eriador117: A list of some slashy professional novels :-)

eriador117 (

eriador117) wrote,
@ 2005-07-27 13:34:00

A list of some slashy professional novels :-)

If like me, you want to find some slash novels to read while you wait for your next fanfic fix, a few answers are in here:

The links take you to the books' details at amazon or publisher's/author's sites so you can read synopsis, reviews etc.

Morningstar by Jade Falconer
ebook by our very own fanfic Jade :) Erotic vampire slash. Support a fanfic author done good, LOL!

Gentlemen and Players by Joanna Harris
I can't say too much about this book without giving it away, but let's just say that there are slashy elements

Affinity by Sarah Waters
Historical Femslash

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Historical femslash

The Tamir Trilogy by Lynn Flewelling, genderbending mainly, but has a couple of gay characters.
The Bone Doll's Twin
Hidden Warrior
The Oracle's Queen

Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry
Autobiographical coming of age tale mostly set at boarding school ;)

White Rose of Night by Mel Keegan, historical gay romance set in the time of Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades.
White Rose of Night

Fortunes of War by Mel Keegan, another historical gay romance set around the time of the Spanish Armada and colonisiation of the New World and includes some pirates too, LOL!
Fortunes of War

The Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling, three books so far in order:

Luck in the Shadows
Stalking Darkness
Traitor's Moon

A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNichol, coming of age tale set in Northern Ireland.
A Son Called Gabriel

The Kushiel trilogy by Jacqueline Carey has some slashy elements and is BDSM, not for the faint hearted. Books are listed in order.
Kushiel's Dart
Kushiel's Chosen
Kushiel's Avatar

Hisorical fiction, King of the Wood by Valerie Anand, I think this one is out of print now but well worth a read if you can find a copy:
King of the Wood

The Shell House by Linda Newberry. Two interwoven tales, one of two lovers, soldiers during WW1 and a modern coming of age tale with a boy who doesn't know what the wants, the boy or the girl?
The Shell House

Adam by Anthony McDonald, another coming of age tale, this time an English boy in rural France. Very well written, but does contain graphic scenes.
Adam

The Coming Storm by Paul Russell. All you need to know, it's set in boarding school and one of the students like his teacher more than he ought. :-)
The Coming Storm

Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice (not horror, LOL!)
Set in the world of 17th century castrati, very well written, good characterisation and although some of the love scenes are fairly graphic, they aren't crude, written quite poetically I think. Contains both slash and het.
Cry to Heaven

Wratheu by Storm Constantine, sf, set in the future, more hermaprodite rather than slash but interesting nonetheless.
Wratheu

As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann, historical novel set during the English Civil War, bit of supernatural stuff in there
as well. (It's a while since I've read it so can't remember exactly, LOL!)
As Meat Loves Salt

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill, historical novel set in Ireland in the early twentieth century, coming of age about two boys and their different backgrounds etc.
At Swim, Two Boys

The Snow Garden by Christopher Rice, suspense novel set in a college town
The Snow Garden

Embrace by Mark Behr
content warnings: chan, bestiality, teacher/student (the student is 13) set in a music school in South Africa.
Embrace

Light Before Day by Christopher Rice
thriller, content warnings, child abuse (kidde porn ring, but no explicit sexual abuse is shown)
Light Before Day

When Jeff Comes Home by Catherine Atkins, young adult book about a boy who is released by his kidnapper (who has been abuing him during that time) after two years and cannot settle back into normal life.
When Jeff Comes Home

Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin, young adult book where the son of a child molester pretends to be one of the man's victims to get to live with a normal family after his father is killed in a police shoot out.
Counterfeit Son

SECOND CHANCES - bisexual character in a significant role. Literary fiction.
Second Chances by Nina M. Osier

STARSHIP CASTAWAYS - lesbian character in a significant role. SF
Starship Castaways by Nina. M. Oiser

UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY - bisexual protagonist. SF
Unfamiliar Territory by Nin. M. Osier

THE MAD FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER - lesbian protagonist. SF
The Mad Fisherman's Daughter

The books below I haven't read, but found them on various lists etc. on amazon or they have been rec'd to me :)

Paper Flowers by Kit Fisher
www.waywardbooks.com

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
Vampire slash.

The Herald Mage Series by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Pawn
Magic's Promise
Magic's Price

Almost like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
Gay general fiction.

An Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis Historical fiction, a modern take of the Trojan war where Achille's son was a stripper. :-)
An Arrow's Flight

Pembroke Park by Michelle Martin
Historical Femslash

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Historical Femslash

The Back Passage by James Lear
Erotic slash whodunnit mystery

Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim. Warnings, deals with child abuse, haven't read the book, but the film was fairly graphic.
Mysterious Skin

The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein, another coming of age tale, set in the 1970's.
The World of Normal Boys

A Different Sin by Rochelle Hollander Schwab, historical set during the American Civil War with a gay protaganist.
A Different Sin

Frontiers by Michael Jensen, historical set in 18th centure pioneer times.
Frontiers

Please feel free to add any other books you know of in the comments. :-)

Take care,
Annette.

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	littleroo27 2005-07-27 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	oh my god - I love you!!! quite a while ago I put out a plea for slashy novels that weren't pure porn and I only got one response, which was a scifi trilogy. WHOOT! (Reply to this)(Thread)

eriador117
2005-07-27 02:57 pm UTC (link)

I know, it's so hard to find them that have at least some semblance of plot or characters isn't it? I read the odd pwp in fanfic, but I much prefer longer stories with build up, it makes the love scenes even better in my opinion. :-)

Oh, just thought of Lynn Flewelling again, it isn't slash per se, more of a gender bending fic, there are three books in all but only two are published yet, The Bone Doll's Twin and Hidden Warrior are the two so far.

They're fantasies and the main character is a royal princess who is under an enchantment so that in fact looks like her dead twin brother as the King has killed off all his female relatives. It's a bit strange but very good. Excellent characterisation of how he/she copes when discovering their true form etc. as well as the usual fantasy adventures.

Take care,
Annette.

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aayesha_r
2005-08-02 08:52 pm UTC (link)

Sorry to be late replying. I just got back from vacation. The Lynn Flewelling books you are referring to are The Bone Doll's Twin books. They are the genderbending ones. The Nightrunner books are slash, a story of an outcast Aurenfaie noble making a living as a high-class thief and spy for the Queen during an upcoming Wizard war, and the apprentice he takes and comes to love.

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	daughter_moon 2007-05-28 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	Not entirely true. Although The Tamir books are mostly genderbending for the main character, there are mentions of a gay romance between Tharin and Tobin's father. Only about a paragraph, but it's there all the same. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	P.S. littleroo27 2005-07-27 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	I loved "The Coming Storm" - great book. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: P.S. knight_move 2005-07-29 05:25 am UTC (link)
	is it really? I ordered it today however I really do not know much about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: P.S. littleroo27 2005-07-29 05:26 am UTC (link)
	Well, I liked it. I just happened to run across it at Borders one day and bought it, cuz how often do you FIND gay fiction??? It rather reminded me of Snarry, if Snape weren't a complete asshole, lol. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: P.S. eriador117 2005-07-29 05:48 am UTC (link)
	I loved it too, there are a couple of graphic scenes, but it's more about the relationship between the two, with him being a teacher and having an affair with a student. Would people find out? Was it wrong etc.? Take care, Annette. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	taipa24 2005-07-27 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	This is great idea! Thanks you very much!! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eriador117 2005-07-28 06:14 am UTC (link)
	You're welcome :-) Take care, Annette. (Reply to this)(Parent)

a_brighter_dawn
2005-07-28 08:24 pm UTC (link)

Yay! You're a live savor. I've been looking for some new books to read. I loved the Kushiel series and the Nightrunner series. I have a few recomendations of my own.

One of my favorite series is Mercedes Lackey's Magic series. It is Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, and Magics Price. All are very innocent, with nothing more graphic than kisses and suggestion, but there are wonderful stories that once you start you can not put them down. And of course they have the mistical fantasy element that appealed to the Harry Potter addict in me.

Next is "Paper Flowers" by Kit Fisher.It is only available through www.waywardbooks.com that offers lots of slashy books worth checking out. I is about two men trying to bring down some corrupt cops. It has quite a few graphic scenes in it.

Last, I really liked "Drawing Blood" by Poppy Z. Brite. It was very good and quite suspencful. I liked it, even though I don't usually read books that lean towards horror.

Well, that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Thanks for the recs,

Dawn

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	eriador117 2005-07-29 05:49 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I might check out wayward books and Mercedes Lackey, thanks. :-) Take care, Annette. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

athenakt
2005-08-18 01:24 pm UTC (link)

I read the Mercedes Lackey trilogy mentioned many years ago and remember enjoying it rather a lot. However, I also remember the angst-o-meter being at a constant high and wondering if M.L. was ever going to give the kid a single break between the angst fits. I should probably re-read to refresh my memory, but it seemed like there was a bit of a pacing issue with the angst delivery- and I adore angst and H/C!

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	silver_mist1982 2007-05-10 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	Just found list and read your comment. He does catch a break Seven hundred years later and after he's dead. Actually most of her Valdimar series has slashy references, and I recommend anyone of them. Although I must admit my favorite is Winds of Change. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	layat 2005-08-01 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	Hey! You beat me to the Magic series! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	knight_move 2005-07-29 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Love you so much hug I went to Books a million today and ordered The Coming Storm, sounds good enough, I am prolly going to check into more, thank you for this! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eriador117 2005-07-29 05:49 am UTC (link)
	You're welcome. :-) Take care, Annette. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	carentan 2005-07-31 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	These are great! Now that I am working again I need something I can take with me and read, these are perfect. I lauged out loud when I read your The Coming Storm comment - yes it does sound familiar, hehe. So are you planning on writing any slashy novels? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eriador117 2005-08-01 05:54 am UTC (link)
	I might do, I'll see how things go, LOL! Take care, Annette. (Reply to this)(Parent)

Adding a couple...

a_fret_argent
2005-09-11 03:17 pm UTC (link)

Firelands by Michael Jensen is good...pretty much historical fiction, but with some minor sci-fi elements thrown in...and it raises some interesting questions, such as what DID gay pioneers do? Some graphic voilence, but not a lot of graphic sex...more inuendo than anything and the buildup of feelings between the two main characters.

Definitely a second for Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite. I never read horror either...until I found her. Also Lost Souls, also by Poppy, started my love affair with vampires...well, with a little help from vampire!Severus. :)

Thanks for this; I'll definitely check out some of these!

<3,
Amanda

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	hel_bee 2006-01-10 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, interesting list! Have you read Making History by Stephen Fry? The sex is alluded to but it is a very good read :) Starts of het but turns slash later (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eriador117 2006-01-11 07:14 am UTC (link)
	No, I haven't read that one, but I adore Stepehn Fry, so I'll look out for it :-) Take care, Annette (Reply to this)(Parent)

	YES!!!!!!!! scififan151852 2006-01-10 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	Finally!!! A list of slashy books!! runs off to the shops...turns around, comes back, smothers you with hugs and kisses, turns back round and heads once again for shops Squeeeee! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: YES!!!!!!!! eriador117 2006-01-11 07:15 am UTC (link)
	I'll update it every so often, I'll leave a message on my LJ when it's updated again :-) Take care, Annette (Reply to this)(Parent)

spinningcompass
2006-01-10 05:20 pm UTC (link)

I can't think of many offhand, but another is The Pornographer's Poem by Michael Turner. It contains graphic sex of all sorts - straight, gay, group (I think, it's been a while), bestiality (just a bit, thank god)... The sex is very graphic (and the characters are mostly underage, I think, but it's not an adult/child relationship, just high school kids), and it's not a straightforward novel, or even an especially pleasant one a lot of the time. So it's not an easy one to recommend, though I do think it's an interesting read.

Anyway, if I think of others, and I'm sure I do have others, I'll come comment again.

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	eriador117 2006-01-11 07:16 am UTC (link)
	Hm, not sure about that one, but I'll add it to the list next time I update :-) Take care, Annette (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

spinningcompass
2006-01-11 05:21 pm UTC (link)

Heh .. it's hard to make it sound good by saying only that much :D It's about a kid who is given an assignment at school to make a movie (they're also given cameras to do it with). His assignment video is about Barbie and GI Joe having a fight and Joe running off with Ken (if I recall correctly).

Eventually he accidentally catches his neighbors having sex on the balcony of their home, with their dog, which he records and begins selling. He is, at that point, only just working through his own sexuality - his best friend Nettie who'll let him do almost anything, his strange attraction to this really hot guy called Randy (who takes him out to Wreck Beach, a nudist beach in Vancouver), and his friendship with Robin, who is gay and who wants a piece. (Or who wants the narrator to take a piece, really.) Even though he's only still just exploring sex on his own, he is pressured to make more pornography, after the first video sells well, and so he does. But he's just a little kid messing with some pretty big forces, and things don't go so well.

Basically it's as if Turner mixed the sleeziness of pornography with a coming of age novel, threw it at a wall and saw what stuck. So the unpleasantness has to do with the pornography, for the most part. He's also very.. straightfoward about sex. It's not always a lovely, hot thing you find in fan fiction, it's dirty (and probably hairy as well) in all the wrong places. But it really is an interesting read, and I do think a worthwhile one.

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	eriador117 2006-01-12 08:59 am UTC (link)
	Ah, that sounds a bit more interesting :-) Take care, Annette (Reply to this)(Parent)

rory8
2006-01-10 07:00 pm UTC (link)

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner has slash elements. I read it just once last summer, so my recollection might be a bit skewed, but I remember that among all the swords fighting and high society politics (or something like it), there was love between the two main characters, Richard and Alec.

This is a great list, by the way. I've been wanting to read the Kushiel trilogy for a while, and now I think that next time I stop by a bookstore, I'll pick them up. It's funny how knowing a novel is slash makes it more appealing to me. :) Not that it's the only thing I look for in books...

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eriador117
2006-01-11 07:19 am UTC (link)

LOL, my husband bought me the Kushiel books for Christmas in 2004, he found them on my amazon wishlist :-) It doesn't have a lot of slash, but it is there and the books themselves are a good read. He asked me why do I like reading slash/gay books?

Well, for me, it opened up a whole new genre of books to read (and write, LOL!) I read so much but I had never really read anything gay themed before and was surprised at myself that a whole section of books had passed me by. HP slash started it, LOL!

Take care,
Annette

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	leilsylver 2006-04-02 07:43 am UTC (link)
	Hey, have you ever read Mercedes Lackey's Last Herald Mage series? I guarantee you it's slashy. It's my favorite of all. :P (Reply to this)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2006-08-15 02:31 am UTC (link)
	dream boys is really good. i cant remember the author at the moment tho. try reading Almost like being in Love. its about these two guys who fall in love at school but go their sepereate ways, then 20 years later one seeks the other. Its really good. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Mary Renault? (Anonymous) 2006-09-07 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Retro slash? She writes really quality books about Ancient Greece, Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy about the life of Alexander the Great have some lovely scenes in (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Femslash? lissabell 2006-11-11 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	Pembroke Park by Michelle Martin is a lesbian regency novel. :) I picked this up at a book sale a few years back, and it's an enjoyable read. I definitely second the rec for the Last Herald Mage trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. Book three especially. (Actually, all of her Valdemar books are good, and more than a few have homosexual characters in them.) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Femslash? indigocat 2006-11-12 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	If you lived close to me, I'd be dropping by with my copies of Lackey's Magic series. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spinningcompass 2006-11-12 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Another novel with genderbending is Self by Yann Martel (who wrote Life of Pi). The narrator is born a boy, but physically becomes a woman when he's 18ish. Later on, she becomes a man again. S/he has lovers of both sexes. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	carentan 2007-01-08 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like Orlando by Virginia Wolf :-) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spinningcompass 2007-01-09 05:49 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, there's... certainly more than a hint of that involved :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

chrome_animagus
2006-11-12 09:38 pm UTC (link)

(Just a tiny nitpick) Wratheu should be Wraeththu

There are also the historical novels that Mary Renault wrote based on Alexander. I know the first one features some slashy content, but the second one has more. Not sure about the third one.

Drawing Blood does feature some slash, but it also features some father/son.

The Stone Prince by Fiona Patton also has some slashy content and it's part of a series. I haven't read the rest of the series, but as I understand there is some slash in the rest of it.

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	silver_mist1982 2007-05-10 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	The series contains: The Stone Prince, The Painter Knight, The Granite Shield and The Golden Sword. They all have slashy elements although The Stone Prince and The Painter Knight have the most. She also has a new series out that has slashy elements and hermaphrodites in it, the first book is Silver Lake the second isn't out yet. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	carentan 2007-01-08 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	I come back to this list year after year! :-) Another great book is Clay's Way by Blair Mastbaum. It's set in modern day Hawaii, younf teen boy idol worshipps older teen boy and one thing leads to another... great read. (Reply to this)

	daughter_moon 2007-05-28 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Along with The Last Herald Mage, Mercedes Lackey also wrote Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight and Arrow's Fall (don't know if there's a collective term), which has femmslash. I haven't finished everything she's written yet, but I'd reccoment anything she's written. I read 8 of her books in the last month, and I'm about to start the Herald Mage. (Reply to this)

	underaglass 2007-06-30 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you very much for compiling this list, it was most helpful :) I thought I'd recommend another book, The God in Flight. You can read about it here: http://www.amazon.com/God-Flight-Laura-Argiri/dp/0140254137/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9497497-8005740?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183241929&sr=8-1 Thanks again! (Reply to this)

Here are some books

branwynsashes
2007-07-29 03:12 am UTC (link)

There may be some crossover with what's already recced. Slash and some femslash. I can find more some I've read some I haven't. Just a list I've compiled over time as books are published and recced on my different mailing lists I frequent. Hope this helps y'all find some good slash for when you can't get online for the slash fix.

Dream Boy: A Novel by Jim Grimsley
The Voyeur by Michael T. Luongo
Liquor: A Novel by Poppy Z. Brite
Prime: A Novel by Poppy Z. Brite
Soul Kitchen: A Novel by Poppy Z. Brite
The Value of X by Poppy Z. Brite
Soul Mates: Bound by Blood by Jourdan Lane
Soul Mates: Deceptions by Jourdan Lane
GOLDSANDS by William Maltese
Luck in the Shadows (Nightrunner, Vol. 1) by Lynn Flewelling
Stalking Darkness (Nightrunner, Vol. 2) by Lynn Flewelling
Traitor's Moon (Nightrunner, Vol. 3) by Lynn Flewelling
Stepping Up to the Plate by J., M. Snyder
Oleander House by Ally Blue
What Hides Inside by Ally Blue
Earthly Joys: A Novel by Philippa Gregory
"Historical fiction. Has a sequel called "Virgin Earth."
Vampire Vow by Michael Schiefelbein
Note: these are horror.
Vampire Thrall by Michael Schiefelbein
Vampire Transgression by Michael Schiefelbein
Operation Starseed by J. M. Snyder
Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
Vintage: A Ghost Story by Steve Berman
Chemistry by Lewis DeSimone
Firelands by Michael Jensen
The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Nightswimmer by Joseph Olshan
N for Narcissus by Chris Hunt
An Agreement Among Gentlemen by Chris Owen
Bond-Shattering by William Maltese
The Magic in Your Touch by Sara Bell
In Search Of A Master by Psy. D., ASPP, John D. Preston
Hot Valley: A Novel by James Lear
The Syndicate: Volumes 1 & 2 by Jules Jones
The Agency: Zeki and Aaron by J.J. Massa
Apprenticed to Pleasure: An Erotic Sci-Fi Novel by Brandon Fox
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel by Jamie O'Neill
To the Edge by Cameron Abbott
The Year of Ice: A Novel by Brian Malloy
The Ice Sculptures: A Novel of Hollywood by Michael D. Craig
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
The Front Runner: A Novel by Patricia Nell Warren
Tipping the Velvet: A Novel by Sarah Waters
War Against the Animals: A Novel by Paul Russell
Curious Wine: A Novel by Katherine V. Forrest
The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story by Peter Lefcourt
WINTER BIRDS: A Novel by Jim Grimsley
Through It Came Bright Colors by Trebor Healey
The Song of a Manchild by Durrell Owens
Lives of the Circus Animals: A Novel by Christopher Bram
The Deal by Timothy J. Lambert
A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl
Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
Three Junes by Julia Glass
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
A Home at the End of the World: A Novel by Michael Cunningham
The Blackwater Lightship: A Novel by Colm Toibin
Child Of My Right Hand by Eric Goodman
Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan

Then there's always Torquere Press books. Man those are hot.

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