A Lambda Literary Award Winner A Stonewall Honor BookNamed to the National Book Award Longlist You have to read thisrdquo - Rainbow Rowell author of Eleanor amp Park In his follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Every Day David Levithan coauthor of bestsellers Will Grayson Will Grayson and Nick amp Norahrsquos Infinite Playlist crafts a novel that the Los Angeles Times calls ldquoopen frank and ultimately optimisticrdquo Based on true eventsmdashand narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDSmdashTwo Boys Kissing follows Harry and Craig two seventeen-year-olds who are about to take part in a -hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips they become a focal point in the lives of other teens dealing with universal questions of love identity and belonging.