13 very gay and very good books you should read this Pri Month | Mashable

Contents:

• 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
• 21 BOOKS EVERY GAY MAN NEEDS TO READ RIGHT NOW
• TOP 100 GAY NOVELS OF THE XXI CENTURY
• 12 BOOKS FOR GAY TEENS WHO HAVE JT COME OUT

13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH

And while you n always zy up on the uch and prs play on a movie about queer love, the LGBTQ books will take thgs one step of the classics, bt-sellers and new releas on this list put gay characters at the heart of the story — or at the very least, are wrten by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. As the end of his life draws near, Jab hop to the right the wrongs that ed his relatnship wh his gay son, Isaac. "How We Fight for Our Liv" by Saeed JonPoet Saeed Jon’ g-of-age memoir is a rehgly hont look at the realy of beg a Black gay man the south.

21 BOOKS EVERY GAY MAN NEEDS TO READ RIGHT NOW

When Garrard Conley is outed by his parents, they make him attend a 12-step nversn therapy program to “cure” him of his homosexualy.

"The Guncle" by Steven RowleyOnce-famo s star Patrick is a proud Guncle (Gay Uncle Patrick, actually). You won’t fd a buttoned-up gay love story the pag: Purnell unearths the dysfunctn of Black, broke and queer men fallg and out of love (or, well, lt). In this royal rom-, the prce of England and heir to the throne is gay, and longs for the son of the first woman print of the U.

TOP 100 GAY NOVELS OF THE XXI CENTURY

Simon & Schter Asylum: A Memoir & Manifto by Edafe OkporoSimon & Schter Asylum: A Memoir & Manifto by Edafe OkporoImmigratn and LGBTQ rights activist Okporo was 26 years old when he was driven om his home Abuja, Nigeria, for the s of beg gay. At once a personal narrative and a ll to actn, Asylum documents Okporo’s experienc as a gay Black man both Nigeria and the U. After beg outed at her old school, Yami is termed not to let the whe, rich kids at her Slayton Catholic fd out she’s gay.

Advertisement - Contue Readg Below16Cy of Night by John Rechy16Cy of Night by John RechyNow 11% OffCred: Grove PrsTake a trip to the unrground world of gay htlers, drag queens, and sex workers this book that sndalized the lerary world when first me out but went on to bee a mt-read.

2022-releas, achillean, adult-fictn, bisexual, gay, lbian, lgbtq, mlm, nonfictn, queer, sapphic, transgenr, wlw, ya-fictn. 1Adam Sass Surrenr Your Sons1Adam Sass Surrenr Your SonsNow 27% Off'Lost' meets 'Boy Erased' Adam Sass' pellg YA but about Connor Major, a gay teenager who out to his sgle mother and ends up beg forcibly sent to a nversn therapy facily on a remote island. This statement should be obv, but as many m-spec (multi-genr attracted spectm) guys know all too well, qutns like "Are you sure you're not gay?

12 BOOKS FOR GAY TEENS WHO HAVE JT COME OUT

Ripley, whose crim formed the basis of another inilly homoerotic movie, the romantic elements of The Price of Salt are far ls obfted.

"Advertisement - Contue Readg Below19Elon Green Last Call: A Te Story of Love, Lt, and Murr Queer New York19Elon Green Last Call: A Te Story of Love, Lt, and Murr Queer New YorkLast Call ptur a time New York Cy—the late '80s and early '90s—that was extremely unsafe for gay men. This was not only due to the ongog AIDS crisis, but also bee a serial killer was preyg on the patrons of gay bars; somethg that went unrreported by the media, and, as thor Elon Green argu, neglected by law enforcement. This book is so important bee was one of the first to really show the plited ways which gay men had to manage their inty, self and place a world that didn’t want them do exist.

While not one of Vidal’s “bt” works (to me, he’s an sayist first and a novelist send), The Pillar and the Cy is a mt-read bee of s place the queer non as one of the first regnized and reviewed gay novels. The fact that A Separate Peace ntually gets tght high school English urs baffl the bt possible way, as Knowl’ bt-known work is one of the most homoerotic bildungsromans ever wrten.