Books
Books with gay main characters
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (also: Another Country by the same author)
Maurice by E.M. Forster
Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley
The superb David Brandstetter mysteries; the three Nathan Reed novels (Jack of Hearts, Living Upstairs and The Cutbank Path); Steps Going Down (brief synopsis) by Joseph Hansen ( links in German: the books, the man, on the web)
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Middle Ground by Ursula Zilinsky (perhaps not a very probable scenario but I found the book to be unputdownable and very thought-provoking)
The Hunger by David Rees
Colonies of the Heart (Dilraj: Empire of the Heart) by Jeremy Seabrook
New: Freeform, Banged Up and Some Kind of Love (Jas Anderson series) by Jack Dickson (I so wish there were more books in this series, or at least more books planned)
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (link to first volume of six); TV mini-series website
The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story by Peter Lefcourt
50 Reasons To Say "Goodbye" (and the sequels Sottopassaggio and Good Thing Bad Thing), 13:55 Eastern Standard Time by Nick Alexander
Brethren: Raised by Wolves, Matelots: Raised by Wolves and Treasure: Raised By Wolves by W.A. Hoffman
Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling, by Toby Johnson and Steve Berman (editors)
The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren; Some background information about the novel and its author (possible spoilers!); I also loved Harlan's Race (sequel to The Front Runner), The Fancy Dancer, and The Wild Man by the same author
King of Cats by Blake Fraina
Feindberührung by Klaus Berndl (available in German only, review)
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Authors that are not listed anywhere else in this LJ but whose writing I like a lot:
Josh Lanyon (jgraeme2007)
Jordan Castillo Price (jordan_c_price)
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Books I Read in German, my mother-tongue (links to English web sites)
I Am My Own Wife: The True Story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (the Pulitzer Prize winning play: on tour now)
Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance by Erich Maria Remarque
Aquis Submersus by Theodor Storm
everything by Jorge Amado
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov
every detective story by Maj Sjöwall / Per Wahlöö
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Other
The Deal: A Novel of Hollywood by Peter Lefcourt
Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
An Instant in the Wind by André Brink
In Death series by JD Robb (Nora Roberts)
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Nonfiction
American Pictures by Jacob Holdt
Die Nachtigall des Zaren by Christine Wunnicke (the life of Filippo Balatri, based on his own notes, the only known autobiography by a castrato singer; apparently available in German only; ETA: brief information in English on the author's web site)
The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson et al.
Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft, Ra Expeditions and The Tigris Expedition: In Search of our Beginnings by Thor Heyerdahl
Billy Wilder: Eine Nahaufnahme by Hellmuth Karasek (apparently available in German only; this book also gives great insight into the movie industry first in Europe and later in Hollywood)
Und Gad ging zu David. Die Erinnerungen des Gad Beck. 1923 bis 1945. by Gad Beck (the memoirs of Gad Beck; English version: An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin; some more information about the book Manfred Lewin, his first love, made for him can be found here)
Inside Out: Straight Talk from a Gay Jock by Mark Tewksbury
Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 by William Mann
Margaret Mitchell, Reporter by Patrick Allen (Editor) (a collection of articles written by Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With The Wind, when she worked as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal from 1922 until 1926; a delightful glimpse into the Roaring Twenties)
Updated May, 13 2009
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (also: Another Country by the same author)
Maurice by E.M. Forster
Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley
The superb David Brandstetter mysteries; the three Nathan Reed novels (Jack of Hearts, Living Upstairs and The Cutbank Path); Steps Going Down (brief synopsis) by Joseph Hansen ( links in German: the books, the man, on the web)
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Middle Ground by Ursula Zilinsky (perhaps not a very probable scenario but I found the book to be unputdownable and very thought-provoking)
The Hunger by David Rees
Colonies of the Heart (Dilraj: Empire of the Heart) by Jeremy Seabrook
New: Freeform, Banged Up and Some Kind of Love (Jas Anderson series) by Jack Dickson (I so wish there were more books in this series, or at least more books planned)
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (link to first volume of six); TV mini-series website
The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story by Peter Lefcourt
50 Reasons To Say "Goodbye" (and the sequels Sottopassaggio and Good Thing Bad Thing), 13:55 Eastern Standard Time by Nick Alexander
Brethren: Raised by Wolves, Matelots: Raised by Wolves and Treasure: Raised By Wolves by W.A. Hoffman
Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling, by Toby Johnson and Steve Berman (editors)
The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren; Some background information about the novel and its author (possible spoilers!); I also loved Harlan's Race (sequel to The Front Runner), The Fancy Dancer, and The Wild Man by the same author
King of Cats by Blake Fraina
Feindberührung by Klaus Berndl (available in German only, review)
***
Authors that are not listed anywhere else in this LJ but whose writing I like a lot:
Josh Lanyon (jgraeme2007)
Jordan Castillo Price (jordan_c_price)
***
Books I Read in German, my mother-tongue (links to English web sites)
I Am My Own Wife: The True Story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (the Pulitzer Prize winning play: on tour now)
Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance by Erich Maria Remarque
Aquis Submersus by Theodor Storm
everything by Jorge Amado
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov
every detective story by Maj Sjöwall / Per Wahlöö
***
Other
The Deal: A Novel of Hollywood by Peter Lefcourt
Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
An Instant in the Wind by André Brink
In Death series by JD Robb (Nora Roberts)
***
Nonfiction
American Pictures by Jacob Holdt
Die Nachtigall des Zaren by Christine Wunnicke (the life of Filippo Balatri, based on his own notes, the only known autobiography by a castrato singer; apparently available in German only; ETA: brief information in English on the author's web site)
The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson et al.
Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft, Ra Expeditions and The Tigris Expedition: In Search of our Beginnings by Thor Heyerdahl
Billy Wilder: Eine Nahaufnahme by Hellmuth Karasek (apparently available in German only; this book also gives great insight into the movie industry first in Europe and later in Hollywood)
Und Gad ging zu David. Die Erinnerungen des Gad Beck. 1923 bis 1945. by Gad Beck (the memoirs of Gad Beck; English version: An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin; some more information about the book Manfred Lewin, his first love, made for him can be found here)
Inside Out: Straight Talk from a Gay Jock by Mark Tewksbury
Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 by William Mann
Margaret Mitchell, Reporter by Patrick Allen (Editor) (a collection of articles written by Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With The Wind, when she worked as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal from 1922 until 1926; a delightful glimpse into the Roaring Twenties)
Updated May, 13 2009