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Hidden gems for your LGBTQ library

Books you missed the first time round. Books you didn't know might contain your next LGBTQ literary hero. Books we want you to love as much as we do.

12 June 2016
Mr Loverman
Mr Loverman
Bernardine Evaristo
Forbidden Colours
Forbidden Colours
Yukio Mishima
The Dog
The Dog
Jack Livings
A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World
Michael Cunningham
You Are Not A Stranger Here?
You Are Not A Stranger Here?
Adam Haslett
Collected Stories
Collected Stories
Tennessee Williams
The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles
The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles
Giorgio Bassani
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head
James Baldwin

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