Boys Love

Boys' Love (ボーイズラブ, booizu rabu), also known as BL, is a Japanese term that defines a genre of Japanese novels and manga that focuses on homosexual relationships between male characters.
It is usually created by female authors for a mostly female audience.

This term has been in use in Japan since the second half of the '90, and included the previously used terms 'tanbi' and 'JUNE'.
In the last decade BL has also become a sobstitute term for 'yaoi'.
The term BL itself has not a clear and defined meaning in Japanese, so it is very complex to define the differences between these genres, but usually
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Bride of Ignat, Volume 1
佐々木と宮野 10 [Sasaki to Miyano 10]
La teoría de los archipiélagos
Voices in the Sea Foam
L'amour du bout de la langue - Tome 1
異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 6 [Isekai no Sata wa Shachiku Shidai 6] (The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga, #6)
佐々木と宮野 9 [Sasaki to Miyano 9]
ギヴン 9 [Given 9]
佐々木と宮野 8 [Sasaki to Miyano 8]
ギヴン 7 [Given 7]
My Fluffy Moody Crush
平野と鍵浦 2 (Hirano to Kagiura, #2)
Sleeping on Paper Boats 1
ギヴン 8 [Given 8]
Boyfriends. Volume One (Boyfriends, #1)
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
シークレット××× [Secret XXX]
テンカウント 1 [Ten Count 1]
ギヴン 1 [Given 1]
セラピーゲーム(上) [Therapy Game 1]
Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
FANGS 1
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu, Vol. 1
The Dragon's Betrothed, Vol. 1
Classmates
I Hear the Sunspot, Vol. 1 (I Hear the Sunspot #1)
Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
The Song of Achilles
Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating Vol. 1 by Jiang Zi BeiDevil Venerable Also Wants To Know by Cyan WingsGuide on How to Fail at Online Dating Vol. 2 by Jiang Zi BeiGuide on How to Fail at Online Dating by Jiang Zi BeiGuide on How to Fail at Online Dating Vol. 3 by Jiang Zi Bei
Hai Tang Books
9 books — 2 voters

Fumi Yoshinaga's by Fumi YoshinagaGerard & Jacques, Volume 1 by Fumi YoshinagaYou & Me, Etc. by KyuugouInnocent Bird, Volume 1 by Kisaragi HirotakaGerard & Jacques, Volume 2 by Fumi Yoshinaga
Blu Boys Love Manga
97 books — 3 voters
Kiss Me Like You Mean It by Jacki James3 Dates by Lily MortonDancing in Darkness by Alice  WintersTemporary Dad by Dev BenthamWhen Was the Last Time by Kelly   Jensen
M/M Valentine's Day Romance
123 books — 13 voters

Boys’ Love, Cosplay, and Androgynous Idols by Maud LavinQueer Transfigurations by Thomas BaudinetteBoys Love Manga and Beyond by Mark McLellandBoys' Love Manga by Antonia LeviRomancing the Internet by Jin Feng
Academic Books on BL
16 books — 3 voters


BL series play an important role in creating a space where people feel they're not alone. Seeing characters on screen who reflect your own identity or feelings is deeply meaningful. It reinforces the idea that all forms of love are beautiful and equally valuable, and helps push society toward greater openness and inclusion. ...more
Noeul Nuttarat Tangwai

Donna Tartt
More than anything I was relieved that in my unfamiliar babbling-and-wanting-to-talk state I'd stopped myself from blurting the thing I'd never said, even though it was something we both knew well enough without me saying out loud to him in the street - which was, of course, I love you. ...more
Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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Like the title says, this is a group focusing on BL & Yaoi, Shounen Ai included. We'll have disc…more
8 members, last active 9 years ago
Manga - BL/YAOI This group is made to make a community of people interested in BL. In hopes of giving eachother …more
3 members, last active 16 days ago
This is a book club for enthusiastic fans of Boys Love manga
6 members, last active 9 years ago
Dojo Boys Yaoi Novels Posted updates and comments for the yaoi series by author Alex A. Akira.
17 members, last active 11 years ago

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