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Joseph and His Friend Joseph and His Friend Bayard Taylor Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania is an 1870 novel by American author Bayard Taylor, a prolific writer in many genres. It presented a special attachment between two men and discussed the… OL1147258W
Beneath the blonde Beneath the blonde Stella Duffy When Saz Martin is hired to protect Siobhan Forrester, the sexy lead singer of Beneath the Blonde, an easy assignment turns into a murderous one. And, to further complicate things, Saz isn’t so sure … OL15286462W
Despised & Rejected Despised & Rejected A. T. Fitzroy In July 1914 a family gathers at a holiday hotel in Devon. There is a dominant father and a socially ambitious mother who adores her son Dennis. When he arrives it is at once clear to the reader why … OL154592W
Probation Probation Tom Mendicino All it took to destroy Andy Nocera's seemingly perfect life was an anonymous tryst at an Interstate rest area. Sentenced to probation and thrown out by his wife, he spends his week as a traveling sal… OL15522360W
Chulito Chulito Charles Rice-González Set against a vibrant South Bronx neighborhood and the queer youth culture of Manhattan's piers, Chulito is a coming-of-age, coming out love story of a sexy, tough, hip hop-loving, young Latino man a… OL16807285W
A Little Life A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was written over the course of eighteen months. Despite the length and difficult subject matter, it became a bestseller. OL17370186W
The City Of Devi The City Of Devi Manil Suri,Manil Suri "Mumbai has emptied under the threat of imminent nuclear annihilation; gangs of marauding Hindu and Muslim thugs rove the desolate streets; yet Sarita can think of only one thing: buying the last pom… OL17383310W
How to survive a summer How to survive a summer Nick White "A searing debut novel centering around a gay-to-straight conversion camp in Mississippi and a man's reckoning with the trauma he faced there as a teen. Grad student Will Dillard has largely buried m… OL19710799W
The Gift The Gift Barbara Browning In the midst of Occupy, Barbara Andersen begins spamming people indiscriminately with ukulele covers of sentimental songs. A series of inappropriate intimacies ensues, including an erotically charged… OL19711788W
The Swimming-Pool Library The Swimming-Pool Library Alan Hollinghurst A literary sensation and bestseller in both England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of gay life before the scourge of AIDS; an elegy, possessed of chilli… OL1993499W
The Line of Beauty The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst It is the summer of 1983, and twenty-year-old Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and t… OL1993508W
Vow of celibacy Vow of celibacy Erin Judge Natalie has made a promise: a vow of celibacy, signed and witnessed by her best friend. After a string of sexual conquests, she is determined to figure out why the intense romantic connections she's … OL20035216W
The Angel of History The Angel of History Rabih Alameddine The Angel of History follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life, from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian whorehouse to his adolescence under the aegis of his wealthy fat… OL20038316W
Lot Lot Bryan Washington In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's … OL20161445W
Massage Massage Henry Flesh lthough it has been hailed as a masterpiece by writers as disparate as David Sedaris and Kaylie Jones, MASSAGE will no doubt be assailed as politically incorrect because of its chilling view of a New… OL2028969W
Boys of Alabama Boys of Alabama Genevieve Hudson In this bewitching debut novel, a sensitive teen, newly arrived in Alabama, falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. While his German parents don’t know what to make of a So… OL20776620W
Disoriental Disoriental Tina Kover,Negar Djavadi Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself, as well as the prospect … OL21638816W
Late Fees Late Fees Marshall Thornton It’s Thanksgiving, 1992 and Noah Valentine is late picking his mother up from the airport. When he arrives he discovers that she’s made a friend on the flight whose also waiting for her son. When the… OL24714996W
Inferno Inferno Eileen Myles Punk poet sensation Myles' semi-autobiographical novel. From its beginning—“My English professor’s ass was so beautiful.”—to its end—“You can actually learn to have grace. And that’s heaven.”—poe… OL2651590W
The Danish Girl The Danish Girl David Ebershoff A stunning first novel that probes the mysteries of sex, gender, and love with insight and subtletyInspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender… OL30557W
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