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I'm with you, OP. I mean, it's not like I've read an amazing amount of original m/m fic in my life, so I've probably missed out on a lot.

I did read the more well-known m/m fantasy books as a teen (Lackey, Huff, Flewelling, Rice, Kushner) as well as some of the lesser-well-known (Robin Bailey, Elizabeth A Lynn, some I've probably forgotten), and Captive Prince is more compelling than all of them to me. Though Flewelling probably came closest for me, so look up "Luck in the Shadows", OP. (And I'm probably always going to have a mini teenage hero-worship crush on Lackey's Vanyel.)

I tried God Eaters a few years ago and didn't get very far. Just not my thing, I guess...I don't even remember anymore why it didn't appeal. What I read of PL Nunn didn't appeal, either.

Looking at the synopsis for the Administration...well, look at that. I've apparently been confusing it in my mind with another story about breaking slaves that I didn't care for. I'll be checking that out, then. Thank you, other commenters!

Otherwise...I've recently been checking out the fics/books linked from the CP page on Goodreads and I haven't had much luck. Last Pure Human? Nope. Frank-in-Love? Kinda cute, but nope. The Sailor's Superior General was a lot of fun and I liked the characters, but it had more grammar errors and id-logic-stretching than you could shake a fish at. I'm about 9 chapters into an original novel called Kei's Gift, and I don't like it at all. Probably going to drop it. I need to start checking out more actual published novels, but other than The Administration, I don't know where to start.

I will be stalking the recs above like a sonnovabitch.

So just wanted to let you know that you aren't alone, OP.

Sadly, this is often my feeling about non-fanfic m/m. I tried reading actual books before e-books happened, even, and every time I've been... whelmed. There's so much outstanding slash fanfic, I just don't get why the published/e-published stuff is so often lousy.

Heh, glad to know I'm not the only one!

I've read all the books in the Administration series more than once (never finished Mind Fuck though), and I agree with the above posters than they're definitely worth reading! I still enjoy CP more, but you'll love the Administration series if you like dystopian worlds at all.

I've read a good chunk of Josh Lanyon's work (Mysteries - Adrien English, Holmes & Moriarity, Come Unto These Yellow Sands, Fair Game, I Spy etc.) which is decent enough, but after a few books they start to look similar to one another.

I tried reading Aleksandr Voinov's work, but for some reason, I just can't do it. His writing feels too 'hard', too intense, not nearly sensual enough. That's just my personal opinion though; plenty of m/m readers have loved his books, especially Special Forces.

I've seen PL Nunn's books around forever, but the covers and the summaries always turned me off. From the reviews though, I'll probably give Dynasty of Ghosts a try.

Lessee...there's also the Psycop series (haven't started these yet), the Infected series (I'm reading it now but I'm starting to get tired of mysteries and private investigator!protagonists, so I'll probably try again later), Outlands by Maldoror_gw (pretty interesting so far; can be found on lj), Undesirable by Velvet_mace (good stuff, on lj) and the Cut & Run series (bored me to tears).

Mostly, I've been going by the m/m romance lists on Goodreads, but I can't say I've found too many gems so far (perhaps my own fault; time to start on the m/m 'classics' like Rice, Kei etc.). Thanks for the recs, I'll be sure to give "Luck in the Shadows" a try!

PL Nunn... Her stories usually have an intriguing premise then... I don't feel her plotting is as good as her stories should be, let's put it that way. Not my first choice but not my last choice either, if you get what I'm saying?

Thank you very much for the recs! Will definitely be checking out the Administration and Undesirable, and may check out Josh Layton and the Infected series (though mysteries aren't usually my thing). ...I was thinking of checking out Cut & Run. Think I'll move that further down the list.

If you're looking for classic fantasy recs, take a look at this list. It has a lot of the fantasy novels I enjoyed as a young teen. I can't promise sophistication because....young teen and all, but maybe you'll find something you like?

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3948.Best_Fantasy_Books_with_Gay_Main_Characters

From that list: Luck in the Shadows is right at the tip top - I loved the first two but got a bit bored with the third. But I was also about 16 when I read them, I think. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner is also recommended. I was completely obsessed with Lackey's Last Herald Mage series (starts with Magic's Pawn) when I was about 13-14, and am a bit afraid to revisit and ruin precious memories. Vanyel was a very romantic, tragic, and misunderstood character, yo. Also really liked The Knight of Ghosts and Shadows by the same author - first threesome book I ever did read.

I loved Tanya Huff's books as a teen (The Fire's Stone, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light) and am pretty sure they'd hold up well as lighter reads. Dancers of Arun was fascinating to teenage me due to the incest, and I liked Anne Rice's vampire series (up to Memnoch) because Lestat was ballsy and had an ego the size of a merchant fleet. ...Wasn't a big fan of Poppy Z Brite.

Can't comment on the rest, as I haven't read them. (I think. Long list.)

I'm not sure how much help this'll be, as I don't know that I was the best judge of fiction as a kid. But good luck in finding a good read!

...and that'd be Josh Lanyon, whoops. The synopsis above in the recs thread is really intriguing; definitely going on the to-read list.

The first book of Special forces is amazing but I personally didn't like the next two books. I love the Psycop books, I just started reading Ghostv. Underwhelmed by the Cut & Run series though :\

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