Emotionally Honest, Character-Driven MM Romance (24 books)

Please, please no trauma porn. This is for books that take their time to explore human relationships in all their beauty and messiness and complexity. Books that deal with big issues (mental illness, addiction, etc.) in honest, sensitive ways. Books that don't use those issues to drive the plot forward, only to drop them the second they become inconvenient.

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1	For Real (Spires, #3) by Alexis Hall (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 9,308 ratings score: 397, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Over and Over Again by Cole McCade (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,983 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) by Alexis Hall (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 6,277 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Raze (Riven, #3) by Roan Parrish (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,405 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Christmas at the Wellands by Liz Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 168 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Lucky (Lucky, #1) by Garrett Leigh (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 2,606 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Scrap Metal by Harper Fox 4.02 avg rating — 3,805 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Riven (Riven, #1) by Roan Parrish (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 3,641 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Player by Felice Stevens (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,230 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Promises of Forever (Timber Creek Academy #1) by Nicky James (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,179 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	What It Takes by Jude Sierra (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 293 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Tiny Piece of Something Greater by Jude Sierra (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 183 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Abroad: Book Two (Abroad, #2) by Liz Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 185 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Abroad: Book One (Abroad, #1) by Liz Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 460 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Rend (Riven, #2) by Roan Parrish (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 2,095 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Invitation to the Blues (Small Change, #2) by Roan Parrish (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,821 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,067 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	His Quiet Agent (The Agency, #1) by Ada Maria Soto (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 2,055 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	What Remains by Garrett Leigh (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 2,416 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Idlewild by Jude Sierra (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 235 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Looking for Group by Alexis Hall (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 2,706 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Jericho Candelario's Gay Debut by R. Cooper (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 436 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Shut Your Face, Anthony Pace! by Claire Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 412 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 72 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars