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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"From the author of the highly acclaimed and prize-winning collection, QUARANTINE, an insightful, compelling debut novel about an Indian American boy's struggle to fit into a society where his race and sexuality are outside the norm and to find a sense of belonging, identity, and hope"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"No one in the family is prepared when 79-year-old Arthur Edwards drops a bombshell: he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has the same secret. But Teddy doesn't feel ready to come out yet - especially when Arthur's announcement causes shockwaves in the family. Can Arthur and Teddy navigate first loves, heartbreak, and finding their place in their community? More importantly,...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Nicholas Brink leaves New York City to join Clay Guillory in Italy, he thinks he knows what he's getting into. His more experienced boyfriend has come into a small inheritance from an eccentric bohemian artist: the windfall consists of counterfeit heirlooms as well as a share in a decrepit Venetian palazzo. Clay hopes to use Nick's connection to an antiques dealer to unload the fake silver on a brash, unsuspecting American. Clay's smarts and...
4) Afterglow
Author
Series
Golden boys volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After a summer of life changing, Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are finally ready for senior year, but as graduation nears and the boys prepare to enter the real world, it is clear their friendship will never be the same.
5) Lot: stories
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. Around him, others live and thrive and die in Houston's myriad neighborhoods: a young woman whose affair detonates across an apartment complex, a ragtag baseball team, a group...
Author
Publisher
Harperteen
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in rural Washington as the only out gay kid means Jay is constantly bombarded with reminders that everyone around him can hook up and have relationships, but his list of love-related to-do's -- his own gay agenda -- is indefinitely, frustratingly, on hold. His parents suddenly move the family to Seattle right before his senior year, however, and the thriving LGBTQ+ community means he can finally begin checking things off his list! Will...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In London, 1593, sixteen-year-old Will Hughes makes his living on Shakespeare's stage, but after the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe is murdered, he teams up with young Lord James Bloomsbury, and together the two hunt the elusive assassin as their forbidden feelings for each other ignite.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he's roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn't need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can't...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Murry Summerfield, relentlessly decent son of the farmstead, meets Jacob Durris, charming but troubled new neighbor. When he discovers why Jacob has moved out to the countryside, Murry has his hands full keeping his friend happyand dealing with his own blossoming feelings."--
Series
I hear the sunspot volume 7
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Stunningly handsome Kohei Sugihara was outgoing and popular with the girls at school. But when a sudden illness left him with partial hearing loss, he grew quiet and reluctant to engage with others. At college, a chance encounter with an ever-optimistic classmate named Taichi Sagawa helped Kohei open up once more. And over time, the two began to develop feelings for each other. As the story continues, the pair tries to balance their budding relationship...
Series
Red thread volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After exchanging phone numbers, Pharm and Dean begin spending time together almost every day. Their budding chemistry doesn't go unnoticed, though--soon, the potential couple is the talk of the campus! But as the pair's feelings for each other grow, their recurring dreams intensify, now infiltrating their waking lives. Will the threads of fate pull the two close enough to finally remember their promise? --
12) Love and war
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Finding yourself torn between two potential boyfriends is tough. Domo is learning that it’s even tougher when you’re trying to win the captaincy of your school’s tug-of-war team! His competition is Jocasta, a serious athlete who will stop at nothing to prove she’s the best. Can Domo lead his team to victory while he struggles with his feelings for ambitious Gabriel and flamboyant Emil? Love and War is a queer sports rom com about how our...
Series
Red thread volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""I've dreamed about them ever since I was a child..." Pharm is a skittish but friendly young man who is excited to start his new life as a college student. He'll make friends, join a club... and maybe figure out why he's always sensed that there's a certain someone he's fated to meet. The moment he locks eyes with Dean, the captain of the swimming club, he's attracted to him in a way he's never experienced before. Is this who he's been looking for...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of twenty-four hours in the life of Natwest, and his small-town odyssey in pursuit of [a] missing package. And yet it's also the story of a middle-aged dentist who dreams of being a respected artist -- but the only thing he can seem to paint is the human mouth. And it's the story of a tortured imam involved in a quasi-romantic entanglement with the local vicar; and an octogenerian mourning the death of her secretive husband; and...
15) Light carries on
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Adding to his growing list of problems, Leon becomes inexplicably linked to the ghost of a queer punk rocker named Cody, and as the two investigate Cody's mysterious death they also explore the complexities of life, death, love, and their shared love of music.
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