe leven dat ik weg van huis begon te ontdekken. Hier was ik een volwassene;…"

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

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13. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

Similar categories in Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Rosewater by Liv Little

14. Rosewater

By: Liv Little

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more

Similar categories in Liv Little's Rosewater book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas

15. The In-Between

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more

Similar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's The In-Between book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."

-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between

Cover of The Late Americans by Brandon  Taylor

16. The Late Americans

By: Brandon Taylor

3.38

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads In the shared and private sp… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Taylor's The Late Americans book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Bellies by Nicola Dinan

17. 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 James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah

18. Small Joys

By: Elvin James Mensah

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected friendship saves a young man's life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chos… read more

Similar categories in Elvin James Mensah's Small Joys book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"He was tired of there being something shameful or unsettling about the blunt expression of friendship, of the simple desire to be there for someone needing to be mocked before it could be respected, …"

-Elvin James Mensah, Small Joys

Cover of All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art by Orlando Whitfield

19. All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art

By: Orlando Whitfield

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

DECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students d… read more

Similar categories in Orlando Whitfield's All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • art
Cover of James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder by Chris Bryant

20. James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder

By: Chris Bryant

3.94

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

They had nothing to expect from the mercy of the crown; their doom was sealed; no plea could be urg… read more

Similar categories in Chris Bryant's James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Love, Leda by Mark Hyatt

21. Love, Leda

By: Mark Hyatt

3.78

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

It’s mid morning. Cool. Not many coffee bars open. I, the brave one, god of any telephone kiosk, wa… read more

Similar categories in Mark Hyatt's Love, Leda book and James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

17 must-read fiction books like Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill

Transform Your Habits

The Story of the Night

Colm Tóibín

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Tiepolo Blue

James Cahill

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Close to Home

Michael Magee

4.06

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Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

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Close to Home

Michael Magee

4.06

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In Memoriam

Alice Winn

4.53

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