4.04 avg rating — 2,742 ratings

4.13 avg rating — 1,863,204 ratings

"An openly gay author this is just the first in a series of YA gay books "

4.08 avg rating — 57,729 ratings

"The LGBTQ equivalent of Barbara Cartland, this is the first in a series of books that were amongst the first exposure I had to the fact that I wasn't the only one."

4.25 avg rating — 671 ratings

"A well written literate story of a young gay man's coming of age. It's a measure of my unrefined tastes that it's one of my least favorite on this list."

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings

"A wonderful look at gay culture in San Francisco in the 70s and (with the subsequent books) thereafter "

4.18 avg rating — 1,960 ratings

"A poignant portrait of a young man's coming out and coming to terms in the 1940s. The book is still amazing despite the disrepute that this author has since fallen into.
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