The Year in Gay Books:

For gay books, 2007 was the best of times and the worst of times. Setbacks in the gay publishing industry did not keep good gay books from being published or good gay writers from doing what they do best, but several gay publishers and one gay book club went, or are going, out of business.

Here are the literary highs and lows of the year along with our choices for the author of the year, the top five books of the year and other assorted honors passed out with bright, shiny holiday bows.

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http://www.afterelton.com/print/2007/12/theyearingaybooks

The Top Five Books of the Year

1. All: A James Broughton Reader (White Crane Press).

2. Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

3. The Child by Sarah Schulman (Carroll & Graf).

4. Gay Artists In Modern American Culture: An Imagined Conspiracy by Michael Sherry (University of North Carolina Press).

5. Man to Man: A History of Gay Photography by Pierre Borhan (Vendome Press).