Gay Fiction
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
This widely praised novel of two boyhood friends masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.
Three Junes by Julia Glass
Reveals the interconnected lives, loves and relationships of different generations of the McLeod family over the course of three crucial summers.
B-boy Blues by James Earl Hardy
This bestselling series of novels about Raheim "Pooquie" Rivers and Mitchell "Little Bit" – two New York black gay brothas trying to make it in the crazy world – are unabashedly and unapologetically written for the African-American male. Rough, sexy, humorous and authentic, B-Boy Blues, 2nd Time Around and If Only for One Nite are first-rate love stories.
Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Nick Guest’s two vividly contrasting love affairs, one with a young black clerk and one with a Lebanese millionaire, dramatize the dangers and rewards of his own private pursuit of beauty, a pursuit as compelling to Nick as the desire for power and riches among his friends. This is a richly textured, emotionally charged, disarming comedy.
The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
The national bestseller – now in paperback. When the magician Parsifal dies, his assistant, Sabine, who was also for only the last few months of his life married to Parsifal, must sort out the emotional baggage she inherits.
Chocolate Sangria by Tracy Price-Thompson
Fast-paced, suspenseful and unpredictable, "Chocolate Sangria" explores the hearts of two lovers who get caught in a great cultural divide and the trials they face when love spills across racial boundaries.
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Lesbian Fiction
Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Bone, an illegitimate child in a family of social outcasts, sees her mother's happiness with her new husband and does not tell when the stepfather begins abusing her in the 1950s.
Bittersweet by Nevada Barr
Teacher Imogene Grelznik protects her pupil, Sarah Tolstonadge, from her abusive husband, and the two fall in love but have to move from Pennsylvania to Nevada to stay together.
Alma Mater by Rita Mae Brown
Victoria "Vic" Savedge is enjoying the perfect romance with football star Charly Harrison, until she meets and embarks on a passionate love affair with Chris, a beautiful transfer student, and is forced to make a difficult choice.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Hearing the tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life.
For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison (Horror)
When a serial murderer begins killing off members of Hollows society, Rachel Morgan finds herself swept up in a brutal Inderland gang war, a situation that is complicated by her demonic nemesis and the release of a vampire master.
In the River Sweet by Patricia Henley
National Book Award finalist Patricia Henley captivates us with this engrossing novel of a woman whose long-held secret will transform her life and her marriage. From all appearances, Ruth Anne Bond is enviably lucky. Her husband, Johnny, still treats her like a young lover. Her grown daughter is a staunch friend. Her steady work and devotion to the church have quietly made her a pillar of the community. Then one long Indiana summer brings some unexpected communiqué, including one she has both craved and feared for 30 years. As long-hidden truths threaten to emerge, Patricia Henley offers us a tender, far-sighted novel about seeking answers and achieving grace.
Beautiful Inez by Bart Schneider
Sylvia Bran has an obsession. Enraptured with beautiful violinist Inez Roseman, she pretends to be a reporter and arranges to interview Inez. At once seductive and solicitous, she awakens Inez from the suffocating grip of her career, the demands of motherhood and the tensions caused by her husband's many affairs. The two women become lovers, embarking on a dance of passion and betrayal that soon spins out of control.
Delta Belles by Penelope Stokes
Twenty-five years after breaking up, a bitter, widowed Delta Ballou is reunited with her old friends and fellow members of the popular 1960s musical group, the Delta Belles, when they are asked to get together to perform at their college reunion, giving all four women the chance to relive the past and reconnect with old friends.
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