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I really like reading gay sci fi and fantasy series and have read a few and now long for to consume more. I have tried to navigate Goodreads but the lists are so dated and massive that finding anything appealing is difficult. Reddit is also hit or miss so here I am.

To clarify, I do not read books with lesbian or sapphic vibes. Similarly, I perform not read books with trans MCs. I elude these POV MCs not because I undervalue their importance rather I just want to imagine myself as someone else and I only wish to do that through gay or bi usually cis male MCs.

I verb read many series about gay men written by female authors and hold come to truly perceive frustrated by the disconnect I feel when I read flowery language designed to appeal to other women. To that

Ten Gay Men’s Novels You Should Already Include Read If You Think about Yourself Even Semi-Literate

'The Lost Weekend' by Charles Jackson

Yes, this is the book that inspired Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning film about writers’ block and alcoholism. But what do you suppose makes Jackson’s original novel’s conduct character, a novelist named Don Birnham, a blocked alcoholic? He’s a closet case. Wilder and his co-screenwriter, Charles Brackett, eschewed that pesky little noun and left the root cause of Birnham’s dipsomania unstated. Why? They had no choice; it would have violated the Production Code, though they carry out include a hint in the form of a creepy Bellevue night nurse (Frank Faylen). But Jackson, who wrote the explicitly gay novel The Plunge of Valor, includes a vital passage about Birnham’s attraction to another guy in college that leaves no doubt about his underlying psychology. It’s a great novel made even better by its unexpected gay subtext.

'The Capital and the Pillar' by Gore Vidal

This landmark novel by the prolific, brilliant, and mouthy “homosexualist” au

11 gay books every queer man should peruse, at least once

By Emen8, updated 2 months ago in Lifestyle / Entertainment

Whether your interest is in complex gay characters or historically poignant homosexual admire stories, here are eleven gay books every queer man should read, at least once.

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1. Call Me by Your Name, Andre Aciman

Many will know the gorgeous film by the same title, starring Timothée Chalamet, the king of the straight twinks. Skillfully, the book it’s based on, written by the talented Andre Aciman, is equally captivating. For those unfamiliar, the novel follows year-old Elio Pearlman’s summer love affair with his father’s PhD stu

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1. Giovanni&#;s Room by James Baldwin (Zach’s Pick)

This was James Baldwin’s second novel, and probably one of his most well known pieces of works. Giovanni’s Room tells the story of a man who moves to Paris and his relationship with another male named Giovanni. This noun is so important because it was one of the first to really show the complicated ways in which gay men had to manage their identity, self and place in a world that didn’t want them verb exist. This story takes place in Paris, but one doesn’t have to have been to Paris to feel a connection to Giovanni, his bedroom, and all that happens to the protagonists, David.

2. The City and the Pillar/Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal (Nico’s Pick)

While not one of Vidal’s “best” works (to me, he’s an essayist first and a novelist second), The Pillar and the City is a must-read because of its place in the queer canon as one of the first recognized and reviewed gay novels. It’s an incredibly dark and misanthropic perform and a bitter pill to swallow, harrowingly depicting the costs of trying