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Books like A Self-Made Man

Across LGBT Studies, Gay Studies, and Social Science — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as A Self-Made Man by Paul Hewitt.

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Top related books to A Self-Made Man

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The Pink and the Black Homosexuals in France Since 1968 — Frédéric Martel

The Pink and the Black Homosexuals in France Since 1968 — Frédéric Martel

Frederic Martel

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Is the Rectum a Grave? and Other Essays — Leo Bersani

Is the Rectum a Grave? and Other Essays

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Growing Up Gay/growing Up Lesbian A Literary Anthology — Bennett L. Singer

Growing Up Gay/growing Up Lesbian A Literary Anthology

Bennett L. Singer

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Standing Out, Standing Together The Social and Political Impact of Gay-straight Alliances — Steven Seidman

Standing Out, Standing Together The Social and Political Impact of Gay-straight Alliances

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

God Hates Fags The Rhetorics of Religious Violence — Michael Cobb

God Hates Fags The Rhetorics of Religious Violence

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Making Gay Okay How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything — Robert R. Reilly

Making Gay Okay How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything

Robert R. Reilly

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Gay Ethics Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights, and Sexual Science — Timothy F. Murphy

Gay Ethics Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights, and Sexual Science

Timothy F. Murphy

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

The Homoerotic Photograph Male Images from Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe — Allen Ellenzweig

The Homoerotic Photograph Male Images from Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe

Allen Ellenzweig

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

In the Game Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity — Eric Anderson

In the Game Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Deep Gossip — Henry Abelove

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

The Motion of Light in Water Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village — Samuel R. Delany

The Motion of Light in Water Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village

Samuel R. Delany

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

The Battle for Normality A Guide for (self-) Therapy for Homosexuality — G. J. M. van den Aardweg

The Battle for Normality A Guide for (self-) Therapy for Homosexuality

G. J. M. van den Aardweg

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

The Joy of Gay Sex Fully revised and expanded third edition — Charles Silverstein

The Joy of Gay Sex Fully revised and expanded third edition

Charles Silverstein

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Is It a Choice? – 3rd Edition Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay & Lesbian People — Eric Marcus

Is It a Choice? – 3rd Edition Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay & Lesbian People

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Straight Parents, Gay Children Inspiring Families to Live Honestly and with Greater Understanding — Bernstein

Straight Parents, Gay Children Inspiring Families to Live Honestly and with Greater Understanding

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Hornito My Lie Life — Mike Albo

Hornito My Lie Life

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Wild Heart: A Life Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris — Suzanne Rodriguez

Wild Heart: A Life Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris

Suzanne Rodriguez

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

The Right to be Out Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools — Stuart Biegel

The Right to be Out Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

A Queer Romance Lesbians, Gay Men, and Popular Culture — Paul Burston

A Queer Romance Lesbians, Gay Men, and Popular Culture

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Making Gay History The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights — Eric Marcus

Making Gay History The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Glad Day Daily Meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People — Joan Larkin

Glad Day Daily Meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America — Jeff Chu

Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads Everything You Need to Know About LGBTQ Parenting But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask — Eric Rosswood

The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads Everything You Need to Know About LGBTQ Parenting But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde The First Uncensored Transcript of The Trial of Oscar Wilde vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry), 1895 — Merlin Holland

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde The First Uncensored Transcript of The Trial of Oscar Wilde vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry), 1895

Themes: LGBT Studies • Gay Studies • Social Science

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with A Self-Made Man by Paul Hewitt. Connected by LGBT Studies, Gay Studies, Social Science. Authors featured include Frederic Martel, Leo Bersani, Bennett L. Singer, Steven Seidman, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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