Books with a gay main character
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I haven&#;t done a top ten in a while, so I figured it was day. I usually try to study more LGBTQ+ books during Pride Month, but since I got off to a slow initiate and didn&#;t post anything for basically the first half of the month, I figured I&#;d overcompensate with an extra-long list that includes both books that I&#;ve loved for years and some that I&#;ve just discovered recently.
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdomby Leigh Bardugo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Queer Representation: Of the main characters, two are bisexual and one is gay. There is one major m/m romance and one additional minor queer character. In the sequel series, there is a queer relationship between a bisexual woman and a trans bloke (note: he does not advance out until near the end&#;to anyone, including himself&#; and therefore presents as female and uses she/her pronouns until then).
Brief Review: Six of Crows has adv become one of my all-time favorite books. It’s basically Ocean’s Eleven with actually amazing characters dumped into a uniquely inspired fantasy setting. There are not many
LESS, by Andrew Sean Greer. Comical, sweet, and beautifully written, with lovable, fallible characters, great comic timing, exotic locales, and moments of real insight into human nature. I adore this noun, though sometimes it hits a little too close to home: The main character is a neurotic novelist who bumbles through life and relationships, just as I do.
AT SWIM, TWO BOYS, by Jamie O’Neill. Historical fiction at its best, centered around the Easter Rising in Dublin in but primarily a adore story about two teenage boys caught up in the violence happening all around them. Intelligent, thoughtful, and well-researched, it’s also sexy as hell without being overly graphic. The writing is top-notch, alternately funny and poignant, though sometimes I found the Irish dialect a challenge.
CLICKING BEAT ON THE BRINK OF NADA, by Keith Hale. Originally published in , this is a great coming-of-age story about adolescent first loves. The writing is crisp and straightforward, with tons of heart and some attractive erotic momen
Visibility. It’s one of the most crucial needs of the queer community. To be understood, to be accepted, the LGBTQIA+ community needs first to be seen. This has meant that centuries of authors writing about the experiences, love, and pain of the queer community have been crucial in making progress towards a radical acceptance.
From the delicate art form of the semi-autobiographical novel — a life story veiled behind fictional names and twists — to the roar of poetry to a serious dive into the history that has too often been erased and purged, queer literature has helped to challenge, move, and shape generations of readers.
As a pansexual, demisexual cis gal on my way into another Pride Month, researching and crafting this list was a singular joy. I have many books to put on hold at my local library. Many stories to encounter. Many histories to educate myself on.
Because queer texts help to increase our visibility to the “outside” world, but they also increase internal visibility and acknowledgment. Today, transphobia is rampant among the queer community, and there are still
The Best of Gay Fiction
Do you still feel as inspired as a writer today as you did, say, a couple of decades ago?
Well, a lot of people have said that JackHolmesandHisFriend is my best guide, so I guess I’m still writing at the height of my powers. I teach writing, so I have to constantly think about writing problems.
Is the writing process for you pleasurable or angst-ridden?
It’s both angst-ridden and pleasurable. It is pleasurable to finish, I believe. It’s always angst-ridden to document , with some stretches of pleasure. But it does seem to me that writing a novel is so precarious. It’s as though you’re carrying a bucket of water up a hill and you’re not quite sure you’re going to make it.
But you always seem to make it. Or are there times you haven’t?
I consider I wrote three or four novels before one was published, so I certainly know what it’s like to write something and not have it be successful or accepted. Like every writer I’ve been criticised for some of my work. A couple of my novels are considered real failures.
How perform you react to criticism? Act you