At the end of 2012, I hosted my annual happy holidays giveaway on my blog where I asked readers to name a non-Sloan Parker m/m romance they’d recommend to a friend who hasn’t read any gay romances but would like to. The final list is below and includes over 130 titles, which I guess goes to show how vast reader preferences are when it comes to favorite reads.
I apologize for any misspellings of titles or author’s names. Each recommendation was copied as it was originally entered in the readers’ comments.
Thanks to all the readers who responded. I hope everyone who checks out this list finds some great new-to-you books to read.
Recommended Books
- 7 Days of Christmas by Nicole Dennis
- 911 by Chris Owens
- A Better Man by RJ Scott
- A Dickens With Love by Josh Lanyon
- A Matter of Time series by Mary Calmes
- A Strange Place in Time series by Alyx Shaw
- A Strong and Sudden Thaw by RW Day
- A to Z by Marie Sexton
- Absolutely Eric by Erica Pike
- Adrien English series by Josh Lanyon
- After Ben from the Seattle Stories series by Con Riley
- Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price
- Archer’s Heart by Astrid Amara
- As You Are by Ethan Day
- Bareback by Chris Owen
- Bear, Otter and the Kid by TJ Klune
- Blacque/Bleu by Belinda McBride
- Blue Notes by Shira Anthony
- Bob the Book by David Pratt
- Brute by Kim Fielding
- But My Boyfriend Is by K. A. Mitchell
- Cards on the Table by Josh Lanyon
- Caught Running by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
- Change of Heart by Mary Calmes
- Chase in Shadow by Amy Lane
- Clear Water by Amy Lane
- Close Protection by Cordelia Kingsbridge
- Coda Series by Marier Sexton
- Collision Course by K. A. Mitchell
- Coming Home by Ava Rose Johnson
- Companions Nich’ooni by Jed A. Bryan
- Conquest Series by S. J. Frost
- Cop Out by KC Burn
- Crossing Borders by ZA Maxfield
- Crying for the Moon by Sarah Madison
- Cut and Run series by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
- Dance with the Devil by Megan Derr
- Dark Soul by Aleksandr Voinov
- Diversion by Eden Winters
- Duck! by Kim Dare
- Fair Game by Josh Lanyon
- Fairy Tales Volume 1 by Megan Derr
- Fall in the Sun by Val Kovalin
- Finding Zach by Rowan Speedwell
- First Kiss by J. Tomas
- Force of Law by Jez Morrow
- Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino
- Frog by Mary Calmes
- Good To Know by D.W. Marchwell
- Gravediggers’ Brawl by Abi Roux
- Grey’s Awakening by Cameron Dane
- Hammer series by Sean Micheal
- Heaven Sent series by Jet Mykles
- Hemovore by Jordan Castillo Price
- Holland Brothers Series by Toni Griffin
- Home Series by Cardeno C
- Hot Head by Damon Suede
- Hunter’s Moon by M.J. O’Shea
- I Spy Something Bloody by Josh Lanyon
- In the Company of Men series by Lynn Lorenz
- Incursion by Aleksandr Voino
- Infected series by Andrea Speed
- Into Deep Water by Kaje Harper
- Jarhead series by Sean Michael (starting with Three Day Passes)
- Jay Bell’s Something Like Summer
- Jewel Bond series by Megan Derr
- Keeping Promise Rock by Amy Lane
- Knitter series by Amy Lane
- Like the Taste of Summer by Kaje Harper
- Lost Boys series by JP Barnaby
- Lost Gods series by Megan Derr
- Love Means…No Shame by Andrew Grey
- Love, Hypothetically by Anne Tenino
- Loving Instincts by SJ Frost
- Magic Mansion by Jordan Castillo Price
- Marie Sexton’s Song of Oestend
- Mark of the Gladiator
- Missing Butterfly by Megan Derr
- My Summer of Wes by Missy Welsh
- Nighttime Wishes and Nighttime Dreams by M.A. Church
- No Going Home by TA Chase
- One Small Thing by Piper Vaughn and MJ O’Shea
- Pricks and Pragmatism by JL Merrow
- Prisoner by Megan Derr
- Promises by Marie Sexton
- PsyCop series by Jordsn Castillo Price
- Quinn’s Hart by Cassandra Gold
- Rayne’s Wild Ride by Jambrea Jo Jones
- Regularly Scheduled Life by K. A. Mitchell
- Riding Heartbreak Road by Kiernan Kelly
- Rough Stock series by BA Tortuga
- Sanctuary series by RJ Scott
- Scarlet and the White Wolf series by Kirby Crow
- Scrap Metal by Harper Fox
- Second Chances by T.A. Webb
- Shadow of the Templar by M Chandler
- Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander
- Sinders and Ash by Tara Lain
- Sno Ho by Ethan Day
- Sock it to Me, Santa! by Madison Parker
- Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
- Special Forces epic by Aleksandr Voinov
- Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton
- THAW by Jordan Castillo Price
- The Assignment by Evangeline Anderson
- The Bonds of Earth by G.N. Chevalier
- The British Devil by Greg Hogben
- The Cat in the Cradle by Jay Bell
- The Christmas Throwaway by RJ Scott
- The Cowboy Poet by Claire Thompson
- The Cranberry Hush by Ben Monopoli
- The Curtis Reincarnation by Zathyn Priest
- The Ghost Wore Yellow Shoes by Josh Lanyon
- The Guardian by Mary Calmes
- The Little Boy Lost series by J.P. Barnaby
- The Missing Butterfly
- The One That Got Away by Rhianne Aile & Madeleine Urban
- The Rebuilding Year by Kaje Harper
- The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters by Amy Lane
- Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
- Timing series by Mary Calmes
- Tinseltown (author unnamed)
- To Touch the Stars by Jeremy Pack
- Tough Love by Helen Gabriel
- Tri Omega Mates Series by Stormy Glenn
- Truth in the Dark by Amy Lane
- Turbulence by Jordan Castillo Price
- Unconventional at Best Anthology
- Wanting by Piper Vaughn
- Where He Ends And I Begin by Cardeno C.
- Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen
- Witness by L.A. Gilbert
- Wolfman Apocalypse by Brannan Black
- Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville
General Recommended Authors
- Andrew Grey
- Belinda McBride
- Ethan Day
- JM Snyder
- Josh Lanyon
- Lex Valentine
- Mary Calmes
- Megan Derr
- T. J. Klune
- Vic Winter
- Zathyn Priest
