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