Great gay novels
Explore the best gay novels with our curated list of must-read books. Discover LGBTQ+ literature, romance, and stories that celebrate queer voices and experiences.
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Call Me by Your Name
by André Aciman
The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profound and lasting influence that will mark them both for a lifetime.
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When You Don't See Me
by Timothy James Beck
Being invisible is Nick Dunhill's MO. For 19 years he's hidden himself from his family, and now in NYC he's still keeping himself to himself. He walks the city streets, drinks in dive bars, cleans apartments and tries to co-exist with his three flatmates - all while keeping his wounded heart under wraps, wondering if anything ever lasts. But now his vanishing act is about to be challenged. Nick is forced into the land of the living - into relationships and opportunities, love and sex, and finally into an acceptance of his past and the chances of his future.
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Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada
by Keith Hale
By turns funny, romantic, erotic, and sad, this evocative novel brilliantly recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. Set in Arkansas but first published in Amsterdam, Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada (published under the title of Cody in United States) quickly won praise from reviewers and readers across Europe and North America. So beautiful, brave, and ahead of its time that William S. Burroughs was an early fan, Clicking Beat remains remarkably current and continues to be unique in coming of age literature.A haunting vision of young friendship shattered by an outrageously cruel world. Keith Hale's novel aches with adolescent first loves. It is tender, funny, and true. - William S. BurroughsDon't overlook Keith Hale's Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada. Hale commands much of J.R. Ackerley's honesty, intimacy, and ease of style. Real warmth. - Jonathan WilliamsClicking Beat is a must. - RFDPoetically evokes the pathos of early friendships and the frailty of adolescent dreams. - The AdvocateKeith Hale has given his novel characters with tenderness, wit, and humanity. You should rush to purchase this book-a remarkable novel that deserves wide readership. - Bay Area ReporterTop of the heap of gay fiction. - Gay Community News
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Caught Running
by Madeleine Urban
Ten years after graduation, Jake "the jock" Campbell and Brandon "the nerd" Bartlett are teaching at their old high school. High school is all about image, even for the teachers, and the two have to get past their preconceived notions to find the friendship needed to work together. (Adult Fiction)
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The Sixth Form
by Tom Dolby
When seventeen-year-old Ethan Whitley attends an elite New England prep school, he is invited into a world of privilege and desire where he discovers the price of betrayal when he is drawn into an investigation of the death of another student.
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