Swimming in the Dark

As a professional boy lover myself, I found this to be on the better side of gay representation. I've always disliked the idea of calling a story great just because it has LGBTQ+ aspects to it, since it usually ends up feeling too unrealistic, corny, or just simply banking on people romanticizing gay relationships. I love this novel actually took time to flesh out the characters, and show them progressively understanding their sexuality. For example, the protagonist reads Giovanni's Room (good book btw), and it's what brings him to understand how he feels and that it's completely normal. Also, the whole rebellious and governmental aspect where he's basically a criminal for having Giovanni's Room was pretty cool too.