Acquired Tastes XLIII: Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 209 Golden Boy Books, Part 3 of 3

Acquired Tastes XLIII:

Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 209

Golden Boy Books

Part 3 of 3

Today we take a look at Golden Boy Books.

Golden Boy Books was an imprint published by Arena Publications, who operated out of a facility at 12011 Sherman Road in North Hollywood, California, 91605. They published a total of 27 titles under this imprint between 1978 and 1979. 

All the books feature colorful artwork by the same artist, done in a very soft, romance-novel type style, with the distinctive 'GB' logo adorning the center of the book's back cover. With few exceptions, the illustration is presented on a white background with a bold, colored title floating above it. 

Back Cover

These books sell for between $50-$189, though listings are somewhat rare.

Here are the last ten titles... 

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Up On the Floor

 Author: Chad Stuart 

Golden Boy Books

  1978 

GB-119 

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Star Struck

 Author: Ward Michaels 

Golden Boy Books

 1978 

GB-120

 According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about "the film industry".

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Brothers in the End 

Author: Lambert Wilhelm

 Golden Boy Books 

1979

 GB-121 

William J. Lambert, III (William Maltese) is an extremely prolific author who has written in a number of genres. His pseudonyms include Christopher Dane, Adriana DeBolt, Karl Klyne, Anna Lambert, Billy Lambert, W Lambert III, Willa Lambert, William Maltese, Lambert Wilhelm and several others. He's written gay-oriented novels for many imprints, including Greenleaf Classics, BlueBoy, HIS69 and Golden Boy Books. His most recent novel was published in 2019.

William J. Lampert III

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The Rock Brothers

 Author: Michael Murry 

Golden Boy Books

 1979 

GB-122

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 Twins

 Author: Ward Michaels 

Golden Boy Books 

1979 

GB-123

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 K-YMCA

 Author: Chad Stuart 

Golden Boy Books

 1979 

GB-124

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Big Foot

 Author: Alex Mann 

Golden Boy Books

 1979 

GB-125

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Enlisted Man

 Author: Cort Forbes 

Golden Boy Books

 1979 

GB-126

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Shaft

 Author: Bryant Tyler 

Golden Boy Books

 1979 

GB-127

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Teacher In Chains

Author: Kyle Reich

Golden Boy Books

 1979 

GB-128

Kyle Reich is a pseudonym used by Lambert Wilhelm.

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And that's all for Golden Boy Books.

Next week: another tantalizing vintage gay pulp fiction imprint.

Until then...

Thanks for reading.

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Starstruck - Olly Alexander