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What to read after Leading Men by Christopher Castellani: 24 titles sharing themes of Biographical fiction, Biographical, Gay, and LGBTQ, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Inseparable A Novel — Simone de Beauvoir

Inseparable A Novel

Simone De Beauvoir

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Fall of Man in Wilmslow — David Lagercrantz

Fall of Man in Wilmslow

David Lagercrantz

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

A Perfect Explanation — Eleanor Anstruther

A Perfect Explanation

Eleanor Anstruther

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

On Time A Novella in Seven Chapters — T. G. Colbert

On Time A Novella in Seven Chapters

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

A Woman’s Battles and Transformations — Édouard Louis

A Woman’s Battles and Transformations

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Queer — William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Hotel de Dream A New York Novel — Edmund White

Hotel de Dream A New York Novel

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Confessions of a Mask — Yukio Mishima

Confessions of a Mask

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Still in Love A Novel — Michael Downing

Still in Love A Novel

Michael Downing

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Ripcord — Nate Lippens

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Freshwater — Akwaeke Emezi

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Inseparable A Never-before-published Novel — Simone de Beauvoir

Inseparable A Never-before-published Novel

Simone De Beauvoir

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

For the Pleasure of His Company An Affair of the Misty City — Charles Warren Stoddard

For the Pleasure of His Company An Affair of the Misty City

Charles Warren Stoddard

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

I, Gloria Grahame — Sky Gilbert

I, Gloria Grahame

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

The Persian Boy — Mary Renault

The Persian Boy

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Trespassing Borders — Jose Mendoza-Silveiras

Trespassing Borders

Jose Mendoza-Silveiras

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

Tommy’s Tale A Novel of Sex, Confusion, and Happy Endings — Alan Cumming

Tommy’s Tale A Novel of Sex, Confusion, and Happy Endings

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

You Can’t Make This $#!+ Up! Retail: Politics like you’ve never seen it before! — Mike Triggs

You Can’t Make This $#!+ Up! Retail: Politics like you’ve never seen it before!

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

The Other F Word — R. Richard Williams

The Other F Word

R. Richard Williams

Themes: Biographical • Gay • LGBTQ

The Flight Portfolio — Julie Orringer

The Flight Portfolio

Themes: Biographical fiction • Biographical • Literary

Love and Ruin A Novel — Paula McLain

Love and Ruin A Novel

Themes: Biographical fiction • Biographical • Literary

Small Game A Novel — Blair Braverman

Small Game A Novel

Blair Braverman

Themes: Gay • LGBTQ • Literary

Tomb of Sand A Novel — Geetanjali Shree

Tomb of Sand A Novel

Geetanjali Shree

Themes: Gay • LGBTQ • Literary

The Blackwater Lightship — Colm Tóibín

The Blackwater Lightship — Colm Tóibín

Themes: Gay • LGBTQ • Literary

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