For various reasons, I’ve been trying to read more dudes (umbrella term) writing queer romance. As a Virgo, this necessitated I make a list. Anytime I make a list of books, I start wondering if it might be helpful to anyone else. So here ’tis.
MOST IMPORTANT CAVEAT: Massive apologies if I fucked up anyone’s identity. Let me know via the contact form or Twitter DM (@skyekilaen) and I will make corrections. I am trying to work from Twitter and Goodreads/Amazon bios and not put words in people’s mouths but may make mistakes. I have marked BIPOC and trans/nonbinary authors because I am particularly interested in reading their work.
Please do NOT assume every book by every one of these authors is a romance. Some authors write a mix of genres.
This list is alphabetized by last name, and links are to Goodreads pages. Every author has published at least one non-anthology work (novel, novella, or short story) that can be purchased, or has a forthcoming release.
THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me expand and correct this list over time!
A-F
- Alex Acks
- Jeff Adams
- Don Allmon
- Richard Amos
- (RIP) Eric Arvin
- Gregory Ashe
- D.G. Barnes
- Tal Bauer
- Ajax Bell (transmasc nonbinary)
- Jay Bell
- R.H. Berry
- Kade Boehme
- Ki Brightly (nonbinary)
- Thomas Grant Bruso
- ‘Nathan Burgoine
- S.A. Chant, writing as Austin Chant (transmaculine and nonbinary)
- Bryan T. Clark (BIPOC)
- Rob Colton
- Chase Connor
- Elliot Cooper (trans)
- Joe Cosentino
- E. Davies (trans)
- L.C. Davis / Joel Abernathy (trans)
- (RIP) Ethan Day
- Martin Delacroix
- Daniel de Lorne
- Ash Dylan
- Hank Edwards
- Jeff Erno
- Johannes T. Evans (trans)
- Rhys Everly / Rhys Lawless
- Jamie Fessenden
- Ryan Field
- Rian Fox (BIPOC, nonbinary)
G-L
- Jacob Z. Flores
- Drew Marvin Frayne
- Andy Gallo
- Vin George (non-binary masc)
- J.R. Gray (genderqueer)
- Andrew Grey
- Alexis Hall
- Jack Harbon (BIPOC)
- Devin Harnois
- Jordan L. Hawk (trans)
- Archie Hellshire
- Al Hess (transmasc)
- Lawrence I. Hill
- Roe Horvat (trans)
- Eric Huffbind
- Joshua Ian
- J.P. Jackson
- Rafe Jadison
- Slade James
- Daniel Janaka
- Timothy Janovsky
- Elliott Junkyard
- Kevin Klehr
- T.J. Klune
- C. Koehler
- Chaz Lamar Cruz (BIPOC)
- Alex Leslie
- Mark Lesney
- Liam Livings
- Rob Loveless
- G.R. Lyons (trans)
M-R
- Will Manwill
- D.W. Marchwell
- Ana Mardoll (trans)
- Richard May
- Cole McCade (BIPOC, trans)
- Devon McCormack
- Jon McDonald
- Matthew Metzger (trans)
- Alp Mortal
- Jay Northcote (trans)
- E.E. Ottoman (trans)
- G.D. Penman
- Andrew J. Peters
- Connor Peterson (trans)
- Anton Prosser (trans)
- Rick R. Reed
- Harry F. Rey
- Richard Rider
- Paul Rudnick
S-Z
- Brynne Seabrooke (genderfluid and transmasc)
- Damian Serbu
- Dan Skinner
- Frederick Smith (BIPOC)
- Leo Sparx
- Spencer Spears
- Noah Steele
- Jack Stevens
- Hayden Stone
- Philip William Stover
- Damon Suede
- Scott Thrower
- Chuck Tingle
- Joseph Lance Tonlet
- John Tristan (trans)
- Jackson Tyler
- Brad Vance
- Piper Vaughn (BIPOC, nonbinary and transmasc)
- J. Alan Veerkamp
- R.M. Virtues (BIPOC, trans)
- Aleksandr Voinov
- Max Vos
- Max Walker
- Alex Whitehall
- Adrienne Wilder (trans)
- Nick Wilgus
- Parker Williams
- Dan Wingreen
- Lance Withton
- Eli Wray (trans, nonbinary)
- Atom Yang (BIPOC)
- E.S. Yu (BIPOC)
- Anna Zabo (nonbinary)