Gay Romance Challenge: 2011 Result

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Last January I started my Gay Romance Challenge. It was an almost impossible task, and indeed I didn't manage to read all the books that appeared in the last twelve months in the Bestsellers List for Gay Romance on Amazon (here is the link to the list: Bestsellers in Gay Romance) but I read many of them. 67 out of 100 books! not bad, isn't it?

This is the 2011 result, and to determine the 100 books I simply considered all books that appeared at least once in the Bestsellers list and gave them a rate equal to their position; of course if a book appeared more than once they received a bonus point for each time they made the list and their position is the average position plus the bonus. So this is the final list (in bold the books I read with link to the review):

1) Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004I6DKPY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1233202.html
2) Hot Head by Damon Suede
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00564ACK8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1327655.html
3) The Locker Room by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XNNEKS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1285667.html
4) Where He Ends and I Begin (Home Series) by Cardeno C.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054RACL6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1379306.html
5) Breaking Cover (Life Lessons) by Kaje Harper
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/160820409X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1439020.html
6) What's Done in The Dark (Volume II) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VS728U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
7) Without Reservations: With or Without, Book 1 by J. L. Langley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WCWVSA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: Read Before LJ
8) Duck! by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040GJDGC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1202226.html
9) Shying Away by Kate Sherwood
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W4ME7W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1289553.html
10) Mark's Not Gay [Brac Pack 11] by Lynn Hagen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0053HEMZY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:

11) Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0025VL5YW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/658911.html
12) Kindred Hearts by Rowan Speedwell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YXAM4I/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1429377.html
13) What's Done in The Dark (Volume III) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004X71G8G/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
14) Primal Passions by Stephani Hecht
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XREY40/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1279368.html
15) With Love: A With or Without Story by J. L. Langley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WCWUWM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/35920.html
16) Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001V7POB6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/541403.html
17) Living Promises (Keeping Promise Rock) by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613720467/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1457084.html
18) Keeping House (Truth or Dare) by Lee Brazil
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZMVRYW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1342479.html
19) No Going Home by T.A. Chase
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003X976Q6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1908.html
20) Devlin And Garrick by Cameron Dane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00422LLMS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1225446.html
21) Love Means... No Shame (Love Means...) by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002WC95MI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1011299.html
22) The Englor Affair: Sci-Regency, Book 2 by J. L. Langley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001K9JVP0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/427577.html
23) Scrap Metal by Harper Fox
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H9B70U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
24) What's Done in The Dark (Volume IV) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050BR1FQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
25) Strings Attached by Nick Nolan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982555016/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1078527.html
26) Almost an Equal by Heather Boyd
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056BLFQG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1475511.html
27) Beneath the Neon Moon by Theda Black
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VP9X7M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1391706.html
28) Taken by J. C. Owens
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LGTJFG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1238461.html
29) What's Done in The Dark (Volume V) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051BEBHG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
30) Seven Days by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XWFXXU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1293381.html
31) Change of Heart by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003T9US8S/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/907639.html
32) Home of His Own by T.A. Chase
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00408AXIM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/264349.html
33) Handcuffs and Trouble (Rawlings Men) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GB1684/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1218548.html
34) Sinnerman (The Warder Series) by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056ICE3M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1469368.html
35) In My Father's House: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312576234/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
36) Handcuffs and Headlocks (Rawlings Men) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KSQWGE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1249728.html
37) Handcuffs and Glory Holes (Rawlings Men) Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003WQBD9Q/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1229667.html
38) Not My Wolf by Eden Cole
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004OEIRNA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1254756.html
39) The One That Got Away by Rhianne Aile
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001SASDN2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1482738.html
40) Lorcan's Desire by SJD Peterson
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0053GKSE4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1445401.html
41) Blow Me! by Stephan Niederwieser
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/3867871159/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
42) Dirty Kiss by Rhys Ford
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005985W7O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
43) Handcuffs and Spreader Bars (Rawlings Men)
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P1IXPO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1257715.html
44) Stirring Up Trouble by Z.A. Maxfield
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VTZVSI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1269270.html
45) A Serving of Love by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052AHZWO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
46) Handcuffs and Pretty Things (Rawlings Men Series, Book Eight) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057ZJO7I/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
47) Dreams Come True by Lisa Marie Davis
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002C758JW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/699008.html
48) Taken By the Pack (Phases) by Cheryl Dragon
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KAA8QM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1243841.html
49) Natural Disaster by Chris Owen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058DI8Z8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1401384.html
50) Xavier's Way by Diana DeRicci
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GHND16/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1231385.html
51) Ellery's Duty (Thrown to the Lions) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C43HDC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1227482.html
52) Home by William Neale
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608202127/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1220447.html
53) The Dickens With Love by Josh Lanyon
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VFPSD6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/892883.html
54) Two In Hand by Mary Winter
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VRZPG8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
55) I love you, asshole! By Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051I4VQA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
56) An Improper Holiday by K. A. Mitchell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VFPS4U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/892883.html
57) The New York Catch (Romantic Comedy) (The New York Series) by Amanda Hanna
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056IALCS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
58) Divide & Conquer by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1615817158/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
59) Soldier by AKM Miles
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UVQQAS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
60) Horizons by Mickie B. Ashling
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00272ME5I/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/760914.html
61) Equilibrium by Meredith Shayne
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057Z3IC0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
62) Blood & Ash (Lost Realm) by Kate Aaron
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00589WJFW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
63) Detour by Talia Carmichael
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WG32EO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1300653.html
64) Love Means...Freedom by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003URRSOQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
65) Into the Flames by Morgan Lee
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00427ZJU8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1211417.html
66) In the Flesh by Ethan Stone
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00413QNGM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1275255.html
67) Treasure of Love by Scotty Cade
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1615819452/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
68) Benediction by Jim Arnold
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439248575/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/864572.html
69) Smashed into Pieces (Clear Water Creek Chronicles) by Scarlet Blackwell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WOYFI8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
70) The Wedding Planner by GA Hauser
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003F769V4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/934254.html
71) Out of the Ashes by R.W. Day
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590210646/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1414000.html
72) Falling Off The Face Of The Earth by JF Smith
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054LX3C2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
73) Jump First by Charles Edward
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z9A91W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
74) Offside by Ryan Loveless
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Y73BRE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1303890.html
75) Between Two Worlds by Shelter Somerset
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YXFV4O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
76) As Meat Loves Salt (Harvest Original) by Maria McCann
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/015601226X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1355983.html
77) What Hides Inside: Bay City Paranormal Investigations, Book 2 by Ally Blue
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BDP0V6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1222558.html
78) Soul Mates: Bound by Blood by Jourdan Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030T1W1E/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: Read Before LJ
79) Brothers Without Borders by Leiland Dale
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MZ0NSO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
80) The Best Revenge by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00200KN6O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
81) Desert Sons by Mark Kendrick
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049B3184/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1335223.html
82) Forever by Shayla Kersten
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041OSC4W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/203240.html
83) Acting Naughty Book 1 of the Action! Series by GA Hauser
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00359FEJ0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/493312.html
84) Double Bound by Nick Nolan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BY3VJ4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/708717.html
85) Coming to Terms by Alex Berry
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WOW04Y/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
86) Overdrive by Ariel Tachna
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VS4FWG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1277445.html
87) All He Wants For Christmas by Remmy Duchene
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013MYSJI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/220346.html
88) Some Kind of Magic by R. Cooper
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z9XKZE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
89) GayLife.com by Neil Plakcy
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608200361/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/742697.html
90) Lord of the White Hell: Book One (The Cadeleonian Series) by Ginn Hale
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978986164/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1042913.html
91) Brushback (An Evan Austin Mystery) by Jamie Scofield
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0046ZRJE0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/722379.html
92) Take the Lead by Johnny Diaz
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058E34XS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
93) Closer: A Bay City Paranormal Investigation, Book 4 by Ally Blue
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BLJ7NU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
94) The Desire for Dearborne by V.B. Kildaire
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002DGROH6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/688416.html
95) TLC 101 by Janey Chapel
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VWLLN0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/877199.html
96) Reclaiming Love by V.L.. McElfresh
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P1JN0S/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/424389.html
97) Unstoppable Force by Lisa Marie Davis
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001M0N626/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/388779.html
98) Daron's Guitar Chronicles: Volume Two by Cecilia Tan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056QJLI0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
99) Spring Reassurance by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0024NJY08/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review:
100) Wolf Moon by Ethan Stone
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZN2B46/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: