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I know this thread might meet some backlash, but can any of you recommend me some decent male same sex romance novels? The majority of gay stories are arguably shit, but to my surprise I enjoyed the comfy and depressing vibe of the classics like Giovanni's Room and Maurice. Is there any other novel which relies more on the exploration of one's sexuality and bond between two men rather than bland horny sex? I've tried to read Confessions of a Mask, but dropped it because i saw no signs of a relationship in the book.

>> No.13538146 [DELETED] 

Fuck off you dirty sodomite. Your kind will burn in hell.

>> No.13538148

>>13538139
haha fag lol

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Since this thread is already about homosex, anyone wanna recommend some good classic dyke /lit/? I only know of Sappho

>> No.13538231

>>13538139

All of Mary Renault's books tend to feature gay relationships. At least the historical ones are also considered pretty good in general. The Last of the Wine might be a good one for you to start with.

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>>13538139
Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but a classic nonetheless

>>13538231
Yeah, sh was pretty good. Loved The King Must Die

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>>13538190
I read a book called Inseparable by an Emma Donoghue, and it was full of all the classics, not surprisingly most of them sad and downright anti-lesbian, but not all bad. Olivia sounds good
Also Winterson’s The Passion

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this is so genuinely good
the gay guy in my book group chose it and it rocked my world. it has so much fucking heart, so much joy in language, so much wit and invention. it's a genuine fucking masterpiece

everything about it is good and if you read it you will want to tell everyone how good it is

>> No.13538717

Brideshead Revisited
Dorian Gray
A Single Man

>> No.13539003

>>13538611
>I read about dykes because I am a girl :3
COPE tranny

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>>13539003
I read about the history of lesbian literature, which had always seemed so dreary or porn oriented and rare in my youth that I skipped most of it to better pass, because I love literature.

>> No.13539160

>>13539069
Do you have a gf? Have you ever had one if not? And are you European? Just curious, not that anon

>> No.13539289

>>13539160
Not a real one, just a friendly partner situation. Maybe it’s played out it’s course. Had a few ill fated gf from years ago. But I’m okay with my solitude. It doesn’t bother me like it used to.
I’m from the left coast

>>13539069
*Read a blurb about Rubyfruit Jungle when I was still a prudish Christian teenager. The protagonist seemed disgusting to me, so I decided to not read it. She doesn’t seem so bad anymore. Bisexual, but very much the egoist heroine.

>> No.13539369

>>13539160
Don't talk to it. Tripfags aren't welcome in this gay thread.

>> No.13539389

>>13539369
You aren’t welcome here, furfag.

>> No.13539392

demian, kind of, but not. Still.

>> No.13539403

>>13538641
>tfw everyone ignores my genuinely patrician rec yet again
some day i will get one of you fucks to read this magnificent book instead of trolling that butterfly guy i believe it

>> No.13539469

>>13539403
I am not a guy. Rude. I read your post and was actually interested. As long as it avoids the sex, I think I might actually enjoy it. People read posts but have nothing to say about them all the time. Don’t feel ignored.
Psh

>> No.13539483

>>13539469
there is sex in it, hard and uncompromising
can you get past gay sex?

>> No.13539488

>>13539403
I wrote down the name, anon. I read Tonio Kröger recently and even though it's only one chaper and perfectly chaste, it got me interested in literature that properly explores male love.

>> No.13539495

>>13539483
the old ladies in my book group dealt with it (although sandra (rip) said it was 'disgusting' lol') so i think you should handle it

>> No.13539513

>>13539483
Like skipping through /gif/, I suppose.

>> No.13539523

>>13539513
maybe
butterfly although you're terrible and i hate you, i like you

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>>13539523
Your hate is an arrow that swings around to hit you alone without fail.

>> No.13539552

>>13539545
yeah that seems normal

>> No.13539574

tfw trying to get butterfly to read a good gay book with gay sex and everything

>> No.13539578

>>13539574
Have you read Hadrian?

>> No.13539702

>>13539578
no
is this a contract?
if i read that you will read the other?

>> No.13539732

>>13539702
No contract. It is classy goodness though.

>> No.13539810

>>13539578
>>13539732
leave my thread immediately and never return

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>>13539810

>> No.13539824

Death in Venice, of course

>> No.13539898

I enjoyed The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault and I'm not even gay

Truly touching, and /lit/ should love it for the setting and surrounding events it's based on

>> No.13539937

>>13538139
Alexander's Choice by Edmund Marlowe.

>> No.13539970

>>13538139
The Song of Achilles is worth reading. It's an adaption of the Illiad and other myths about Achilles but told in first person from the perspective of Patroclus.

>> No.13539973

>>13539898
I don't read books by women, except for Ingeborg Bachmann.

>> No.13539983

>>13538139
Les Amitiés Particulières is a classic about French school boys.

>> No.13539996

>>13539983
I keep trying to find an English copy of this. Seen the movie. Apparently Montherlant attended the same school and wrote a similar story.

>> No.13540022

>>13539996
There are copies floating around online. Search long enough and you will find it.

>> No.13540034

Sandel by Angus Stewart is an underappreciated classic imo.

>> No.13540119

>>13539289
Huh. What is the criteria someone needs to meet to be your gf?

>> No.13540127

>>13538139
Forbidden Colours is a Mishima novel with a male-male relationship.

>> No.13540653

>>13540119
Why?

>> No.13540665

>>13540653
N-No reason, just answer already

>> No.13540743

>>13540665
I like a lot of looks, but I seem to have narrowed my character criteria a bit. I’d like a socialist atheist like myself, and I’m open to younger than myself, but now I’m kind of wondering if that’s fair to the girl that’s too young... I’m getting on in years.
And Though I always liked the idea of traveling, I have to stay put for my future plans. Money and time.
How old are you even?

>> No.13540784

>>13539403
relax anon, I just downloaded the epub.