The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life: Lessons Learned About Love and Death, Sex and Sin, and Saving the Best for Last

In this upbeat account, TikTok personalities Peterson, Bill Lyons, Robert Reeves, and Jessay Martin (known collectively as The Old Gays) reflect on becoming social media sensations during their twilight years and offer witty advice on topics including fitness, fashion, manscaping, and entertaining. For instance, Peterson, the quartet’s “beefcake,” asserts that “nutrition is more important than exercise,” while the flamboyant Martin shares a preference for platform shoes (“The higher the heel, the closer to God”). Elsewhere, Lyons discloses tips to help readers “accentuate [their] size down there” and Reeves offers foolproof dinner party advice: “Smoke lots of pot before you eat.” Though irreverent humor is the Old Gays’ bread and butter, they also reflect on faith, their struggles with homophobia, and surviving the AIDS crisis (both Reeves and Peterson are HIV positive). Asserting that readers “don’t have to become a TikTok star and walk down the street in a couture gown with your junk on full display to change your day-to-day from drab to fab,” the authors inspire fearlessness with their own exuberant attitudes. This risqué rule book celebrates making the most of life at any age. Agent: David Dorrier, Abrams Artists. (Nov.)