any gay-themed novel recommend???

[jhmphx]

City of Night by John Rechy was one of the first.

 

[doofhong]

wooo really so many books here...have no idea to read which one first...

 

[jhmphx]

Oh, and really good.

 

[doofhong]

arrr..just an idea...any book about love between big age different like dad and son type..???

 

[springboksfan]

And don't forget Robert Rodi for comedy stuff! Fag Hag, What they did to Princess Paragon, Closet Case, Kept Boy, Drag Queen, but not so much Bitch Goddess. That one really disappointed me.

Peter McGehee wrote two amazing books, Boys Like Us and Sweetheart before he died of AIDS. I was seriously pissed off when I found out. He was brilliant.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

City of Night by John Rechy was one of the first.

and Numbers

and The Sexual Outlaw

John Rechy is one of my favourites

 

[ichorinmyveins2]

Light read

The Dancers of Arun (fantasy-adventure) By Elizabeth Lynn
Summary: the main character who is a telepath is in love with his brother who already has a boyfriend.

Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
This is a story of a handsome noble son eunuch.

Density of the Soul By Christopher Rice

Athos (fantasy-adventure) I forgot the author's name but it's about an all-male planet. It's quite interesting though because you get to know how the planet functions without the women.

etc.

 

[handyman22]

All six of Tales of the City are good.

I Enjoyed all of Gordon Merricks too - The Lord Won't Mind, One for the Gods, Forth into Light, Now Lets Talk about Music, An Idol For Others, The Good Life, The Quirk and Perfect Freedom. For me they are like the Barbara Cartland of the Gay World, or the Days of our Lives of TV You know, the 6'4" blonde stud and the 6'2" dark suntanned adonis. Great light reading.

Conduct Unbecoming by Mike Seabrook was one I couldn't put down and is a favourite. He has also written Unnatural Relations, Out of Bounds, and Full Circle which I have also read over the years.

Pyrrhus by Mark Merlis. A book I had to start a couple of times before I got into the way it was written. It's setting is among the Greek Gods as I remember.

Reminds me of what I did before I had this computer and going online.

 

[springboksfan]

Peter McGehee Also the book Doug Wilson (his lover) wrote using McGehee's unfinished manuscripts in order to finish off his series.

Doug Wilson: Labour Of Love

Can you believe it, T? I just found out about Labour of Love when I was looking up the proper spelling of McGehee's name. It's a fascinating story in itself. Now I can't wait to get my hands on it and read it. Have you read The IQ Zoo?

 

[springboksfan]

IQ is McGehee's collection of short stories. I can't find it anywhere. I need to read Labour. I loved Zero. Gawd, I think I've read those two books four or five times over the years and I've always wanted more. Now that I know more is out there--even if it's different--I'm stoked.

 

[springboksfan]

I tried that last night, too. That was an experience in irritation. I'm sure I'll try it again today and it might actually work better.

 

[sparky95]

The novels of Alan Hollinghurst are all good, especially "The Swimming Pool Library" and "The Line Of Beauty"!

 

[Smitho]

The novels of Alan Hollinghurst are all good, especially "The Swimming Pool Library" and "The Line Of Beauty"!

These two I particlarly liked, especially the swimming pool library, great for Brits who remember Thatcher, and as mentioned earlier Maurice, I think deserves to be in the list.

 

[spreadeagle]

Alan Hollinghurst
Michael Cunningham
David Leavit
Noel Bartlett
Noel Virtue
Joe Orton

These are among my favourite writers writing on gay themes.
I have an especial fondness for Denton Welch - if you're at all angolophile ot interested in how gay men behaved in other eras you should read anything of his you can lay your hands on.

 

[HenryReardon]

The Donald Strachey detective series by Stevenson.
Very well written books.

So far at least two of them have been made into films starring Chad Allen.

The films are well done and well casted.

 

[aadams990]

"One Night Stand" by Ben Tyler.
My first gay novel.
Loved it.

 

[Ramindra]

My all-time favourite is "Hiroshima Joe" by Martin Booth, the story of a soldier in Hong Kong before, during and after WW2. It is an extremely well-written book about the horrors of war, and the fact that the main character is gay is incidental to the story.

 

[mocha_san]

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781430304098&itm=1

My book isn't gay-themed, however two of the main characters are a young gay couple who are portrayed realistically and matter-of-factly rather than in the terms of being the sore thumb of the characters.

 

[Swellegant]

the first book i bought with a gay theme was

The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren

Oh, my God! That's the first gay novel I read, too! The second was Gordon Merrick's The Lord Won't Mind.

Every book I would suggest has already been suggested, the only thing I'd add is some Mary Renault: The Last of the Wine, Fire From Heaven, The Persian Boy, and The Charioteer for starters.

 

[jhmphx]

arrr..just an idea...any book about love between big age different like dad and son type..???

I hope I'm doing this replying to a quote thing right. We'll see, I guess.

I just finished a book called "Ready to Catch Him if He Should Fall" by Neil Bartlett that was very much about a dad/son relationship. It was OK.