merlinkun Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Not sure if anyone brought up this topic before. I just thought since I am having my school holiday, I have some time to catch up on gay-theme novels. Any recommendation? Some books I have read includes the Geography Club series (currently reading Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams, the sixth book in the series), Boy Meets Boy (one of my all time favorite, a true classic), Hero (sad the author died of drug overdose, never get to see a sequel...). And of course some more... risque selection to indulge in (I mean straight girls have 50 Shades of Gray, so...). Quote https://merlinsfolio.wordpress.com/ https://medium.com/@merlincheng "On the Internet, no one knows you are a cat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYAG-sim Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 I'm a fan of local literature, so here's my list of what I've read: 1) Now That It's Over by O Thiam Chin - 2 stories (1 straight, 1 gay) set in the backdrop of the 2004 tsunami 2) Peculiar Chris, To Know Where I'm Coming From and Quiet Time by Johann S Lee 3) The Last Lesson of Mrs De Souza by Cyril Wong - a student decides to come out to his teacher through a letter, only for the latter to tell his father about it The content is nothing risque and deals with the characters on a moral level. Hope this helps! merlinkun, iwannac and Vans 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vans Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) Not too sure if it's counted as a novel, Leow Yangfa's I Will Survive is a collection of personal recounts from homosexual individuals living in Singapore and read it as part of my research for my uni research paper haha. Read David Levithan's Boy Meets Boy too, a story about a boy in high school dealing with his sexuality and romantic feelings for another guy. Edited June 27, 2019 by Vans merlinkun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.pagar Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 3:34 AM, merlinkun said: Not sure if anyone brought up this topic before. I just thought since I am having my school holiday, I have some time to catch up on gay-theme novels. Any recommendation? Some books I have read includes the Geography Club series (currently reading Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams, the sixth book in the series), Boy Meets Boy (one of my all time favorite, a true classic), Hero (sad the author died of drug overdose, never get to see a sequel...). And of course some more... risque selection to indulge in (I mean straight girls have 50 Shades of Gray, so...). i have a Chinese (Taiwanese) novel about teenage puppy love, with some erotic descriptions but for bears. its an easy and engaging read. if you are interested, i can give it away to you. merlinkun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repressednerd Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) Re-read Glass Cathedral by Andrew Koh not too long ago: https://shop.epigrambooks.sg/products/glass-cathedral Edited August 11, 2019 by repressednerd chaowamushi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaowamushi Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 I like glass cathedral! I think it gives a different take/world/vibe compared to books like quiet time. I also read giovanni's room by james baldwin (old book but after reading it seemed to me that not much have changed in over 50 years); and not a novel but I love alfian sa'at's the invisible manuscript <3 kai0069 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtommyboysg Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Yeah Glass Cathedral is good. My fav gay themed book is At Swim, Two Boys by Irish author Jamie O’Neill. Beautiful book. Im also a fan of The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst - it’s one of the first few gay themed books I have read back in the days. On a side note, Math Paper Press reprinted Peculiar Chris recently so prob a good time to pick it up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan91navi Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 what if it’s us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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