Literary Fiction

A brilliant, queer debut exploring grief, addiction, and spiritual yearning—Martyr! is poetic, strange, and shattering in all the best ways.

A quietly radical novel of gay awakening, Maurice finds tenderness in unexpected places and dares to imagine a love that doesn’t have to end in silence.

A powerful meditation on grief and isolation, A Single Man captures with poignant clarity the profound loneliness of losing the person who mattered most.

A lyrical, quietly powerful story of first love and longing, Lie With Me traces the fragile beauty of a hidden romance and the ache it leaves behind across a lifetime.

A tender, poetic coming-of-age that sees gayness through the lens of vulnerability and cultural identity. Sáenz's lyrical prose elevates what could be a simple story into something achingly beautiful—even when it occasionally prioritizes introspection over action.

Four college friends navigate life in New York, but as Jude's traumatic past takes center stage, "A Little Life" drowns in its own misery. Beautiful prose can't save a novel that fundamentally misunderstands gay relationships and mistakes relentless suffering for emotional depth. A disappointing marathon that left me unmoved.