Queer Men Books By Queer Men

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10 participants (73 books)

Overview

I realized I was reading lots of MLM books, but not many by MLM authors. So I made this challenge to change that. To qualify, a book must A- be written by a queer male author, and B- have a main character who is a queer man.

Note: Both gender and sexuality are complex and fluid, and whether or not an author or a character is a “queer man” is potentially difficult to say, especially if an author keeps their life private. All I ask is that participants use their best judgement, based on how authors/characters self-identify when possible.

Challenge Books

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At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill

At Swim, Two Boys

Jamie O'Neill

576 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. by Jonathan Ned Katz

Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A.

Jonathan Ned Katz

720 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Homosexuality & Civilization by Louis Crompton

Homosexuality & Civilization

Louis Crompton

623 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past by George Chauncey, Martha Vicinus, Martin Duberman

Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past

George Chauncey, Martha Vicinus, Martin Duberman

579 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced
Camp by L.C. Rosen

Camp

L.C. Rosen

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

Young Mungo

Douglas Stuart

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves

This Is Why They Hate Us

Aaron H. Aceves

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Confidence by Rafael Frumkin

Confidence

Rafael Frumkin

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark tense medium-paced
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century by John Boswell

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

John Boswell

424 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ religion challenging informative slow-paced
Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement by Wesley G Phelps

Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement

Wesley G Phelps

344 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative inspiring medium-paced