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1) Fight Club

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Palahniuk, Chuck

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The story of a young man who discovers that his rage at living in a world filled with failure and lies cannot be pacified by an empty consumer culture. Relief for him and his disenfranchised peers comes in the form of secret after-hours boxing matches held in the basements of bars.

2) Babbitt

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Lewis, Sinclair

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The life of an aggressive, prosperous realtor is described reflecting an image of middle-class America.

3) Little legends: exceptional men in black history

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Harrison, Vashti

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Black History Month

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Profiles thirty-five prominent men in African American history, including James Armistead Lafayette, Thurgood Marshall, Alvin Ailey, and Leland Melvin.

4) Gingerbread baby

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A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale about a not-so-clever gingerbread man.

5) The five people you meet in heaven

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A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl's life and finds himself in heaven, where five people from his past--some loved ones, some strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child.

6) The old man and the sea

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Hemingway, Ernest

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Hemingway's triumphant yet tragic story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream combines the simplicity of a fable, the significance of a parable, and the drama of an epic.

7) A portrait of the artist as a young man

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The first, shortest, and most approachable of James Joyce's novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays the Dublin upbringing of Stephen Dedalus, from his youthful days at Clongowes Wood College to his radical questioning of all convention. In doing so, it provides an oblique self-portrait of the young Joyce himself. At its center lie questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationsip of an artist to his family,...

8) What do brothas do all day?

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Mance, Ajuan Maria

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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.

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"A picture book with illustrated portraits of real Black men celebrating the daily lives and activities of African Americans, from visiting the barber shop to exploring outer space"-- Provided by publisher.

9) Queer

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Burroughs, William S

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"A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, now reissued on the seventieth anniversary of the year of its writing, the definitive text of William S. Burroughs's early, long-unpublished novel, now a cult classic and a highly regarded part of his oeuvre. Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma. Both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, it is both Burroughs's only realist...

10) Invisible life: a novel

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Harris, E. Lynn

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In his senior year at the university, Raymond meets Kelvin, who leads him into a homosexual relationship that brings major confusion with it.

11) Red, white & royal blue: a novel

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McQuiston, Casey

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2024 Nashville Pride Recommends: Favorite Queer Books
2025 Nashville Pride Recommends
Nashville Pride Recommends: Favorite Queer Books
PRIDE 2024

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* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller *
* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *
* BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! *

What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic,

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12) Love, honor, betray

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"With mysterious serial murders putting peaceful Lexington, Alabama, on edge, Jessie and Hubert Wiggins' steadfast calm and devotion to each other reassures everyone that faith will see them through. But Jessie and Hubert have paid a terrible hidden cost to maintain their devout facade and respectable standing. Nothing can allay the guilt they feel--or stop the growing distrust between them ..."-- Provided by publisher.

13) Family meal

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Washington, Bryan

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"Cam is living in Los Angeles and falling apart after the love of his life has died. Kai's ghost won't leave Cam alone; his spectral visits are wild, tender, unexpected, and explosive. When Cam returns to his hometown of Houston, he crashes back into the orbit of his former best friend, TJ, and TJ's family bakery. TJ's not sure how to navigate this changed Cam, impenetrably cool and self-destructing, or their charged estrangement. Can they find a...

14) So you call yourself a man

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James Robinson discovers that a past indiscretion has led to a child, threatening his already rocky marriage, while his friend Brent, already engaged, is tempted by another woman, and his other friend Sonny becomes obsessed with an old flame.

15) Patriarchy blues: reflections on manhood

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Joseph, Frederick (Activist)

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Be Well at NPL Recommends: Masculinity + Mental Health
Your Mind Matters: a Mental Health Initiative from Be Well at NPL

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In this thought-provoking collection of essays, poems, and short reflections, Frederick Joseph explores issues of masculinity and patriarchy from both a personal and cultural standpoint. From fatherhood, and "manning up" to abuse and therapy, he fearlessly and thoughtfully tackles the complex realities of men's lives today and their significance for society, lending his insights as a Black man

16) Don't call us dead: poems

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Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry
Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection
"[Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy."—The New Yorker

Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines

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17) GQ

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GQ is the authority on men and is the premier men's magazine. With its unique and powerful design, the best photographers, and a well of award-winning writers, GQ reaches millions each month. Get GQ digital magazine subscription today for the best in men's fashion and style, beautiful women and culture, news and politics.

18) The Goldfinch

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2024 Nashville Pride Recommends: Favorite Queer Books
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2000 to present

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"The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds...

19) Less: a novel

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Greer, Andrew Sean

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PRIDE 2024
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2000 to present

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Receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his fiftieth birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing himself, and making connections with the past.

20) This side of paradise

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)

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Amory Blaine wanders through his early years falling in love with a variety of women and attempting to use the power of his personality to woo them.

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