Queer

Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities that are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning "strange" or "peculiar", queer came to be deployed pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late-19th century. Beginning in the late-1980s, queer scholars and activists began to reclaim the word to establish community and assert a politicized identity distinct from the gay political identity. Queer identitites may be adopted by those who reject traditional gender identities and seek a broader, less conformist, and deliberately ambiguous alternati ...more

John of John
Homebound
Canon
Take Me With You
Bone of My Bone
The Bone Door
Bromantasy
The Lost Book of Lancelot
Waiting on a Friend
The Fake Divination Offense (Magic and Romance, #2)
Radiant Star
Villain (Hench, #2)
Body Count
Decomposition Book
A Kiss of Crimson Ash (Games of the Goddess, #1)
We Used to Live Here
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
John of John
Blue Sisters
A Family Matter
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
Score (Hollywood Renaissance, #2)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
A Good Person
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Razorblade Tears
The Emperor of Gladness
気になってる人が男じゃなかった Vol. 1 [Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Vol. 1]
The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1
Crash & Burn by Abigail RouxTrust by Ella FrankRise & Fall by Charlie CochetNot So Innocent by Dani AlexanderAgainst the Grain by Charlie Cochet
Can't Wait M/M Romance of 2015
259 books — 879 voters
Hot Head by Damon SuedeTigers and Devils by Sean KennedyBear, Otter, and the Kid by T.J. KluneSomething Like Summer by Jay BellLatakia by J.F.  Smith
M/M Books Written By Men
1,559 books — 1,059 voters

Change of Heart by Mary CalmesWith Caution by J.L. LangleyWithout Reservations by J.L. LangleyWolfsong by T.J. KluneDuck! by Kim Dare
Best Gay Shifters
1,375 books — 1,761 voters

Hot Head by Damon SuedeFaith & Fidelity by Tere MichaelsPromises by Marie SextonTry by Ella FrankWithout Reservations by J.L. Langley
Best Gay For You Romance
924 books — 1,978 voters
Among the Living by Jordan Castillo PriceWithout Reservations by J.L. LangleyCamp Hell by Jordan Castillo PriceChange of Heart by Mary CalmesWith Caution by J.L. Langley
Best Gay Paranormals
1,321 books — 947 voters

The Song of Achilles
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
One Last Stop
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
Giovanni’s Room
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

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