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4th Oct 2009, 09:49 PM
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| The Lonliest Flamer Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Screaming queen Out Status: All but family Location: Nevada Age: 18 Posts: 39 Join Date: Feb 2008 |  Gay Books Hey everyone! Recently I've become sort of a bookworm, what with schoolwork in a lull and the rest of my life in the same kind of slump. Recently I've devoured every book in my personal collection, and I have found myself looking for something different. And by different, I mean gay. (I've never read a book about gay people.) I've googled "gay books" and "books about gays" to no avail. So, I was just wondering if you guys had any suggestions. Preferably a light-hearted romance, but whatever you guys give me I'll be glad to hear!! I wanna read a lot of books in this "genre". =D Thank you!!
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4th Oct 2009, 09:55 PM
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| Chacun à son goût Full Member   Gender: male/garçon/hombre Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some friends Some family and the lesbians Location: Los angeles, Ca Posts: 2,733 Join Date: Oct 2008 | Re: Gay Books darn, google has failed me... /is now interested in this 'genre' too. 
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4th Oct 2009, 11:37 PM
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| Sunshine & Optimism ...also Angels. Full Member   Gender: Theatre Queen Orientation: Disco Sticks Out Status: Everyone and a few more Location: BC, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 3,528 Join Date: Dec 2008 | Re: Gay Books Hero by Perry Moore is a good novel with gay themes in it? Its got alot to do with coming out, but its the coming out of a teenage gay superhero haha. I like the alternate world its set up in and it was a good page turner. Its nothing thick or serious, but it was definitely a really really good book.
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5th Oct 2009, 12:03 AM
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| I've got the moves like Jagger Full Member  Gender: ♀ Orientation: Sapphicly inclined Out Status: My closet is for clothes! Location: BC, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 3,111 Join Date: Apr 2009 | Re: Gay Books http://explicitbooks.com/catalog/index.php They're a bookstore on Davie St in Vancouver, BC.  Have fun. At least to get some ideas or titles that you can maybe find elsewhere too.
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5th Oct 2009, 12:15 AM
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| EC Addict Full Member   Gender: M for MEEP! Orientation: Mutant and Proud Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Windsor, Ontario Age: 24 Posts: 6,562 Join Date: Jun 2005 | Re: Gay Books Oooooo I have some books for you! There is the Rainbow Boys trilogy by Alex Sanchez, which are Rainbow Boys (bk no 1), Rainbow High (bk no 2), and the third/conclusion is Rainbow Road. Its about three high schoolers: nelson the out and proud gay guy with a flamboyant style, kyle the swim team jock who's friends with nelson and SORT OF out of the closet slowly, and then there's basketball jock jason who's dating a girl but trying to come to terms with who he is. So its about coming out, acceptance, love and they even throw in an hiv scare for one of the boys in the first book. Then there is boy meets boy by david levithan, its a different sort of gay tale because it isn't such a boy meets girl, falls in love with girl,etc. The love is deep and meaningful and not just overplayed drama (well not fully). And finally, geography club and it's sequels the order of the poison oak, and a third one whose title I forget all by brent hartinger. This one's about a guy coming out who falls in love with this guy on the baseball team buit he wants it completely secret. Oh I also forgot dream boy by jim grimsley. Its a very heartbreaking novel, but a good one. Hope these all help!! |
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5th Oct 2009, 02:03 AM
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| EC Addict Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 1,336 Join Date: Sep 2009 | Re: Gay Books I agree with the suggestion of Hero by Perry Moore, it was the first gay-themed book I read and I loved it. Also Alex Sanchez is a great author and not just the Rainbow Boys Trilogy, hes written a few other books which are quite good. Robin Reardon is also pretty good, the two I have read are A Secret Edge and Thinking Straight which are both good. I'll just list some more that I think are pretty good. Sprout - Dale Peck My Side of the Story - Will Davis A Really Nice Prom Mess - Brian Sloan The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second - Drew Ferguson I go to a bookshop in Sydney but they have a website as well, which like RaeofLite suggested might give you some ideas. It has books for everyone, any age group and people of any orientation. http://www.thebookshop.com.au/home.php
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5th Oct 2009, 02:09 AM
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| Well Known Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: iuvenes amo Out Status: Out to anyone who asks. Location: Melbourne Age: 17 Posts: 187 Join Date: Oct 2008 | Re: Gay Books If you're into gory stuff at all. Exquisite Corpse is an awesome book about a gay serial rapist and necrophiliac. sounds a little weird I know, but it's a favourite book among my friends. Lost souls is a less gross one by the same author (Poppy Z Brite) about vampires and stuff. it's really good. and not at all twilighty. fuck twilight... A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BOOK is Naked by David Sedaris, a kinda autobiographical collection of events. It's really good and funny! yeah if you read the first book... no judging.... but it probably will make you ill and upset.
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5th Oct 2009, 06:20 AM
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| Guest Posts: n/a | Re: Gay Books I definitely agree about Hero and The Geography Club, both of which I loved. I keep wondering if there are any teen lesbian books as well. |
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5th Oct 2009, 06:58 AM
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| Gay by Day, Dyke by Night Full Member   Gender: Female Orientation: Asexual Lesbian Out Status: Out, Loud, and Proud Location: Tucson, AZ Age: 19 Posts: 208 Join Date: Oct 2009 | Re: Gay Books Lesbian Books: "Keeping You a Secret" by Julie Anne Peters (best part is, she even responds to all fan mail) "Charting by the Stars" by Dr. Lindsey Abrams (think I got the last name wrong, but it's my absolute favorite lesbian book ever) I second anything and everything by David Sedaris. |
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5th Oct 2009, 02:36 PM
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| Heterodox Homosexual Full Member   Gender: (.)(.) Orientation: Kinsey 5? Ish? Out Status: If you don't know, where have you been all my life Location: Midwest USA Age: 17 Posts: 1,719 Join Date: Mar 2008 | Re: Gay Books Quote:
Also, if you're into fantasy/otherworldly stuff, the Gemma Doyle Trilogy has some very gay undertones. There are three books: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray. I LOVED these books and I totally called the gayness in the first even though it wasn't 'official' until the third. I'm always looking for more, so if anyone ever finds any, let me know!
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5th Oct 2009, 02:40 PM
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| it's ok to be afraid Full Member  Gender: No. Orientation: No. Age: 18 Posts: 767 Join Date: Oct 2009 | Re: Gay Books If you like short fiction, there's always gay or lesbian short story anthologies at the library. |
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5th Oct 2009, 05:31 PM
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| EC Addict Full Member  Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: NJ Age: 17 Posts: 461 Join Date: Aug 2009 | Re: Gay Books well actuallyyy we gots david levithan (boy2boy and then he wrote one with rachel cohn--they did nick and norahs infinite playlist together-- called __ and eli's no kiss list.) also theres keeping you a secret (which i REALLY want to read now) and the gilda stories (which are lesbian vampire stories i think.. correct me if im wrong.) and grl2grl which are short stories. |
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5th Oct 2009, 05:46 PM
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| Still Grey Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: UK Posts: 241 Join Date: Oct 2009 | Re: Gay Books The only stuff I usually stumble upon are those yaoi fan fiction stories based on anime characters, but they're usually terribly written. Seriously. |
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5th Oct 2009, 06:20 PM
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| The Lonliest Flamer Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Screaming queen Out Status: All but family Location: Nevada Age: 18 Posts: 39 Join Date: Feb 2008 | Re: Gay Books Wow, thanks everyone! I'll definitely take a look at these books! =D
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6th Oct 2009, 01:55 PM
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| EC Addict Full Member  Gender: Female Orientation: Gay / Asexual Out Status: everyone who asks Location: Cork, Ireland Age: 22 Posts: 447 Join Date: Feb 2008 | Re: Gay Books the diary of ann frank.. i havent read it *shame* but my friend said she had bi tendencys... |
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