If you loved
Books like Bosie
A melancholic and absorbing portrait of a life forever overshadowed by one of literature's greatest scandals. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Bosie.
- somber
- haunted
- tragic
- 01
De Profundis and Other Writings
Oscar Wilde
A deeply intimate and poetic collection of correspondence and essays reflecting on art, life, and captivity.
- 02
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Monsieur Oscar Wilde
A haunting poetic reflection on the bleakness of incarceration and the heavy toll of exile.
- 03
The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst · 2004
A glittering, devastating plunge into the intoxicating excess and quiet tragedies of 1980s London high society.
- 04
Young Mungo
Douglas Stuart
A devastatingly tender exploration of queer first love blooming in the cracks of a brutal, hyper-masculine world.
- 05
Sissy
Jacob Tobia
A funny, deeply moving exploration of growing up outside the gender binary that balances heartache with abundant joy.
- 06
The Sluts
Dennis Cooper
A dizzying, voyeuristic descent into an internet forum where desire, myth, and extreme violence blur into a terrifying hall of mirrors.
- 07
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin · 1993
A devastating, beautifully written confession of doomed love and the tragic cost of denying one's own heart.
- 08
In Memoriam
Alice Winn
A devastatingly beautiful collision of tender first love and the brutal, shattering reality of the trenches.
- 09
At swim, two boys
Jamie O'Neill
A sweeping, sea-swept tragedy of first love colliding with the brutal tide of history.
- 10
Life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
Pull up a chair in a bustling 18th-century London tavern and listen to the greatest conversationalist of the age hold court.
- 11
My policeman
Bethan Roberts
A devastating, beautifully rendered portrait of a love triangle suffocated by the moral panic of midcentury England.
- 12
A Woman of No Importance
Oscar Wilde · 1903
A glittering, razor-sharp dissection of high society where polite banter masks devastating secrets and double standards.
