Best gay literature

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The Swimming Pool Library
1.  The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
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  "his best novel, far and away! sexy, well-plotted, stunning."
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Now And Then
2.  Now And Then by William Corlett
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  "captivating: speaks to anyone who knows of young love lost"
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Like People in History
3.  Like People in History by Felice Picano
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  "a big sprawling saga, the characters are exceptionally well drawn"
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A Boy's Own Story (Picador Books)
4.  A Boy's Own Story (Picador Books) by Edmund White
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  "gay Catcher in the Rye: first gay novel I read and still a favourite"
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Misadventures in the 213
5.  Misadventures in the 213 by Dennis Hensley
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  "Hensley is hilarious!!"
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California Screaming
6.  California Screaming by Doug Guinan
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  "a good rival to Hensley, LA gay life under a very funny microscope"
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Everybody Loves You (Stonewall Inn)
7.  Everybody Loves You (Stonewall Inn) by Ethan Mordden
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  "3rd of 4 excellent short-story collections, a gay Sex and The City"
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The Snow Garden
8.  The Snow Garden by Christopher Rice
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  "very well-crafted, you can't see all the plot turns coming!"
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At Swim, Two Boys
9.  At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
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  "a book you can really sink your teeth into!"
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The Men from the Boys
10.  The Men from the Boys by William Mann
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  "well-written book about the end of a relationship and finding yourself"
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Some Dance to Remember
11.  Some Dance to Remember by Jack Fritscher
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  "a huge saga of life in early gay-liberation-era San Francisco"
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The Living One
12.  The Living One by Lewis Gannett
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  "uses the plot devices of 19th Century Gothic with a homoerotic twist"
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Soon to be a Major Motion Picture
13.  Soon to be a Major Motion Picture by Warren Dunford
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  "very funny light mystery novel set in Toronto!"
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Boy Culture
14.  Boy Culture by Matthew Rettenmund
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  "a well-written and light-hearted story anyone can relate to."
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Glamourpuss (Plume Books)
15.  Glamourpuss (Plume Books) by Christian McLaughlin
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  "amusing story about a closeted actor and the one who got away"
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An Arrow's Flight
16.  An Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis
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  "also called Pyrrhus, hilarious and clever modern retelling of Greek myth"
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Can't Buy Me Love
17.  Can't Buy Me Love by Chris Kenry
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  "witty and light"
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New Boy
18.  New Boy by William Sutcliffe
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  "absolutely hilarious"
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