
Lay Your Sleeping Head
Published in 2016, Lay Your Sleeping Head is a gay fiction novel by Michael Nava. The story is set in Los Angeles, Calif. and San Francisco Bay Area, Calif., in 1981. It features Henry Rios. Key subjects include mexican Americans and gay men.
9 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.
It runs to roughly 295 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
Awards & lists
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 2017 — Gay Mystery (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote Lay Your Sleeping Head?
Lay Your Sleeping Head was written by Michael Nava and first published in 2016.
What genre is Lay Your Sleeping Head?
It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.
How long is Lay Your Sleeping Head?
The median edition has 295 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Lay Your Sleeping Head?
Readers who like it often enjoy City of Night, Red, White & Royal Blue and They Both Die at the End.
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