Vote/add unpopular books you've read and which you consider to deserve a better acknowledgment than they already receive; books you don't know much about, but want to take a chance and read them, and possibly discover some great stories inside.
Note: for the purposes of this list, please nominate only officially published titles with less than 50 ratings here on goodreads; also, keep in mind that once a book has reached this level, it will be removed from the list.
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Best Underrated M/M Books
Favorite M/M Books That Are Underrated Or Not So Well-Known
Note: for the purposes of this list, please nominate only officially published titles with less than 50 ratings here on goodreads; also, keep in mind that once a book has reached this level, it will be removed from the list.
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Best Underrated M/M Books
Favorite M/M Books That Are Underrated Or Not So Well-Known
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Several of these have reached the 50 mark:Raven and the Wolf by Mari Evers
King Perry by Edmond Manning
Only Sam by Em Woods
Lone Wolf by Shelley Munro
Perhaps people found them through this list. :-)
Charming wrote: "...Perhaps people found them through this list. :-) "I do hope so! Thanks for pointing them out!
Books that have reached 50:Fireheart (Chay Trilogy, #1) by Gloria H. Giroux
Grade-A-Sex Deal (College Fun and Gays, #2) by Erica Pike
VN2 by Gwenna Sebastian
Caught by A.B. Gayle
Alien 'n' Outlaw by K.C. Burn
Willy by Robert Dunbar
Speechless by Kim Fielding
The Dragon and His Houseboy by Crymsyn Hart
Lancelot And The Wolf (The Knights Of Camelot, #1) by Sarah Luddington
The Love Thing by Chris Delyani
Bob the Book by David Pratt
Ports of Call by Sean Kennedy
All Roads Lead To You by Harper Fox
Servitude by Rebecca Cohe
Pop Life by Ryan Loveless
Orphan's Quest (The Chronicles of Firma, #1) by Pat Nelson Childs
Books that have reached the magic 50:Brushback by by Jamie Scofield
P’tit Cadeau by Anel Viz
Flux by Kim Fielding
Jumbo by Todd Young
Shadows on the Heart (Masters of Time #1) by N.J. Nielsen
Discreet Young Gentleman by M.J. Pearson
Heart Trouble by Josh Lanyon
To Catch A Fox by Geoffrey Knight
Too bad there aren't more parameters for this list like: Average rating over 3.25/3.5, Published more than 4/6 months, at least 5 ratings...Some of these have 0 ratings and 1 vote? {scratches head}
Reggie wrote: "Too bad there aren't more parameters for this list like: Average rating over 3.25/3.5, Published more than 4/6 months, at least 5 ratings...Some of these have 0 ratings and 1 vote? {scratches head}"
Well, I wanted this list not to be restrictive, considering that it's not a fair attitude towards those books with zero ratings to be excluded. Who knows when some great stories appear among them. And this list is about those books that interest us as potential readings, too, regardless if they were read before or not. As for those read previously by others, the ratings have less importance, in the end our subjectivity will probably prevail when adding a book here.
So, I agree, these parameters are useful, but for another list :), something like "Underrated m/m books". I wonder if one as such exists already.
Books over 50:Nico's Fire (Elements of Love, #2) by Sui Lynn
Paul's Dream by Rowan McBride
Listening To Dust by Brandon Shire
Little Stalker (College Fun and Gays #4) by Erica Pike
Volle by Kyell Gold
Out On The Net by Rick R. Reed
Equipoise by Kim Fielding
Scars by Lynley Wayne
Out of the Ashes by Olivia Duncan Craig
The Little Death (Henry Rios Mystery, #1) by Michael Nava
Me and Mine by Sarah Goodwin
Changing Worlds by Cari Z.
To Catch A Fox by Geoffrey Knight
Over 50 ratings:Buddha on the Road by Jeff Pearce
The Long Con by Lori Toland
The Devil's Fire (The Kingdom of Orielle, #1) by Sara Bell*
crush by Laura Susan Johnson
(*I think someone didn't read the directions - this one has 535 ratings and was published in 2008!)
Choices by Grace R. DuncanÎnflori by A.F. Henley
Look Away Silence by Edward C. Patterson
Me, Myself and I (Dark Reflections, #1) by Natasha Duncan-Drake
Vintage Toys for Lucky Boys by G.R. Richards
1989 by Sam C. Leonhard
Perfect For Me by D.H. Starr
A Ghoul Like You by J.L. Merrow
Why not just make another list from the books that have bumped across the 50 reviews mark?The Not-So Lesser Known or something...
Dennis wrote: "Why not just make another list from the books that have bumped across the 50 reviews mark?The Not-So Lesser Known or something..."
I wouldn't create such a list as it would be hard to maintain a close watch on it. The lists are public and anyone can add new books to them, so practically every book with more than 50 ratings or reviews would qualify.
And the fact that every time I would be deleting a book that doesn't qualify here anymore I'll have to add it to the other list, time consuming it would be, for me at least.
But if anyone is willing to do it (creating the new list, monitoring this list for the titles over 50 and so on) they may do it anytime.
ok i have asked everyone i can think of and no one knows the name of this book or author. so im going to ask here. the book is about a vampire assistant/secretary thats been in love with his boss/matser vampire. the council tries to get the boss to mate and someone brings to his attention that his secretary has had a thing for him thats why hes stayed his secretary. with his eyes open they finally get together. its a mm vampire book! any hints on by who
Books that have reached 50 reviews:Sea Change by Chris Quinton
Skin (The Ark Trilogy, #1) by Jesse Daro
Timshel by Lillian Turner
Latitude Extreme (Latitude Series, #2) by Jackie Nacht
Jimmy by Luke Hartwell
A Life Apart by Roger Kean
The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket by John Weir
Removed for reaching 50 reviews:Turning Idolater by Edward C. Patterson
Love is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1) by John Wiltshire
Unicorn's Peril (Keeper of the Land, #1) by Mark Alders
The Forgotten Man by Ryan Loveless
Puppy Tax by J. Rocci
Love You to Death (Stan Kraychik Mystery #2) by Grant Michaels
Catalyst (Argo, #1) by Claire Russett
Chemistry by Lewis DeSimone
A New Beginning (Sumeria's Sons, #2.1) (Sumeria's Magi, #0.1) by Lexi Ander
Agamemnon Frost and the Hollow Ships (Agamemnon Frost, #2) by Kim Knox
My Boyfriend’s an Alien by L.M. Brown
House of Nicolaus (Gladiators, #3) by D.J. Manly
Carried Away by David Stein
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