Read-alikes and related books

Books like Brokeback Mountain

24 books recommended for fans of Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, tied together by themes of TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations, LGBTQ+ Books, Specific Topics, and Westerns.

TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations LGBTQ+ Books Specific Topics Westerns Small Town & Rural Politics & Government Genre Fiction Politics & Social Sciences Literary Literature & Fiction

Top related books to Brokeback Mountain

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

Fahrenheit 451 (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)

Ray Bradbury

Themes: TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations • Specific Topics • Politics & Government

The Pilgrimage

John Broderick

Themes: LGBTQ+ Books • Specific Topics • Politics & Government

Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa Knowledge Co-production from the South

Ntombini Marrengane

Themes: Specific Topics • Small Town & Rural • Politics & Government

Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books A Novel

Kirsten Miller

Themes: Specific Topics • Small Town & Rural • Politics & Government

The Lamb A Novel

Lucy Rose

Themes: LGBTQ+ Books • Small Town & Rural • Genre Fiction

The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)

John Steinbeck

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us A Constellation Novel

Yiming Ma

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

1984 — George. Orwell

George Orwell

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#10

Parallel Lines A Novel

Edward St. Aubyn

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#11

No Tea, No Shade Life As a Drag Queen

Kennedy Ann Scott

Themes: LGBTQ+ Books • Specific Topics • Politics & Government

#12

Tales of the City A Novel

Armistead Maupin

Themes: TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations • LGBTQ+ Books • Genre Fiction

#13

Hillbilly, una Elegía Rural: Memorias de una Familia y una Cultura en Crisis (Edición de la Película) / Hillbilly Elegy (Movie Tie-In)

J. D. Vance

Themes: TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#14

English Animals

Laura Kaye

Themes: LGBTQ+ Books • Small Town & Rural • Genre Fiction

#15

Walk Softly on this Heart of Mine A Novel

Callie Collins

Themes: LGBTQ+ Books • Small Town & Rural • Genre Fiction

#16

Town & Country A Novel

Brian Schaefer

Themes: LGBTQ+ Books • Small Town & Rural • Genre Fiction

#17

Birdlane Island A Novel

V.C. Andrews

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#18

How Not to Be a Political Wife

Sarah Vine

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#19

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

Chanel Cleeton

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#20

The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel

Brianna Labuskes

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#21

The Banned Books of Berlin

Daisy Wood

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#22

Betrayed A House of Night Novel

P. C. Cast

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#23

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

B. Traven

Themes: Westerns • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

#24

Miracle on Corporation Street: PC Andy Miller and the IRA Bomb (DCI MILLER)

Steven Suttie

Themes: Specific Topics • Politics & Government • Genre Fiction

If Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations, LGBTQ+ Books, Specific Topics and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Ray Bradbury, John Broderick, Ntombini Marrengane, Kirsten Miller, and others.