Readers’ Favourite Gay Books – 2010
October 5, 2010
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Our newest update is here! Thanks again to everyone who submitted additional recommendations for the Readers’ Favourite Gay Books. Wren Boudreau did a wonderful job incorporating your new recommendations with the previous list and I would like to thank her on behalf of all the M/M readers. The list is now 400+ books, at least two thirds of which you selected and I know that readers of M/M romances and other gay books will appreciate your contributions. As mentioned earlier, this is not a Top 400 list, it’s a list of favourite M/M books from you, supplemented by many of mine.
We have maintained the same categorization system to make it easy for you to find the books and I hope that this list will continue to be an excellent reference source for you, the readers. All of the different gay sub genres are here including memoirs and other books of social significance such as Armistead Maupin’s wonderful commentary about life in San Francisco in the 1970s – Tales of the City - a memorable period of gay and also US history.
As mentioned previously, all paranormal and fantasy books have been grouped under Speculative Fiction, but the other categories are very familiar to you. A few books on the list are extremely violent and some have no HEA so buyer beware and check the reviews on sites such as amazon or Barnes & Noble!
So here’s your updated list of Readers’ Favourite Gay Books which combines your recommendations and the original 118 books.
Many of the books on the list have withstood the test of time and have been around as readers’ favourites for 25 or more years (The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren, The Charioteer by Mary Renault are excellent examples) and more recent favourites such as the PsyCop series by Jordan Castillo Price, the Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon, My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley, The Draegan Lords by M.L. Rhodes, to name just a few.
LEGEND
C=Contemporary
H=Historical
M=Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
S=Speculative Fiction/Paranormal/Fantasy
W=Cowboy
MEM=Memoir
P=Play
Social History=SH
Favourite Gay Books
-The Classics
(for this purpose books released more than 15 years ago i.e. 1994 and earlier)
A Different Sin by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (H)A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham (H)
A Queer Kind Of Death by George Baxt (M)
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (C)
Angels in America by Tony Kushner (P)
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (SH)
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette (SH)
City of Night by John Rechy (C)
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran (SH) (C)
Dancers of Arun by Elizabeth A. Lynn (S)
David Blaize by E.F. Benson (H)
Gaywyck by Vincent Varga (H)
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (MEM)
Kiss Of The Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
Maurice by E.M. Forster (H)
My Dearest Holmes by Rohase Piercy (H)
Social Disease by Paul Rudnick (SH)
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (S)
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (SH)
Teot’s War/Bloodstorm by Heather Gladney (S)
The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal (C)
The Best Little Boy in the World by Andrew Tobias (M)
The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley (C)
The Charioteer by Mary Renault (H)
The Dreyfus Affair by Peter Lefcourt (C)
The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren (C)
The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy (series) Titles – Magic’s Pawn; Magic’s Promise; Magic’s Price; by Mercedes Lackey (S)
The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault (H)
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (C)
The Night G.A.A. Died by Jack Ricardo (M) (SH)
The Object Of My Affection by Stephen McCauley (C)
The Persian Boy (series) other books – Fire from Heaven; Funeral Games – by Mary Renault (H)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (S)
The Why Not by Victor J. Banis (C)
While England Sleeps by David Leavitt (H)
Vampires Anonymous by Jeffrey N. McMahan (S)
- - Current
(for this purpose books released 15 years ago or less i.e. 1995 or later)
A Bit of Rough by Laura Baumbach (C)
A Face Without A Heart by Rick R. Reed (S)
A Land Fit for Heroes (series) by Richard Morgan (S)
A Note In The Margin by Isabelle Rowan (C)
Adagio by Chris Owen (C)
Adrien English Mysteries (series) Titles – Fatal Shadows; A Dangerous Thing; The Hell You Say; Death of A Pirate King; The Dark Tide; by Josh Lanyon (M)
Aloes by Chris Quinton (C)
Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger (C)
Always by M.L. Rhodes (includes Hearts and Bones & Never Let Go) (C)
An Agreement Among Gentlemen by Chris Owen (H)
An Improper Holiday by K.A. Mitchell (H)
And the Two Shall Become One by Mychael Black and Shayne Carmichael (S)
Angel Land by Victor J. Banis (S)
Angel’s Evolution by T.A. Chase (H)
Angels of the Deep by Kirby Crow (S)
Any Kind of Luck by William Jack Sibley (C)
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann (H)
As You Are by Ethan Day (C)
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (H)
B. Quick by C. S. Laurel (M)
Baby It’s Cold Outside by Nicole Kinberling (C)
Back Where He Started by Jay Quinn (C)
Backtrack by Joseph Hansen (M)
Bad Case of Loving You by Lainey Cairo (C)
Bareback by Chris Owen (W)
Bay City Paranormal Investigations (series) Titles – Oleander House; What Hides Inside; Twilight; Closer; An Inner Darkness; by Ally Blue (M,S)
Big Diehl: The Road Home by George Seaton (C)
Blessed Isle (included in the Hidden Conflict anthology) by Alex Beecroft (H)
Blind Desire by I.D. Locke (S)
Blood Claim (anthology) Laura Baumbach, Angela Fiddler, Jet Mykles (S)
Blue Ruin (series) Titles – Some Kind of Stranger; Close to Me; Chains of Love; Need You Tonight; by Katrina Strauss (C)
Border Roads by Sarah Black (C)
Bound and Determined by Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow (C)
Bound in Blood by J.P. Bowie (S)
Bound to Him by Ava March (H)
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (C)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Lynn Lorenz (C)
Breakfast With Scot by Michael Downing (C)
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (W)
Broken Boundaries by Evangeline Anderson (S)
Cambridge Fellows Mysteries (series) Titles - Lessons in: Love; Desire; Discovery; Power; Temptation; Seduction; Trust- by Charlie Cochrane (H, M)
Captain’s Surrender by Alex Beecroft (H)
Casa Rodrigo by Johnny Miles (H)
Catch Me if You Can by L.B. Gregg (M)
Caught Running by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux (C)
Channeling Morpheus (series) – Titles – Payback; Vertigo; Mannikin; Rebirth; Tainted; by Jordan Castillo Price (S)
Chrome by George Nadar (S)
Collision Course by K.A. Mitchell (C)
Comfort & Joy by Jim Grimsley (C)
Conquest by S.J. Frost (C)
Counterpoint: Dylan’s Story by Ruth Sims (H)
Cowboy Blues by Steven Lewis (M)
Crossing Borders by Z.A. Maxfield (C)
Cultivating Love by Addison Albright (C)
Cut and Run; Sticks and Stones: (series) by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux (M)
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran (C)
Dangerous Moonlight by Mel Keegan (H)
Dark Horse and Out of the Darkness by Kate Sherwood (C)
Dash & Dingo by Sean Kennedy and Catt Ford (H) (M)
Dave Brandstetter Mysteries (series) by Joseph Hansen (M)
Dead Rock Stars by Wes Funk (C)
Deadly series Titles – Deadly Dreams; Deadly Slumber; Deadly Wrong; Deadly Nightshade; by Victor J. Banis (M)
Death’s Head (series) Titles – Death’s Head; Equinox; Scorpio ; by Mel Keegan (S)
Details of the Hunt by Laura Baumbach (S)
Detective Lane Mysteries (series) by Garry Ryan (M)
Deviations (series) Titles - Submission; Domination; Discipline; Bondage; by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne (C)
Discreet Young Gentleman by M J Pearson (H)
Donald Strachey Mysteries (series) by Richard Stevenson (M)
Drawn Together by ZA Maxfield (C)
Dreaming of Dragons/Here be Dragons by T.A. Chase (S)
Dreaming of You by Ethan Day (C)
Driftwood by Harper Fox (M)
Duck! by Kim Dare (S)
Duval’s Gold by Chris Hunt (H)
Easy by Ally Blue (C)
Edward Unconditionally by Lynn Lorenz (S)
End of the Trail by Jane Elliot (H,W)
Esprit de Corps anthology (H)
Every Good Thing by Jules Aedin (S)
Everything Under the Sun by Rachel West (C)
Eye of the Storm by Lee Rowan (H)
Fair Game by Josh Lanyon (M)
Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels (C)
Falling by Cameron Dane (S)
Falling by M.L. Rhodes (S)
False Colors by Alex Beecroft (H)
Finding Faith by Andrew Barriger (C)
Finding Zach by Rowen Speedwell (C)
Fingering the Family Jewels by Greg Lilly (M)
Fire Season by Lex Valentine (S)
First You Fall by Scott Sherman (M)
Forest of Corpses by P.A. Brown (M)
Found by Sean Michael (C)
Freeman by Clare London (C)
Frost Fair by Erastes (H)
Fun With Dick and Shane; and More Fun With Dick and Shane by Gillibran Brown (C)
Glad Hands by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks (S)
Golden Boy by Michael Nava (M)
Golden Boy/Golden Man by Claire Thompson (C)
Gym Dandy by Storm Grant (C)
Hard Fall by James Buchanan (C)
Heat by Tory Temple (C)
Heaven Sent (series) Titles – Heaven; Purgatory; Hell; Faith; Genesis; by Jet Mykles (C)
Hell Cop (series) by Astrid Amara, Ginn Hale, Nicole Kimberling (S)
Henry and Jim by J. M. Snyder (C)
Henry Rios Mysteries (series) by Michael Nava (M)
Her Majesty’s Men by Marquesate (C)
Heroes & Ghosts by S.A. Payne (S)
Hidden Force by Shayla Kersten (C)
High Line by T.A. Chase (C)
His Convenient Husband by J.L. Langley (W)
Home is the Sailor by Lee Rowan (H)
Hot Cargo by Nikki Bennet and Ariel Tachna (S)
How Long has this been Going On? by Ethan Mordden (SH)
Ice Cream on the Side by Wren Boudreau (C)
If All the Sands Were Pearl by Pepper Espinoza (S)
I’ll be your Drill, Soldier by Crystal Rose (C)
In The Company of Men series – Baymore’s Heir; Jackson’s Pride; The Mercenary’s Tale; by Lynn Lorenz (H, S)
In The Flesh by Ethan Stone (C)
In The Strangest Places by Willa Okati (C)
Jock Dorm (series) Titles – Dar & Greg; Drew & Vince; David & Connor; by Bobby Michaels (C)
Keeping Promise Rock by Amy Lane (C)
Kind Hearts by Evelyn Martin (C)
Kirith Kirin, by Jim Grimsley (S)
L.A. Heat by P.A. Brown (M)
L.A. Mischief by P.A. Brown (M)
Labryinth (series) Titles – Melusine; The Virtu; The Mirador; Corambis; by Sarah Monette (S)
Last Summer by Michael Thomas Ford (C)
Life After Joe by Harper Fox (C)
Like Coffee and Donuts by Elle Parker (C)
Lola Dances by Victor J. Banis (H)
Longhorns by Victor J. Banis (W)
Looking for It by Michael Thomas Ford (C)
Lord and Master by Jules Jones (C)
Lord John Grey Novels by Diana Gabaldon (H)
Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale, books 1 and 2 (S)
Love & Loyalty by Tere Michaels (C)
Love in an Elevator by Sean Michael (C)
Lover’s Knot by Donald Hardy (H)
Lover’s Knots by Katherine Cross (H)
Mahu series by Neil S. Plakcy (M)
Making Promises by Amy Lane (C)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (MEM)
Men of Smithfield (series) Titles – Happy Ending; Gobsmacked; Cover Me; In and Out; by L.B. Gregg (C)
Mexican Heat by Josh Lanyon and Laura Baumbach (C)
More by Sloan Parker (C)
Mr. Clive and Mr. Page by Neil Bartlett (H)
My Fair Captain/The Englor Affair (series) by J.L. Langley (S)
My Summer of Wes by Missy Welsh (C)
Naked by David Sedaris (MEM)
Neg UB2 by Rick R. Reed (C)
Nick Hoffman Mysteries (series) by Lev Raphael (M)
Nicky D’Amico (series) Titles – Habit for Death; Ice in His Veins by Chuck Zito (M)
Nightrunner (series) by Lynn Flewelling (S)
No Fear in Love by Jamie Craig (C)
9-1-1 by Chris Owen (C)
Nocturne by Mel Keegan (H)
Notturno by Z. A. Maxfield (S)
Oil And Water by B.A. Tortuga (C)
One More Soldier by Marie Sexton (H)
On Fire by Drew Zachary (C)
Orientation by Rick R. Reed (S)
Out of the Blue by Josh Lanyon (H)
Out There in the Night by Laura Baumbach (S)
Pandora Project: Runaway Star by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox (S)
Paul’s Dream by Rowan McBride (S)
Perfect by Julia Talbot (C)
Persistence of Memory by J.M. Snyder (S)
Personal Demons by James Buchanan (C)
Phoenix Rising by Kimberly Gardner (C)
Phoenix Rising: Strongman by Denise Rossetti (S)
Power Play by J.M. Snyder (C)
Primal Red by Nicole Kimberling (M)
Practical Purposes by Yeva Wiest (C)
Prisoner by Megan Derr (S)
Private Dicks by Katie Allen (M)
Probation by Tom Mendicino (C)
Promises by Marie Sexton (C)
PsyCop (series) Titles – Among the Living; Criss Cross; Body & Soul; Secrets; Camp Hell; by Jordan Castillo Price (S)
Raised by Wolves (series) by W. A. Hoffman (H)
Ransom by Lee Rowan (H)
Red-Tainted Silence by Carolyn Gray (C)
Regularly Scheduled LIfe by K. A. Mitchell (C)
Road Trip (series) Titles– Racing The Moon; Steam And Sunshine; Under Pressure; by B.A. Tortuga (C)
Rough Canvas by Joey Hill (C)
Rough Draft by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne (C)
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs (MEM)
Russell Quant mysteries (series) by Anthony Bidulka (M)
Rust Belt by Jessica Freely (C)
Scarlet and the White Wolf series by Kirby Crow (S)
Sea Change by Chris Quinton (C)
Seeing You by Dakota Flint (W)
Shades of Gray by Brooke McKinley (M)
Shadow Hunt by LM Prieto and Jayson Taylor (S)
Shadow of a Wolf by Jez Morrow (S)
Slave Boy by Evangeline Anderson (S)
Sleepwalker by Jordan Castillo Price (M)
Sleight of Hand by Katrina Strauss (S)
Sno Ho by Ethan Day (C)
Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon (H)
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon (M)
Soothe the Burn by T.A. Chase (S)
Soul Mates (series) Titles – Bound by Blood; Deceptiions; Sacrifice; Secrets; by Jourdan Lane (S)
Speak Its Name (anthology) – Charlie Cochrane; Erastes; Lee Rowan – (H)
Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan (C)
St. Nacho’s Series: St. Nacho’s; Physical Therapy; Jacob’s Ladder by Z.A. Maxfield (C)
Standish by Erastes (H)
Stealing Life by T A Chase (C)
Sticks and Stones by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux (M)
Stirring Up Trouble Z.A. Maxfield (C)
Stormy Weather (series) Titles– Rain and Whiskey; Tropical Depression; Hurricane; by B.A. Tortuga (C)
Strange Fortune by Josh Lanyon (S)
Strange Place In Time (series) Titles – The Recalling of John Arrowsmith; The White Palace Awakens; The Merry Executioner Returns; by Alyx J. Shaw (S)
Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton (C)
Strongest Shape by Tessa Cardenas (C)
Sutcliffe Cove by Madeleine Urban and Ariel Tachna (C)
Sweet Oblivion (series) Titles – Brazen; Snare; Fluid; Swarm; Elixer – Jordan Castillo Price (S)
Sweet Topping by Carol Lynne (C)
Take My Picture by Giselle Ellis (C)
Taking the Odds Series: Cheating Chance; Inland Empire; All or Nothing by James Buchanan (M)
Talker by Amy Lane (C)
Tangle (anthology) by Astrid Amara, Ginn Hale etc. (S)
Tangled Web by Lee Rowan (H)
Thatcher Boys (series) Titles – Jumping Into Things; Adrenaline Junkies; Christmas Fire; Landing With Both Feet; Taking The Leap; by Julia Talbot (C)
The Administration series – Mind Fuck; Quid Pro Quo; Games & Players; Control; Quis Custodiet by Manna Francis (S)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (S)
The Angel of Thirteenth Street -Eden Winters (C)
The Archer’s Heart by Astrid Amara (S)
The Assignment by Evangeline Anderson (C)
The Back Passage by James Lear (H)
The Bonds of Love by J. M. Snyder (S)
The Bones of Summer by Anne Brooke (C)
The Boy I Love by Marion Husband (H)
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage and My Family by Dan Savage (MEM)
The Curtis Reincarnation by Zathyn Priest (C)
The Darkling Thrush by Josh Lanyon (S)
The Draegan Lords (series) Titles – True of Heart; Lords of Kellesborne; Fires of Ballian; by M.L.Rhodes (S)
The Elegant Corpse by A.M. Riley (C)
The Gentleman and the Rogue by Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon (H)
The Golden Age of Gay Fiction (H)
The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek (S)
The God in Flight by Laura Argiri (H)
The Good Thief by James Buchanan (M)
The Hell You Ride by Julia Talbot (H)
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant by Dan Savage (MEM)
The Larton Chronicles – James Anson (C)
The Lonely War by Alan Chin (H)
The Long Way Home by Z.A. Maxfield (S)
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (C)
The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt (C)
The Manituw by Lisbeth Jenkins (C)
The Married Man by Edmund White (C) (SH)
The Mercenary’s Tale by Lynn Lorenz (H) (S)
The Missing Butterfly by Megan Derr (C)
The One That Got Away by Madeleine Urban & Rhianne Aile (C)
The One That Broke Free by T.C. Blue (C)
The One That Stayed by T.C. Blue (C)
The Phoenix by Ruth Sims (H)
The Price of Temptation by M J Pearson (H)
The Protector by N.L. Gassert (C)
The Rest of Our Lives by Dan Stone (S)
The Shadow of the Templar series by M Chandler (C)
The Slayer’s Apprentice by Zathyn Priest (M)
The Tin Star by J.L. Langley (W)
The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox (H,S)
The Wine-Dark Sea by A.J. Llewellyn (C)
Three Fortunes in One Cookie by Cochrane Lambert (C)
Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy (C)
Till Kingdom Come by Evangeline Anderson (S)
Timeless by Patric Michael (C)
Touching Evil by Rob Knight (M)
Transgressions by Erastes (H)
Truth in the Dark by Amy Lane (C)
Turnskin by Nicole Kimberling (S)
Two Gentlemen Sharing by William Corlett (C)
Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride (S)
Uneven by Anah Crow (C)
Untamed Heart by Ally Blue (C)
Urban Shaman by Lyn Gala (S)
Utopia X (series) Titles – Looking For Some touch; Seeking Something Wicked; Exploring Savage Places by K.Z. Snow (S)
VGL Male Seeks Same by Rick R. Reed (C)
Walk Among Us by VIvien Dean (S)
Want Me by Rowan McBride (S)
Warriors Cross by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux (M)
What Love Means to You People by NancyKay Shapiro (C)
Where Flows the Water by Sean Michael (S)
Where The Boys Are by William J. Mann (C)
Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen (H)
Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale (S)
Windbrothers/Guardians of the Wind by Sean Michael (S)
Winds of Change by Lee Rowan (H)
Windows in Time by M. Jules Aedin (M)
Without Reservations/With Caution (series) by J.L. Langley (S)
Witness by Mike Shade (M)
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (MEM)
Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville (C)
Young Adult
A Better Place by Mark A. Roeder (C)
A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White (C)
A Really Nice Prom Mess by Brian Sloane (C)
A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W.Day (S)
All Lost Things Josh Aterovis (M)
Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis (M)
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman (C)
Changing Jamie by Dakota Chase (C)
Common Sons by Ronald Donaghe (C)
Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley (C)
Enlightened Little Boy Lost Vol. 1 J.P. Barnaby (C)
Freshman Pledge: The Magic of Love by Larry Coles (C)
Hero by Perry Moore (S)
Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates (C)
Masks (series) Titles – Rise of Heroes; Evolution; Ordinary Champions – by Hayden Thorne (S)
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger (C)
Now is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer (H)
Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg (C)
Reap The Whirlwind by Josh Aterovis (M)
Strings Attached by Nick Nolan (M)
Thinking Straight by Robin Reardon (C)
Two Steps Up by Sean Kennedy (C)
Uncle Sean by Ronald Donaghe (C)
Vintage – A Ghost Story by Steve Berman (S)
Without Sin by J. Tomas (C)
Recommended YA Authors
Steve Berman
Brent Hartinger
Alex Sanchez
Hayden Thorne
David Levithan
Josh Aterovis
Peter Cameron
Martin Wilson
Perry Moore
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Oh, the comments for the Gay Favorites update are closed?
I’ve been so busy and stressed these last weeks and I remembered something about September and I thought it was end of September.
Anyway.
Some of my all time favorites (which are listed, among others I also like very much):
The Charioteer by Mary Renault
The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
Adrien English Series by Josh Lanyon
NEW:
Code of Conduct by Rich Merritt (C)
Carried Away: An SM Romance by David Stein (C)
Cut to the Bone by Robert Conner (C/Crime)
It Takes Two by Elliott Mackle (C/Crime)
Street Lavender by Chris Hunt (H) (published late 80s)
The Gentleman and the Rogue – Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon (H)
Tim and Pete by James Robert Baker (C) (1993)
The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy (C / YA) (C)
The World of Normal Boys by K.M. Soehnlein (C / YA)
Those (C / YA) are about young adults, but I don’t think they are really adressed at young adults.
Young Adult
Ich, Adrian Mayfield by Floortje Zwigtman (H) (Dutch or German available)
Eine Welt dazwischen / We Two Boys by Aline Sax (H) (the original is Belgian, available in German, should be available in English)
Northridge High Football Camp (YA)
Eight Seconds by Jean Ferris (YA)
I didn’t have time to check my (incomplete / always WIP) list of books, so that’s it for now. I would have lots more books to recommend which I enjoyed and liked very much, but which is a little bit less than the “absolutely love” criteria.
Wow–what a wonderful list! I especially love the classic and the YA sections, and I can not tell you how honored I am to see some of my work included:-)
Hi Amy
Obviously the fans love your books. What can I say?
Oh my gosh- what a list! Wren and Wave, thanks for your hard work. Will retirement and days of unapologetic, non-stop reading ever come? I will have to keep working in order to keep buying books!
Patty
No worries – I’m sure some of them will still be there when you retire. LOL make sure you retire to a desert island where you can’t buy any new books.
That’s just it, Wave. These terrific authors just don’t seem to slow down. I continue to add the new books to the existing list. I think my TBR pile will BE the island-LOL!
Holy reading batman! What a great list! Some of my absolute favorites and some new ones I. Must. Have. Soon! I think I know what I will be doing for the next however long it takes me lol! My thanks to you Wave and everyone that worked so hard to compile this list….and for all the hard work you all do every other day of the year too! Awesome! as always
Elaine
No more new books for you until you whittle down the TBR pile. LOL
Glad you like the new list. Wren worked her butt off for you guys.
This is a wonderful piece of work – thank you. I had been using the original list to find good reads and to make sure I was reading some of the classics. I’m really grateful to have it updated.
I wondered if you have a downloadable file/spreadsheet as so many of us intend to use it as a reading list.
Thank you once again.
RachelT
thank you. It was mostly other readers’ recs., mine and Wren’s hard work.
I haven’t got as far as a making up a separate file/spreadsheet since this was hard enough. But that will be step 2.
I’ve converted the article into 3 spreadsheets (claic, current and YA) and also exported it to a Word table. Happy to pass it on if anybody can make use of it.
great listing, I plan to take a look at many I haven’t seen before, I did not see one of my submissions “Aloes by Chris Quinton” on the list, will it be added to later?
Thanks!
rdafan7
That was definitely an error because I, too, love Aloes. It has since been added to the list.
There are other books that were left off for various reasons but this was not one of them.
Great! Thanks for adding it in, I like to be sure authors get their recognition!
It is becoming quite the list with some very good books!!
I forgot to mention
Just Desserts & Second Helpings
by Scarlet Blackwell
Wow! Just in time to save me. Came on, after being overcommitted to the world for too long – to catch up and look for recommendations on a pile of reads to take me through the Summer – This should do and dave me a lot of time. Much appreciate it.
Hi Mel
Thanks for commenting. We will be updating this list soon since it’s been a while so check back in about 3 months or so when the revised list should be online.
On Kindle THE HELLESPONT, a love stpry with tragic consequences
Also Magic lobsters and flying tagines: about Morocco on Kindle
Or rather FLYING LOBSTERS AND MAGIC TAGINES! KINDLE
ALSO THE HELLESPONT ON KINDLE – A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO SCHOOL FRIENDS – PERHAPS A TEAR JERKER BUT FULL OF INFO ABOUT GREEK MYTHS
I also loved the Hellespont which I read on the beach off a friend’s kindle. But I couldn’t download the jacket… but still.
I read both James Whaley’s books on Kindle and loved The Hellespont and Also Flying Lobsters… I discovered them on a blog called gayartz on google!
I love your page, travel a lot and read what you recommend. Liked James Whaley’s books a lot and also Dry by Augustin Burroughs…