Closeted Married Men, Gay Vets, And Tap-Dancing Lesbians: 10 Juicy Winter Reading Recommendations

From: Queerty

It’s cold outside. There’s nothing to do. So why not read a book?

Whether you’re in the mood for suspenseful literary fiction, a thoughtful memoir, a riveting biography, an enduring romance, a historical nonfiction page-turner, or a gay classic, we’ve got almost all your favorite genres covered.

 Here are 10 reading recommendations to help get you through these long winter months…

Clifford’s Blues 

by 

John A. Williams

When Clifford, a self-proclaimed “gay negro” musician from New Orleans, is arrested by Hitler’s Gestapo at a concert venue in Berlin, he quickly finds himself placed in “protective custody” and transported to a concentration camp for homosexuals. Stripped of his dignity and his identity, and plunged into a nightmare of forced labor, starvation and abuse, he seeks escape in his music.