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…
Want to Read $ 13.99"I used to believe it was a privilege to be loved by anybody. Not anymore."-Ryan O'Connell, Just by Looking at Him
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1. Fellow Travelers
By: Thomas Mallon
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the highly acclaimed author of Bandboxand Dewey Defeats Truman-a searing new historical novel … read more
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- fiction
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
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- fiction
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
3. 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
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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
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- romance
- literary fiction
- 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
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
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- romance
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- 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
6. Swimming in the Dark
By: Tomasz Jedrowski
4.26
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story o… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Little sparks cause fires too."-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark
"I avoided you, so that you couldn’t avoid me."-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark
"Selfish. Growing into yourself is nothing but that."-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark
"See it as a game– everyone knows the rules. And if you can’t change them, there’s no point in worrying."-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark
7. Young Mungo
By: Douglas Stuart
4.38
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo and James are born under different stars--Mungo a … read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"It was a nothing that felt like an everything."-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
"He hadn’t known that the sky could hold so many hues – or he hadn’t paid it any mind before. Did anyone in Glasgow look up?"-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
"Mungo watched as his siblings gathered up their belongings. He saw them with an unusual clarity. It was already over for them. It would never be over for him. He just had no one to tell."-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
"They had crossed this line a day or two before. They had wandered from timid tenderness to affection wrapped in insults. It was a lovely place for two boys to be: honest, exciting, immature."-Douglas Stuart, Young Mungo
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
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
9. Lie With Me
By: Philippe Besson
4.26
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson about an affair between two teenage … read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
"Desire does not go out like a match, it extinguishes slowly as it burns into ash."-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me
"I also know how much of yourself you have to leave behind in order to look like everyone else."-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me
"You get used to everything, even the defection of those you thought you were bound to forever."-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me
"In the end, love was only possible because he saw me not as who I was, but as the person I would become."-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me
10. 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
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- romance
- 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
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
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- 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. 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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- romance
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- disability
- queer
"I used to believe it was a privilege to be loved by anybody. Not anymore."-Ryan O'Connell, Just by Looking at Him
13. 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
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
14. My Government Means to Kill Me
By: Rasheed Newson
4.25
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- queer
"So I loved my sister, but held that love loosely in my arms, anticipating its death and mourning it as it lived"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"...Generations of black men had been frequenting Mt. Morris since the Harlem Renaissance. Rumor had it that Countee Cullen ditched his wife after he and Harold Jackman made Mt. Morris their regular r…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"Zee had only grinned at me when I was valuable to her. I'd go on to tangle with other bosses and authority figures, and that dynamic never changed. Affection never outlasted need. This was the first …"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"The theory goes that governmental agencies don't accidentally make accessing information or resources difficult. They do this shit on purpose. The forms are confusing, and the record keeping is ass-b…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
15. Let's Get Back to the Party
By: Zak Salih
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
What Does It Mean to Be a Gay Man Today? It’s just weeks after the historic Supreme Court marriage … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
16. When You Call My Name
By: Tucker Shaw
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Tucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in Ne… read more
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- romance
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Just so you know,"-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
"I stop somewhere waiting for you."-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
"He didn't know yet that he would remember this name forever."-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
"Tell me why you don’t sleep. I didn’t say goodbye. I knew what was happening, but I didn’t say goodbye. I didn’t even try to."-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
17. The Town of Babylon
By: Alejandro Varela
3.96
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity —Andrés,… read more
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- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
18. Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
By: Zachary Zane
3.82
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Named a Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year by Buzzfeed A sex and relationship columnist b… read more
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- queer
- gay
- lgbt
- adult
- audiobook
19. Ways and Means
By: Daniel Lefferts
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In Daniel Lefferts’s searing debut novel Ways and Means, a striving finance student confronts the l… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
20. 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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- literary fiction
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
21. 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
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- romance
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- 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
