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GAY INTEREST
1. “Michael Tolliver Lives” by Armistead Maupin (HarperCollins, 27 pp., $25.95 hb, less 10 percent in the store). What’s it like now for the 55-year-old hero of the “Tales of the City” books?
2. “Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway” by Farley Granger, with Robert Calhoun (St. Martin’s, 255 pp., $26.95 hb). Life and loves of the famous actor of stage and screen.
3. “Looker” by Stanley Bennett Clay (Atria, 275 pp., $13 pb). By the author of “In Search of Pretty Young Black Men.”
4. “A Secret Edge” by Robin Reardon (Kensington, 265 pp., $15 pb). Coming-of-age, young adult novel.
5. “A Private Affair” by Mike Warren (Life Changing, 240 pp., $15 pb). A novel about a black gay military man’s love life.
6. “Breathe” by Blair R. Poole (Burrow, 176 pp., $14.95 pb). A novel about an African-American gay man in Philadelphia.
7. “Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship” by David Pitts (Carroll & Graf, 356 pp., $26.95 hb). JFK’s best friend from adolescence was gay and had his room in the White House.
8. “Chaos: A Novella and Stories” by Edmund White (Carroll & Graf, 192 pp., $21.95 hb). An older gay man practices the values of the 1970s in the new millennium.
9. “I Wrote This Song” by Dayne Avery (BookSurge, 208 pp., $13.95 pb). An African American in high school and college grows up.
10. “You Can Run: Gay, Glam and Gritty Travels in South America” by Jesse Archer (Haworth, 244 pp., $19.95 pb). One could argue that Archer redefines what it means to be a gay traveler. But really, “You Can Run” stops at nothing short of redefining how to live. Archer will be reading at the store at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 9.

LESBIAN INTEREST
1. “Stealing Nasreen” by Farzana Doctor (Inanna, 228 pp., $22.95 pb). Lesbians from India in Toronto.
2. “The Education of Elly” by Jackie Calhoun (Bella, $13.95 pb). Romance.
3. “The Child: A Novel” by Sarah Schulman (Carroll & Graf, 282 pp., $24.95pb). The age of consent for a boy is the problem in this novel.
4. “Night Watch” by Sarah Waters (Riverhead, 528 pp., $15 pb). A novel of World War II London.
5. “Iridescence: Sensuous Shades of Lesbian Erotica” edited by Jolie DuPre (Alyson, 241 pp., $14.95 pb).
6. “Rent Girl” by Michelle Tea (Last Gasp, 239 pp., $24.95 pb). A graphic and uncompromising autobiographical story of Tea’s years as a prostitute, with provocative illustrations by Laurenn McCubbin.
7. “The Accidental” by Ali Smith (Anchor, 306 pp., $13.95 pb). A stranger affects each family member personally.
8. “Valencia” by Michelle Tea (Seal, 256 pp. $13 pb). One girl’s search for love and high times in the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco’s Mission District.
9. “Tipping the Velvet” by Sarah Waters (Riverhead, 472 pp., $15 pb). A small-town girl makes it big in early 20th-century London’s music halls. (See also the bestselling DVD of this novel.)
10. “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters (Riverhead, 592 pp., $15 pb). A girl and her family of thieves in Victorian London.

GAY FILMS
1. “Noah’s Arc: The Complete Second Season” (2006, 180 min., $35.95 DVD, discounted from $39.95). Follows four black friends as they chart an uncertain course through the City of Angels.
2. “Guys Gone Wild: Hunk House” (2006, 57 min., $19.99 DVD). Still more college guys strutting their stuff.
3. “Dante’s Cove,” Season 2 (2006, 255 min., $29.95 DVD). Season 2 is even more outrageous with the introduction of more deadly secrets, more intriguing twists and most importantly, more hot-bodied stars!
4. “Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds,” directed by Phillip J. Bartell (2006, 85 min., $24.95 DVD). A gay guy pretends to be straight in an effort to win the man of his dreams.
5. “Dante’s Cove,” Season 1, directed by Sam Irvin (2005, 190 min., $26.95 DVD). This popular gay supernatural TV series features an extremely sexy (and frequently unclothed) male cast.
6. “Tan Lines,” directed by Ed Aldridge (2006, 97 min., $19.99 DVD). Gay love among Aussie surfers.
7. “When Darkness Falls” and “The Best of Care,” directed by Jeff London (2006, 92 min., $22.95 DVD). Two gay horror movies.
8. “Strange Fruit,” directed by Kyle Schickner (2004, 115 min., $24.95 DVD). A gay African American returns to rural Louisiana to investigate the lynching of a gay childhood friend.
9. “How Do I Look,” directed by Wolfgang Busch (2006, 80 min., $29.99 DVD). Documentary on the Harlem Ball community.
10. “First Out” (65 min., $22.95 DVD). A collection of five award-winning gay-themed short films.

LESBIAN FILMS
1. “She Likes Girls” (2006, 100 min., $24.95 DVD). Six well-produced lesbian short movies.
2. “Desert Hearts,” Two-disc Collector’s Edition, directed by Donna Deitch (1985, 96 min., $19.95 DVD). This collector’s edition includes never-before-seen additional footage.
3. “Tipping the Velvet,” directed by Geoffrey Sax (2002, 178 min., $29.95 DVD). Lush portrayal of the Sarah Waters novel.
4. “Loving Annabelle,” directed by Katherine Brooks (2006, 77 min., $24.95 DVD). Rising heartthrob Erin Kelly stars as Annabelle, a precocious senator’s daughter who falls in love with her teacher Simone (gorgeous Diane Gaidry) at a stodgy Catholic girls’ boarding school.
5. “Imagine Me and You,” directed by Ol Parker (2005, 93 min., $19.95 DVD). Blushing bride and wedding guest.
6. “The Aggressives,” directed by Daniel Peddle (2005, 73 min., $19.95 DVD). Documentary about six butches.
7. “Fingersmith” (2004, 180 min., $29.95 DVD). BBC mini-series adaptation of another Sarah Waters novel.
8. “Treading Water,” directed by Lauren Himmel (2001, 95 min., $24.95 DVD). Family vs. lesbian love.
9. “Producing Adults,” directed by Aleksi Salmanpera (2004, 100 min., $24.95 DVD). Finnish love story.
10. “Clara’s Summer,” directed by Patrick Grandperret (2004, 86 min., $26.95 DVD). Learning a lot at a French summer camp for teens.