Any other books like this? Seems like the main characters are mostly female. Any with male main character? Maybe closeted gay? Trying to make everything work? by islanddetour Related: Looking for recommendations Haunted House/ Haunted building? Something spooky but not gory Haven’t read in a while trying to start again Any good prison romance books? Help!
Outrageous-Potato525 on May 20, 2025 11:09 am Depends on your definition of “young adult,” but… *The Catcher in the Rye*, JD Salinger *The Goldfinch*, Donna Tartt *A Little Life*, Hanya Yanagihara (people have *opinions* about this one; features queer young men) *Call Me by Your Name*, Andre Aciman (also features queer young men) Multiple books by Nick Hornby *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man*, James Joyce *Maurice*, by EM Forster (early 20th century queer lit, wasn’t published during his lifetime because scandalous) If you want to get real old school, *The Sorrows of Young Werther* by Goethe *Great Expectations*, by Charles Dickens (also old school, obviously) *At Swim, Two Boys*, Jamie O’Neill *A Month in the Country*, JL Carr *The Namesake*, Jhumpa Lahiri *Middlesex*, Jeffrey Eugenides (young intersex man raised as a girl) if you search for “coming of age novels” you’ll get a ton of lists with books featuring both male and female protagonists
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You’re My Home by Katie Moore. Coming of age gay romance.
Depends on your definition of “young adult,” but…
*The Catcher in the Rye*, JD Salinger
*The Goldfinch*, Donna Tartt
*A Little Life*, Hanya Yanagihara (people have *opinions* about this one; features queer young men)
*Call Me by Your Name*, Andre Aciman (also features queer young men)
Multiple books by Nick Hornby
*A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man*, James Joyce
*Maurice*, by EM Forster (early 20th century queer lit, wasn’t published during his lifetime because scandalous)
If you want to get real old school, *The Sorrows of Young Werther* by Goethe
*Great Expectations*, by Charles Dickens (also old school, obviously)
*At Swim, Two Boys*, Jamie O’Neill
*A Month in the Country*, JL Carr
*The Namesake*, Jhumpa Lahiri
*Middlesex*, Jeffrey Eugenides (young intersex man raised as a girl)
if you search for “coming of age novels” you’ll get a ton of lists with books featuring both male and female protagonists