Any yaoi recommendations?

Question

In a few months, I'll be old enough so that my mother will let me purchase and read older teen manga. So, now that I'll be old enough to read a majority of the yaoi/ BL/ shonen-ai manga out there, can I have any recommendations. I'm eager to read my first real yaoi (outside of fanfictions), but I pose a bit of a challenge for this-- I'm a prude, and don't really feel comfortable with explicit s*x scenes (which, I know a majority of yaoi manga has). So, a recap:

1. a good beginning yaoi/ BL/ shonen-ai/ the like

2. nothing explicit (lemon--no; lime--not as bad). Older Teen and below.

3. English

For those of you who have read these, what do you think of them?

-Only the Ring Finger Knows (I hear it's good; I've seen a different cover for it) http://www.amazon.com/Only-Ring-Finger-Knows-Lonely/dp/1569709041/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220060313&sr=1-1

-Single-Cell Organism (the only "teen" rated yaoi I have ever seen/ heard of)

-First Stage of Love (a newer one, but I liked the idea of the "lonely bookstore keeper finding love" plot; I know it's made of up sepeseparatetle stories) http://www.amazon.com/First-Stage-Love-Yaoi/dp/1569707391

Any help at all would be great, and thanks for following my oh-so-strange requests!

Answer 1

Yay, another yaoi fan! :D

I'll try to help as much as I can though.

I've read Only the Ring Finger Knows is really good in my opinion. It's more of a shonen-ai since it's more about building their relationship than any else. If you liked the manga there's about 3 more novels that continue the series.

I read Single-Cell Organsim quite a while ago but I don't remember anything to explict. It's not really my favourite manga as nothing really memorable happens.

First Stage of Love is a manga I've never read before but I read the summary just now and it seems pretty interesting. Here's what I read: Kikuchi, a lonely bookstore clerk, can’t help buy wonder about Kajinoki, a regular customer of the shop. With each visit, he longs to see Kajinoki again and finds his heart starts to beat wildly in his presence. Is Kikuchi falling in love? And isn’t Kajinoki married?

But I have read some of the artists other manga so I'm sure that the art will be nice to look at and wont be sloppy.

You can also check out some of these suggestions of yaoi manga I've already read (and liked) :

-Challengers

-La Esperanca

-Loveless

-Eerie Queerie

-Gravitation

To look at more yaoi manga you can buy at any bookstore, you can check out this site: http://www.junemanga.com/yaoi

Hope I helped a bit. Enjoy! :D

Answer 2

gravitation (cute shonen-ai manga)

that's all i can think of

but u can go to  http://www.everythingyaoi.com

Answer 3

everything you need to know about yaoi including anime and manga ratings and reviews.

http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com

Answer 4

"My Only King" by Lily Hoshino.

:)

Short stories.  

Answer 5

go here to find yaoi manga and anime that you think will suit you:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclop...