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…
Want to Read $ 12.99If you liked the queer plot in The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom , here is a list of 19 books like this:
1. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alan Hollinghurst's The Swimming-Pool Library book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- gay
- british literature
- lgbt
- gay fiction
- fiction
- queer
2. 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
Want to Read $ 10.33Similar categories in James Cahill's Tiepolo Blue book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
3. 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
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in Allen Bratton's Henry Henry book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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
4. 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
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Michael Magee's Close to Home book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
5. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Tom Crewe's The New Life book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- 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
6. 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
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Alice Winn's In Memoriam book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- queer
- lgbt
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
7. 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
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- british literature
- lgbt
- gay fiction
- queer lit
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
8. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Andrew McMillan's Pity book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- queer lit
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
9. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Seán Hewitt's All Down Darkness Wide book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- lgbt
- gay
- queer
"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
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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Justin Torres's Blackouts book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
11. The Kingdom of Sand
By: Andrew Holleran
3.51
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
One of the great appeals of Florida has always been the sense that the minute you get here you have… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Andrew Holleran's The Kingdom of Sand book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"It is a fact seldom observed that after a certain age a single man is a creature no one has a place for"-Andrew Holleran, The Kingdom of Sand
"When the American novelist Howard Sturgis lay on his deathbed he was cared for so solicitously by his life partner that at one point Sturgis had to remind him, "A watched pot never boils"—surely one …"-Andrew Holleran, The Kingdom of Sand
12. Box Hill
By: Adam Mars-Jones
3.56
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Box Hill is a sizzling, sometimes shocking, and strangely tragic love story between two men, set in… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Adam Mars-Jones's Box Hill book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- gay
- british literature
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
13. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's The In-Between book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- 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
14. I Will Greet the Sun Again
By: Khashayar J. Khabushani
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A searing, heartbreaking debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American fam… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Khashayar J. Khabushani's I Will Greet the Sun Again book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
15. Blessings
By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Chukwuebuka Ibeh's Blessings book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. 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
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Nicola Dinan's Bellies book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
17. Anyone's Ghost
By: August Thompson
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary debut novel in which the transforming love and friendship between two young men du… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in August Thompson's Anyone's Ghost book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
18. Bored Gay Werewolf
By: Tony Santorella
3.53
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Tony Santorella's Bored Gay Werewolf book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- queer
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
19. A Shock
By: Keith Ridgway
3.58
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Finally, Ridgway gives us A Shock, his thrilling and unsparing, slippery and shockingly good new no… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Keith Ridgway's A Shock book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
20. Providence
By: Craig Willse
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An introverted English professor falls for an enigmatic sophomore and is lured into a web of chaos … read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Craig Willse's Providence book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- gay
- lgbt
- queer lit
- fiction
- queer
"He reminded me of a scene from a movie, any movie: men standing in doorways, filling the space with their silence."-Craig Willse, Providence
21. I am not Raymond Wallace: one man's mistake is another man's making
By: Sam Kenyon
4.36
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
Manhattan, 1963: weeks before the assassination of President Kennedy, fresh-faced Raymond Wallace l… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Sam Kenyon's I am not Raymond Wallace: one man's mistake is another man's making book and Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo
- fiction
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
