The most recommended books about gay men

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Book cover of The Cutting Room

P.R. Black Author Of The Long Dark Road

From my list on Tartan Noir to take you beyond your shortbread tin.

Why am I passionate about this?

These books aren't just the best in their field–they're the best at pinpointing the place I am from. Tartan Noir is a rich world, and I'm just about to join it. These books give a sense of place and people and sometimes bring a little laughter in the dark. To me, that's Scotland, in its magnificence, grandeur, and polar opposite of these things. Scotland is a country with two faces, as everyone from James Hogg onwards knew well... Let's see which side you prefer! 

P.R.'s book list on Tartan Noir to take you beyond your shortbread tin

P.R. Black Why did P.R. love this book?

Rilke, the auctioneer, finds a collection of photographs that show the death of a young woman. He journeys into the dark heart of Glasgow–and his own desires–to find out who she is.

An amazing debut, looking at the subcultures and twisted alleyways that stitch together every big city. I was compelled by how far Welsh was prepared to go, depicting a city I thought I knew.

By Louise Welsh,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Cutting Room as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Unputdownable' Sunday Times
'I was hooked from page one' Guardian

When Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted them. Soon he finds himself sucked into an underworld of crime, depravity and secret desire, fighting for his life.


Book cover of Querelle of Roberval

Rachel A. Rosen Author Of Cascade

From Rachel's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Activist Teacher Designer Troublemaker Disaster

Rachel's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Rachel A. Rosen Why did Rachel love this book?

A dark, queer psychosexual journey through a strike in a Quebec logging town. The prose manages to be spectacular even in translation, and the transposition of the hopeless struggle of man against the gods to the hopeless struggle of man against capitalism is as moving and validating as it is tragic.

By Kevin Lambert, Donald Winkler (translator),

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Querelle of Roberval as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

Homage to Jean Genet's antihero and a brilliant reimagining of the ancient form of tragedy, Querelle of Roberval, winner of the Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.

As a millworkers' strike in the northern lumber town of Roberval drags on, tensions start to escalate between the workers-but when a lockout renews their solidarity, they rally around the mysterious and magnetic influence of Querelle, a dashing newcomer from Montreal. Strapping and unabashed, likeable but callow, by day he walks the picket lines and…


Book cover of The Cutting Room
Book cover of Querelle of Roberval

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