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An acerbic, darkly enchanting exploration of class, queer desire, and the unexpected salvation found in the love of a dog. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with We think the world of you.
- melancholic
- tense
- strangely tender
- 01
A single man
Christopher Isherwood
A sharply observed, deeply moving portrait of a single day in the life of a man carrying the invisible weight of profound grief.
- 02
The well of loneliness
Radclyffe Hall · 1928
A sweeping, melancholic tragedy of forbidden love and the agonizing search for a place in a world that demands conformity.
- 03
Goodbye to Berlin
Christopher Isherwood
A glittering, detached portrait of a bohemian underworld dancing obliviously on the edge of a historical abyss.
- 04
The Lord Won't Mind
Gordon Merrick · 1999
A lush, unapologetic vintage soap opera that revels in the glamorous, turbulent throes of forbidden romance.
- 05
Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski
A devastatingly beautiful, sun-drenched memory of first love colliding with the gray reality of an oppressive regime.
- 06
Fifteen Dogs
André Alexis
A bittersweet, philosophical fable that explores the heavy, beautiful burden of human consciousness through the eyes of a pack of dogs.
- 07
The Plague Dogs
Richard Adams
A beautifully written, emotionally devastating journey of survival that forces readers to confront the depths of human cruelty and the enduring spirit of the animal soul.
- 08
The Swimming-Pool Library
Alan Hollinghurst · 1994
An impeccably composed, darkly erotic elegy for a lost era of aristocratic privilege and gay life.
- 09
The God Eaters
Jesse Hajicek
A gritty, magic-laced romance where an unlikely alliance sparks a defiant rebellion against an oppressive regime.
- 10
Mitko
Garth Greenwell
A hypnotic, exquisitely written descent into the labyrinth of transactional desire and the inescapable ghosts of the past.
- 11
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson · 1991
A fiercely witty, myth-infused rebellion against the suffocating confines of religious fundamentalism and compulsory heterosexuality.
- 12
Faggots
Larry Kramer · 1978
A frantic, sweat-soaked descent into 1970s gay hedonism that masks a desperate, aching plea for true love.
