Books like Love after the End by Joshua Whitehead

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

In Susanna Clarke’s New York Times bestseller *Piranesi*, a man lives alone inside an infinite labyrinth of stone halls and towering statues, where an ocean crashes against walls and a mysterious visitor named The Other stirs strange, secret knowledge.

Carmen Maria Machado’s debut collection of short stories blends speculative fiction, horror, and sharp cultural commentary, exploring the violence, identity, and politics of womanhood through unsettling, genre‑bending narratives.

After being adopted by a quirky Dublin couple who treat him only as a house‑guest, Cyril embarks on a life‑spanning quest to discover his origins, his place in Ireland, and the meaning of true belonging.

A collection of three novellas that examine how love—erotic, romantic, and unrequited—shapes and sometimes entangles the human spirit.

A diverse collection of short stories that explore themes of self‑discovery, coming out, and the everyday challenges faced by LGBTQ youth.

An anthology of eleven short stories that follows trans women in Canada and the U.S., exploring their journeys through love, loss, harassment, and identity in both rural and urban settings.

In 1985 Chicago, gallery director Yale Tishman faces career triumphs and the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, while his friend Nico dies and his partner tests positive. Thirty years later, Fiona travels to Paris to confront her estranged daughter lost to a cult, uncovering the lasting impact of AIDS on their lives.

A Lambda Award‑winning anthology of twenty‑four haunting 19th‑ and 20th‑century supernatural tales that reclaims overlooked literature, spotlighting female protagonists and provocative feminist themes.

A collection of evocative lesbian short stories that explore desire, power, and romance across the American and Canadian scenes, blending sensuality with sharp dialogue and memorable characters.

A vibrant collection of short stories, poems, interviews and essays that capture the humor, passion, anger, and joy of black lesbians in coming out.

A vibrant anthology of lesbian short stories from leading American writers, presented in the third volume of the Women on Women series.

A collection of short stories by Jay McInerney, spanning nearly three decades of his career, with a focus on the societal flux and the arc of his narrative.

In a study that will be of interest to all those concerned with the politics of gender, the history of sexuality, and the erotics of reading, Christopher Craft investigates questions fundamental to any history of present sexualities. How does the modern binary homosexual/heterosexual relate to earlier formulations like "sexual inversion" and "sodomy"? What part does literature play in the development of such categories, or in a culture's resistance to them? And what are the implications for the creation and maintenance of the presumed "natural" male heterosexual subject? How has male heterosexual subjectivity been established as a bulwark against the attractions of a homosexual desire that is repeatedly incited by the very culture that condemns it? Craft examines the discourses of nineteenth-century psychiatry and sexology; some of Freud's central writings; and Tennyson's In Memoriam, Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Stoker's Dracula, and Lawrence's Women In Love.

A diverse anthology of 29 American lesbian short stories, exploring love, family, and death.

Discovering Fiction 2 presents a curated selection of classic and contemporary North American short stories to help students develop critical reading skills, infer context, and write analytical responses.

Jonny Appleseed follows a Two‑Spirit Indigenous man navigating city life and cyber sex work while preparing for a step‑father's funeral, exploring identity, resilience, and the pieces that form a life.