Hold Tight: A Novel8 reviews Christopher Bram Plume, 1989 Interesting possibilities Hank is a sailor during WW II, who comes from Texas and has had no problem is accepting his homosexuality!!?? While trying out a brotherl in NY, he gets arrested. Tied into this story is a movie projectionist and his daughter who are Nazi spies. A closeted queen who is a wannabe Nazi becomes ...             Gossip16 reviews Christopher Bram Plume, 1998 Great Holiday Read + Good entertainment + Gay activist meets right-wing closeted gay + A Good, Light Mystery.             City of Night (Rechy, John)25 reviews John Rechy Grove Press, 1994 FIGHT THE POWER!, + on the road with john rechy + LOOKING FOR LOVE + A Night Without End + A gay "classic" enhanced by an eerily prophetic ending set in New Orleans             This Thing Called Courage: South Boston Stories24 reviews J. G. Hayes Haworth Press, 2002 People like us. . . we get killed every day + Courage + Destined to Become a Classic + Land of Enchantment, Land of Pain + Courage from Southie             Man About Town: A Novel13 reviews Mark Merlis Harper Perennial, 2004 Mark Merlis - Man About Town Great Novel - I've now read 'Arrow In Flight' and 'American Studies' and this one. Mr Merlis better produce another book soon !             Closing Distance6 reviews Jim Oliver Alyson Books, 2000 A celebration and acceptance of gay life + Business and pleasure + Poignant How many times have you borrowed a book and then went out to buy it AFTER you read it? This book is a keeper, probably one of the best books of gay fiction I've read. While it was indeed tough to get into the book at first, as one reviewer commented, it was well worth the read. Once past the first ...             The Brothers Bishop57 reviews Bart Yates Kensington, 2005 God Damn You Bart Yates! + Couldn't Put it down + This is a real page turner! A hard slice of life! + Yates does it again + Absolutely stunning             Some of the Parts14 reviews T Cooper Akashic Books, 2002 An excellent 1st Novel A great first novel by an excellent young author and cool person in general. I really enjoyed the character development and how each chapter was narrated from the voice of a different character. The characters were all very interesting in themselves and I found myself connecting with each in some ...             Metes and Bounds: A Novel (Southern Tier)41 reviews Jay Quinn Southern Tier Editions, 2001 Worth Every Penny + Coming of age story with a difference + Mr. Quinn Has Something To Say + A Utopian dream.             Running with Scissors: A Memoir821 reviews Augusten Burroughs Picador, 2003 Wonderful read for good laughs + A Childhood Undesired: A Review of Running with Scissors + A humorous romp through an unusual childhood + Liked the Movie Better             Almost Like Being in Love: A Novel64 reviews Steve Kluger Harper Paperbacks, 2004 Probably my favorite book ever! + Unequivocally and joyfully recommended + Amazing characters + Wow! Total page turner! + IT WAS LOVE             Middlesex: A Novel854 reviews Jeffrey Eugenides Picador, 2002 You Are Such a Flirt + One of my favorites! + A Wonderfuf Read + From a pediatric Urology Nurse's view point, well done             Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude10 reviews Amy Bloom Vintage, 2003 Keen Insight, Delightful Style, and Fascinating + An Intimate Journey + TG tourism done well + One third of a great book + Keen Insight, Delightful Style, and Fascinating             Now Batting For Boston: More Stories By J. G. Hayes13 reviews J. G. Hayes Southern Tier Editions, 2005 Hayes makes us FEEL his character's emotions ... not just read them. + Really wonderful... + Now Batting for Boston + Sexy, Moving, Heartbreaking, Funny & True---J.G. Hayes is the Real Deal             Luna43 reviews Julie Anne Peters Little, Brown Young Readers, 2004 amazing + A Wonderful Little Book + A great read + Sympathetic portrayal of a family's transgender struggles + A Great Book By An Amazing Author             Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West1522 reviews Gregory Maguire Harper Paperbacks, 1996 Truly Bizarre But Impossible to Put Down I suppose that if I was going to take a famous children's story and make an adult novel out of it, I'm not sure I would have chosen something based on the Wizard of Oz. Maybe "Blueberries for Sally," where it turns out that the missing father from the story had been killed in a gangland slaying ...             Fall On Your Knees (Oprah's Book Club)573 reviews Ann-Marie MacDonald Touchstone, 2002 The Frightening Aspects of Realism + Fall On Your Knees and give thanks for a great author! + Intense It was one of thoes books that I couldn't put down although I cringed with each passsing page. It gave me nightmares. It was real.             The Left Hand Of Darkness2 reviews Ursula L. Le Guin Ace Books, 1977 Hot Desire on a Winter Planet + Science fiction worthy of some careful contemplation This extraordinary novel details the adventures of a young man, Genly Ai, sent as an envoy to try to convince the people of Winter (Gethen) to join the great concord of peoples and planets known as the Ekumen. Genly is sent alone because that is the custom--one Envoy at a time sent into a strange ...             Comfort and Joy62 reviews Jim Grimsley Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2003 Incredible Story + Comfort & Joy by Jim Grimsley + Amazing + True love?             The Boy in the Lake27 reviews Eric Swanson St. Martin's Press, 1999 Touching, Perceptive, Beautifully Written + what a great movie this could be! + An Emotional Book, Great first line. Eric Swanson weaves together the roman a clef and coming-of-age story with emotional immediacy and keen psychological insights. A beautiful read.