M/M stands for Male/Male: love stories between two men. Gay Romance is a major subgenre of LGBTQ+ literature, encompassing contemporary love stories, historical romance, and coming-of-age.
DEUTSCHHISTORISCHE M/M-ROMANCETheben, 335 vor Christus: Adrian Kerr verbindet eine Liebesgeschichte zwischen Männern mit der Welt Alexanders des Großen. Der historische Roman stellt persönliche Bindung in den Schatten politischer Macht und gewaltsamen Umbruchs. Eine Vorstellung für Leser, die historische Stoffe und queere Liebesgeschichten zusammen entdecken möchten.
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DEUTSCHM/M · COMING-OF-AGEEin Sommer, Zweifel und die erste große Liebe: Paul Fishers queerer Coming-of-Age-Roman setzt auf eine begrenzte Zeitspanne, in der Gefühle und Selbstverständnis in Bewegung geraten. Der Titel stellt sechs Wochen ins Zentrum und richtet den Blick auf das Erwachsenwerden. Der Roman ist auf Deutsch erhältlich.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEThe son of the US president and a British prince find themselves drawn into a relationship that challenges their public roles. Casey McQuiston combines romantic comedy with the pressures of political life, asking how a private love story can survive under an international spotlight.
Explore the book ↗A relationship that begins as an arrangement becomes more complicated when genuine feelings enter the picture. Alexis Hall’s British romantic comedy uses the fake-dating premise to explore attraction, expectations, and the distance between looking convincing as a couple and learning to trust each other.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEMadeline Miller retells the story of Achilles through his relationship with Patroclus. Intimacy and devotion meet the demands of heroic reputation and war in a literary reimagining of Greek myth. The novel brings a personal love story into the world of the Trojan War.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEProfessional hockey rivalry becomes the starting point for a romance between two men whose connection complicates their public identities. Rachel Reid’s sports romance brings enemies-to-lovers tension onto the ice, placing competitive ambition alongside the risks of intimacy within a demanding sporting world.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEThe opening novel of TJ Klune’s Green Creek series combines a queer love story with a world of werewolves. Loyalty, belonging, and the bonds of a chosen family shape this fantasy romance. Its supernatural setting gives emotional attachment and the need for community a central place.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCETJ Klune brings together magical difference, found family, and a tender romance between men. This warm-hearted fantasy asks what happens when care and personal connection challenge institutional rules. The love story belongs within a wider exploration of acceptance and the possibility of finding a home.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEPolitical intrigue and a gradually developing romance between men drive C. S. Pacat’s fantasy series. Shifting power and uneasy trust shape the relationship at its centre. This is a darker selection for adult readers: captivity, coercion, and sexual violence are among its themes.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEA letter delivered to the wrong school locker connects artistic outsider Kinsley with a popular sports captain. Neither initially understands who is writing back. Mallory Grant’s first Wrong novel introduces a young-adult M/M story about identity, family expectations and the unexpected intimacy of anonymous correspondence.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEThe second Wrong novel continues Kinsley and Luke’s story after the misplaced letter that brought them together. Kinsley struggles with feelings he cannot set aside, while Luke faces a painful home life and uncertainty about his own emotions. This young-adult M/M sequel should be read after Wrong Locker.
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ENGLISHM/M · HISTORICAL ROMANCEEngland, 1333: young knight Harry de Lyon joins a raid that brings a mysterious Scottish captive into his life. Their growing attraction becomes entangled with divided loyalties, war and the captive’s hidden heritage. Alex de Campi’s historical M/M romance places an intimate relationship inside the violence and pageantry of the medieval world.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCEArthur is spending the summer in New York; Ben is trying to move on from his former boyfriend. A chance meeting at a post office brings them together, but finding each other again is only the beginning. Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera introduce a young-adult M/M romance about first dates, expectations and the possibility of connection.
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ENGLISHM/M · GAY ROMANCETwo years after their separation, Arthur and Ben meet again in New York. College, writing and a Broadway internship have opened new paths, and each has a new romantic connection. The sequel to What If It’s Us revisits their relationship through a young-adult M/M story about changed circumstances and second chances.
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