 | A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Buy new: $8.64 / Used from: $0.01 Though not explicitly gay, this novel renders sin, redemption and forgiveness in heart-rending prose.
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 | Totempole
Buy used from: $1.75 The most detailed and most affecting record of the development of a gay man that I have ever encountered.
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 | Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (Perennial Classics) by Paul Monette
Buy new: $10.91 / Used from: $1.59 IMHO, the best-written, most perceptive memoir by a gay man.
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 | Carousel (1956 Film Soundtrack) by Shirley Jones
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.49 Mostly about the yearning and the ache of love.
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 | Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.94 Sex, sex, sex and funny, funny, funny.
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 | First Take by Roberta Flack
Buy used from: $6.34 Tuneful, insightful singing, the kind you can curl up with.
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 | Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.46 For the times when you just want a good old-fashioned wallow in sensitivity and loneliness, this is the ticket.
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 | Dancer from the Dance: A Novel by Andrew Holleran
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $4.00 Addresses the idea of Beauty in lush prose.
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 | A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $9.04 It's hard to find a sharper, more detailed portrait of a professor as a gay man.
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 | Shadowland by k.d. lang
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.97 Romantic crooning by a great vocal artist and a great "out" performer.
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 | The Ethel Merman Collection by Ethel Merman
Buy used from: $27.99 For those times when you want something to energize you, to remind you of the joy of living and to peel the wallpaper off the walls, this is a good choice.
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 | Pages Passed from Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English from 1748 to 1914
Buy used from: $1.70 This is a fascinating collection of Gay Lit before it became a whole section at Barnes & Noble.
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 | The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $2.67 "Queers" in film before there were "Queers" in film. An absorbing, surprising account.
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 | Maurice: A Novel by E. M. Forster
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.60 Published only after Forster's death, this is an astonishing affirmation of the kinds of love that can happen between two men.
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 | Judy in Love & Alone by Judy Garland
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.99 Two great albums by the gay icon show her range from rhapsodic to neurotic. "Alone" is recommended if Sinatra's "Only the Lonely" isn't available or you want a double wallow.
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 | Now, Voyager (Keepcase)
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $4.39 Sometimes there's nothing more satisfying than seeing people deal with obstacles to love.
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 | West Side Story
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.00 This Original Broadway cast album is a later (than "Carousel") look at the longing, aching kind of love.
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 | Counting Myself Lucky: Selected Poems 1963-1992 by Edward Field
Buy used from: $0.50 A wonderful collection of poems from such aptly-titled works as "Stand Up, Friend, With Me," "A Full Heart," and the movie-obsessed "Variety Photoplays."
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 | All About Eve
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $4.15 If you're in the mood for razor-sharp wit and go-to-hell acting, this is the movie for you.
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 | Longtime Companion
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.59 The best early film about AIDS and one of the best gay films ever.
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 | Parting Glances
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $18.45 Hilarious and touching gay indie film featuring the ever-fascinating Steve Buscemi!
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