Recs if you like The Book of Luke...

“Nothing here is fake.” — The Truman Show

across both dystopian and realist worlds, these books centre depictions of reality tv in facilitating discussions around surveillance, capitalism, exploitation, and how both global and local suffering is sensationalised.

ownvoices books across genres by queer men/masc authors that feature queer men as main characters

disclaimer: this is all just based on my own research and may not always be 100% accurate to the author’s identity - feel free to comment any edits or suggestions!

novels that feature a reality show, and in exploring the behind-the-scenes, expose how scripted “reality” can be…

suggestions welcome.

Books centered around reality TV (any genre) sorry, some of these are originally in French and there may not be a translation yet

Shamelessly yoinked from a certain other reading app that shall not be named... this is a list of recently published (2025-2026) LGBTQ+ fiction across a spectrum of genres and identities!

(Disclaimer: I haven't read most of these, but so many compelling covers made me want to save them all in a list to continue referencing into the future.)

books with queer characters and themes that make me insane

authors love naming their books "the book of _____"

There's a surprising amount of queer romcoms that center around some kind of reality tv show. This list has all different kinds of reality shows and relationship tropes.

If you love the messiness of reality TV but want some thought-provoking fiction, these books are for you.