The best M/M romance books to read next.

#1 · Best literary M/M romance to start with

Under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Staff Sergeant Andrew Hayes risks the life he built in silence when civilian contractor Ryan Mitchell sees too much.

Why it's on the list: A quiet, career-military man learns what it costs to be seen. The cornerstone of the catalog and the clearest entry into Kevin Snell's voice.

#2 · Best fake-relationship M/M romance

A broke chef signs a six-week boyfriend contract with a scandal-hit billionaire. The optics are easy. Wanting each other isn’t.

Why it's on the list: A broke chef signs a six-week boyfriend contract with a scandal-hit billionaire. The optics are easy. Wanting each other isn't. Opens the Meridian trilogy.

#3 · Best M/M romance about surviving public love

Finn and Declan are public now, and their love has become leverage. Keeping each other gets expensive in Book Two of the Meridian trilogy.

Why it's on the list: Meridian Book Two. Finn and Declan are public now, and their love has become leverage. Read after The Terms of Us.

#4 · Best M/M romance finale for readers who want the whole arc

Finn and Declan already chose each other. The Meridian finale asks whether the life they built can hold two whole men—and what staying costs.

Why it's on the list: The Meridian trilogy closes on the question the first book set up—whether the life two men built together can hold them both.

#5 · Best M/M billionaire romance with a companion twist

Sterling hires a professional companion to survive being watched. Demetri performs the role too well. The Replacement Men, Book One.

Why it's on the list: Sterling hires a professional companion to survive being watched. Demetri performs the role too well. Book One of The Replacement Men.

#6 · Best second-chance M/M romance about grief and staying

Two years after the funeral, Eliot goes back to the Hudson House. Gus refuses to let him grieve it alone. The Replacement Men, Book Two.

Why it's on the list: Two years after the funeral, Eliot goes back to the Hudson House. Gus refuses to let him grieve it alone. Replacement Men Book Two.

#7 · Best rivals-to-lovers M/M romance for readers who like the slow burn

When his mentor retires, Harrison can’t stand the brilliant younger replacement—until the grief starts sounding like something else.

Why it's on the list: Harrison can't stand the brilliant younger man replacing his retiring mentor—until the grief starts sounding like something else.

#8 · Best small-town M/M romance with real heat

A newly divorced food consultant brings an artisan sausage cart to Saltwick Bay and lands beside the shameless hot dog vendor wrecking every plan.

Why it's on the list: A newly divorced food consultant lands beside the shameless hot dog vendor wrecking every plan. Saltwick Bay at its funniest and filthiest.

#9 · Best hometown M/M romance about the one who left

Baker Theo built a life that runs without Cal Patton. Then the man who left him behind the bleachers comes home to Saltwick Bay.

Why it's on the list: Baker Theo built a life that runs without Cal Patton. Then the man who left him behind the bleachers comes home.

#10 · Best quiet-hero M/M romance

Quiet hardware man Eli Vance can fix anything in Saltwick Bay. The temporary contractor who refuses to overlook him isn’t a repair job.

Why it's on the list: Hardware man Eli Vance can fix anything in Saltwick Bay. The contractor who refuses to overlook him isn't a repair job.

#11 · Best M/M romance short story collection about forced proximity

Six stories of locked doors and shared walls, where proximity turns into heat. Book One of The Pressure Collection by Kevin Snell.

Why it's on the list: Six stories of locked doors and shared walls, where proximity turns into heat. Book One of The Pressure Collection.