Queer Men Books By Queer Men

Hosted by gogglor

14 participants, 109 books added

You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

I realized I was reading lots of MLM books, but not many by MLM authors. So I made this challenge to change that. To qualify, a book must A- be written by a queer male author, and B- have a main character who is a queer man.

Note: Both gender and sexuality are complex and fluid, and whether or not an author or a character is a “queer man” is potentially difficult to say, especially if an author keeps their life private. All I ask is that participants use their best judgement, based on how authors/characters self-identify when possible.

All books added
Exhale by Joel Abernathy

Exhale

Flesh and Bone #1

Joel Abernathy

254 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Who We Are by TJ Klune

Who We Are

The Seafare Chronicles #2

TJ Klune

319 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #2

TJ Klune

405 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
You & Me by Tal Bauer
You & Me
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Tal Bauer

You & Me

Tal Bauer

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Hold Me Under by Riley Nash

Hold Me Under

Water, Air, Earth, Fire #1

Riley Nash

337 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

The Darkness Outside Us

The Darkness Outside Us #1

Eliot Schrefer

397 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Reaper by Garry Michael

The Reaper

Men in the Shadows #1

Garry Michael

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance thriller adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #1

TJ Klune

393 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

Most Ardently

Remixed Classics #9

Gabe Cole Novoa

294 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune

14 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced