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302 books — 161 voters

Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper
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126 books — 226 voters
Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper
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553 books — 242 voters

Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper
Best Gay Military
379 books — 586 voters
Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper
Best Gay Tear Jerker with a Happy Ending
628 books — 868 voters

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
World's Greatest Novellas
716 books — 1,448 voters
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254 books — 925 voters

Arctic Summer by Damon GalgutThe Sparsholt Affair by Alan HollinghurstDays Without End by Sebastian Barry
LGBT Books Voted by LGBT Readers Only
895 books — 347 voters
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2,730 books — 4,599 voters

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Best Gay Fiction
2,675 books — 3,882 voters