I am and avid reader and I am gay and I would love some sugestions for books with gay charchters in them and things like that. I have already read the Rainbow Boys Searies. And So Hard to Say which is by the same author. Any sugestions?
2006-07-12 05:45:43 · 17 answers · asked by oogaooga12 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Magazines
I have not seen much in this area, but a search on www.bn.com revealed over 7000 titles. You may be able to narrow this down, some!
Good luck - let me know which ones are good!
Be sure to check out the reviews under the different books - they will have other recommended reads, too.
2006-07-12 05:51:23 · answer #1 · answered by aredneckwedding 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you should read "The Berlin Stories" by Christopher Isherwood. Is doesn't **target** gay teens, but he was a fantastic (gay) author who I started reading when I was in high school and have been consistently amazed at his writing.
"Berlin Stories" is the fictional diary about his years in Berlin in the mid-30s right before the acension of Adolf Hitler, when he was helping communist newspapers, frequenting seedy cabarets (his story "I am a Camera" was the inspiration for "Cabaret"), and running around with interesting but shady people. This is one of those books that captures a fearless life in an exciting time so well, it kills you that you weren't there.
Like I said, in "Berlin Stories" Isherwood did not focus on his sexuality or the sexuality of the people around him...but I could tell what was going on when I read it then. In later years, he would be more candid about his personal life.
I think it would be an excellent book for you to read because it is fantastically written, it would offer you some extra-curricular insight into that era, it isn't expoitive, and he could prove to be one of your favorite authors.
2006-07-17 15:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by beneluxer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Geography Club
The Order of the Poison Oak
By Brent Hartinger
2006-07-12 05:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by emma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the "INSIGHT OUT" online book club. Good selection of all kinds of gay-oriented stuff, from downright porn to comics to romance.
Oh, yeah, and then there's that gay vampire amateur detective solving cozy English cottage murder mysteries while he flirts with his secretary...Dean James is the author. I don't know that they're all that good, but visualizing Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom as the leads can be...uplifting.
2006-07-12 21:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by St. Hell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs- Great book!
2006-07-12 08:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by tracylr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! The Bible 2 timothy chapter 4
2006-07-12 07:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by Legalia G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try books from E Lynn Harries. His story revolves about black relationship, very beautifully written with good details. U will feel as if you will know the characters.
2006-07-12 23:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by woohoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Young Gay Adult Fiction
1.Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
2.The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger
Young Lesbian Adult Fiction
3. Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock - (my fave)
4. Holly's Secret by Nancy Garden
5. The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
6. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
7. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
8. Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
9. Deliver Us From Evie by M.E. Kerr
10. Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
11. From the notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
12. Tomorrow Wendy : a love story by Shelley Stoehr
13. Happy endings are all alike : a novel by Sandra Scoppettone
14. Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle
15. The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
16. Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg
17. Girl Walking Backwards by Bett Williams
18. Define Normal by Julie Ann Peters - (not really lez but a good teen novel)
Lesbian Adult Fiction:
18. Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown
19. Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
20. Alma Mater by Rita Mae Brown (my fave)
21. Toward Amnesia by Sarah Van Arsdale
22. Sappho: the tenth muse by Nancy Mars Freedman
23. Shy Girl by Elizabeth Stark
24. Crocodile Soup by Julia Darling
25. Catherine, Catherine: Lesbian short stories by Ingrid MacDonald
26. Fascination and other bar stories by Jackie Manthorne
27. Talk of the Town by Saxon Bennett
28. Talk of the Town Too by Saxon Bennett
30. Higher Ground by Saxon Bennett
31. Sweet Fire by Saxon Bennett
32. Artist's Dream by Gerri Hill
33. Hunter's Way by Gerri Hill
34. The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan - The movie "Lost and Delirious" was based on this book
I haven't read these yet but from my research it is lesbian-themed (sci-fi/fantasy genre):
The Isis Series
1. Return of Isis - 1992
2. Isis Rising - 1993
3. Warriors of Isis - 1995
4. Winged Isis Book 1 - 2001
5. Wizard of Isis Book 2 - 2004
6. Wizard of Isis Book 3 - 2004
2006-07-15 13:34:37 · answer #8 · answered by mags 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a book called A Son Called Gabriel, check that out, and also the books by Rice (I think Stephen Rice - it is anne's rice's son).
2006-07-12 06:57:05 · answer #9 · answered by Student123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with an old classic " BLUE BOY " Magazine . You'll love it
2006-07-18 11:54:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋