For various reasons, I’m always trying to read more queer romance written by guys and transmasc authors. 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 we are.
Housekeeping first so we’re all on the same page:
- Apologies if I fucked up anyone’s identity. Let me know via the contact page on my author site or Twitter DM (@skyekilaen) and I will make corrections.
- I have marked BIPOC authors to make them easy to find, because I am particularly interested in reading their work and I hope others are too.
- I have also marked all of the folks who have gotten trad pub deals for books. It’s a very small list. Hopefully that will improve.
- Inclusion on this list is not endorsement. Also, please do NOT assume every book by every one of these authors is a romance. Some authors write a mix of genres.
THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me expand and correct this list over time!
Latest adds:
January-July 2023: Romeo Alexander, Zack Bel, D.T. Brandt, J. Allen Grady, Nando Gray, Sidney Karger, Georgina Kiersten, David Lawrence, Rose Lerner, Ryder O’Malley, Ashish Rastogi, Pauley J Ray, Roan Rosser, K.T. Salvo, Sam Starbuck, St John Starling, Magnus Thorne, M.A. Wardell, Toby Wise, M. Dean Wright
November 2022: Travis Beaudoin, Grayson Bell, Nicholas Bella, S.J. Carter / Sebastian Carter, Farhad J. Dadyburjor, Peter E. Fenton, Robert J. Lewis, Dominic Lim, Zane Menzy, Sebastian Nothwell, Winter Pior, Chip Pons, A.J. Truman, Beau Van Dalen, Timothy Warren, Robert Winter, Jason Wrench
Alpha by Last Name
A-E
- Alex Acks
- Jeff Adams
- Don Allmon
- Richard Amos
- Romeo Alexander
- (RIP) Eric Arvin
- Xavier Axelson
- D.G. Barnes
- Tal Bauer
- Travis Beaudoin
- Zack Bel
- Ajax Bell
- Grayson Bell
- Jay Bell
- Nicholas Bella
- Kade Boehme
- D.T. Brandt
- Ki Brightly
- Rob Browatzke
- Thomas Grant Bruso
- ‘Nathan Burgoine
- Caraway Carter
- S.J. Carter / Sebastian Carter
- Thomas Carver
- Austin Chant
- Bryan T. Clark (BIPOC)
- Rob Colton
- Chase Connor
- David Connor
- Elliot Cooper
- Joe Cosentino
- Farhad J. Dadyburjor (BIPOC) – Lake Union=Amazon
- E. Davies
- L.C. Davis / Joel Abernathy
- (RIP) Ethan Day
- Martin Delacroix
- Daniel de Lorne
- Finn Dixon
- L. Dreamer
- Ash Dylan
- Hank Edwards
- Jeff Erno
- Thursday Euclid
- Johannes T. Evans
- Rhys Everly / Rhys Lawless
F-J
- Peter E. Fenton
- Jamie Fessenden
- Ryan Field
- John T. Fuller
- Jacob Z. Flores
- Drew Marvin Frayne
- Andy Gallo
- Vin George
- J. Allen Grady
- J.R. Gray
- Nando Gray
- Todd Gregory
- Andrew Grey
- Chase Taylor Hackett
- Alexis Hall – Forever, Sourcebooks, Montlake=Amazon
- Jack Harbon (BIPOC)
- Gabriel Hargrave
- Devin Harnois
- Lionel Hart
- Joshua Harwood
- Jordan L. Hawk
- Archie Hellshire
- Al Hess
- Lawrence I. Hill
- Grant C. Holland
- Roe Horvat
- Eric Huffbind
- Joshua Ian
- Kosoko Jackson (BIPOC) – Berkley=Penguin
- J.P. Jackson
- Rafe Jadison
- Slade James
- Daniel Janaka
- Timothy Janovsky – Sourcebooks, Afterglow=Harlequin
- Elliott Junkyard
K-O
- Sidney Karger – Berkley=Penguin
- Ian M. Keller
- Edward Kendrick
- Georgina Kiersten / Rian Fox (BIPOC)
- Kevin Klehr
- T.J. Klune – Tor=Macmillan
- C. Koehler
- Chaz Lamar Cruz (BIPOC)
- David Lawrence
- Rose Lerner
- Alex Leslie
- Mark Lesney
- Robert J. Lewis
- Dominic Lim (BIPOC) – Berkley=Penguin
- Liam Livings
- Rob Loveless
- G.R. Lyons
- Wayne Mansfield
- Will Manwill
- D.W. Marchwell
- Leon Mauvais
- Richard May
- Cole McCade / Xen. (BIPOC) – Carina=Harlequin
- Devon McCormack
- Jon McDonald
- Zane Menzy
- Matthew Metzger
- Duncan More
- Alp Mortal
- Jay Northcote
- Sebastian Nothwell
- Ryder O’Malley
- E.E. Ottoman
P-T
- Kristian Parker
- Andrew J. Peters
- Connor Peterson
- Winter Pior
- Chip Pons
- Elle Porter
- Anton Prosser
- Glenn Quigley
- Ashish Rastogi (BIPOC)
- Pauley J Ray
- Rick R. Reed
- Harry F. Rey
- Richard Rider
- Rob Rosen
- Roan Rosser
- Paul Rudnick – Atria=Simon & Schuster
- K.T. Salvo
- Daniel Elijah Sanderfer
- Brynne Seabrooke
- Damian Serbu
- Dan Skinner
- Frederick Smith (BIPOC)
- Leo Sparx
- Spencer Spears
- Sam Starbuck
- St John Starling
- Noah Steele
- Jack Stevens
- Hayden Stone
- Philip William Stover – Carina=Harlequin
- Damon Suede
- Ryan Taylor
- Magnus Thorne
- Scott Thrower
- Chuck Tingle – Tor=Macmillan (for horror)
- Joseph Lance Tonlet
- John Tristan
- A.J. Truman
- Jackson Tyler
U-Z
- (RIP) Brad Vance
- Beau Van Dalen
- Gareth Vaughn
- Piper Vaughn (BIPOC) – Carina=Harlequin
- J. Alan Veerkamp
- R.M. Virtues (BIPOC)
- Aleksandr Voinov
- Max Vos
- Max Walker
- M.A. Wardell
- Timothy Warren
- Alex Whitehall
- Adrienne Wilder
- Nick Wilgus
- Parker Williams
- Dan Wingreen
- Robert Winter
- Toby Wise
- Lance Withton
- Eli Wray
- Jason Wrench
- M. Dean Wright
- Atom Yang (BIPOC)
- Anna Zabo – Carina=Harlequin
- jem zero