Five Years of Exceptional BL

Looking for quality BL but don't want to wade through a mountain of mediocre crap to find it? Then this is the list for you! A combination of 1st place award winners, #1 bestsellers and other BL manga that received top accolades between the years 2015-2019. Some manga pre-date this time frame but are included if they won an award or topped a list during one of these years. The cream of the yaoi crop!

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1		Blue Morning #1 on Otaku Republic's 'Best BL Manga in 2016' list #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2017 List (Manga category) 1st place winner of the 2019 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BL SERIES') 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Uke of 2019 - Tomoyuki Katsuragi
2		Color Recipe 1st place winner of the 2017 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BEST COMICS')
3		Crazy Fruits 1st place winner of the 2019 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'DEEP')
4		Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year #1 Best Boys-Love manga of the Heisei era (Renta) #1 on the BookLive! 'Readers 100 Most Recommending Boys-Love Manga' list (2019) 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Seme of 2019 - Junta Azumaya #1 on the BookLive! Top Manga for 2019 list
5		Enter the Beast #1 on Renta's Best of 2017 Yaoi list
6		Finder #1 on the New York Times manga bestsellers list (February 1st, 2015)
7		Getsuei 1st place winner of the 2015 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'HARDEST/PAINFUL')
8		Hakidame to Tsuru 1st place winner of the 2017 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'DEEP')
9		Here and There and Us #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2020 List (Manga category) [announced Dec. 12th 2019]
10		If We're Gonna Do It, Use the Daddy Hole #1 on Renta's Best of 2019 Yaoi list
11		Itoshi no Nekokke 1st place winner of the 2016 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'SWEET')
12		It Starts from the Inside 1st place winner of the 2019 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'EROTIC')
13		Kashikomarimashita, Destiny 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Seme of 2018 - Yuuto Kudou
14		Kikoeru? 1st place winner of the 2017 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'for BEGINNERS')
15		Koisuru Intelligence 1st place winner of the 2015 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'NEW FACE WORK')
16		Kuroneko Kareshi no Aishikata 1st place winner of the 2015 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'EROTIC')
17		Life Senjou no Bokura 1st place winner of the 2018 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BEST COMICS')
18		Like the Beast #1 on Honey Anime's 'Top 10 Yaoi Manga' list (2016)
19		Liquor & Cigarette 1st place winner of the 2019 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BEST COMICS')
20		Marriage in Prison: Bear My Child #1 on Renta's 2015 'Yaoi Manga BEST 10' list
21		Mayonaka no Orphe 1st place winner of the 2017 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BOOK COVER')
22		Minori's Hand 1st place winner of the 2016 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'NEW FACE WORK')
23		Momo and Manji #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2018 List (Manga category) 1st place winner of the 2018 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'NEWCOMER')
24		My Dearest Cop Winner of the 2019 "CMOA TOP E-comic Award" (Catagory: BL)
25		My Summer of You 1st place winner of the 2018 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BOOK COVER')
26		Nemuri Otoko to Koi Otoko 1st place winner of the 2016 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'EROTIC')
27		Nini's Forest 1st place winner of the 2015 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'RARE BL')
28		O.B. #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2015 List (Manga category)
29		Heaven and Demon 1st place winner of the 2019 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'NEWCOMER')
30		Our House: Love Trouble 1st place winner of the 2018 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'EROTIC')
31		Possessed by a Ghost #1 on Renta's Best of 2016 Yaoi list
32		The Scene of My Rumspringa #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2019 List (Manga category)
33		Seven Days #1 on Honey Anime's 'Top 10 Shounen-ai Manga' list (2016)
34		Sorekara, Kimi o Kangaeru 1st place winner of the 2016 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BOOK COVER')
35		Suki de Gomen. Winner of the 2019 "CMOA TOP E-comic Award" (Catagory: BL)
36		Ten Count 1st place winner of the 2015 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BEST COMIC') 1st place winner of the 2015 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BOOK COVER') 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Seme of 2015 - Riku Kurose 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Uke of 2015 - Tadaomi Shirotani 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Seme of 2016 - Riku Kurose #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2016 List (Manga category) #1 Best Yaoi Manga of All Time (Ranker, 2019)
37		The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for best LGBT graphic novel Winner of the 2016 Harvey Award for best graphic album previously pulished
38		The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera #1 on the New York Times manga bestsellers list (August 2nd, 2015) #1 Best Boys-Love Manga for Beginners (Nijimen Reader's Choice survey, 2018)
39		Tourou no Ori 1st place winner of the 2018 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'DEEP')
40		Twittering Birds Never Fly 1st place winner of the 2016 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BEST COMIC') 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Uke of 2016 - Yashiro 1st place winner of the 2017 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BL SERIES') 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Seme of 2017 - Chikara Doumeki 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Uke of 2017 - Yashiro 1st place winner of the 2018 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BL SERIES') 1st place winner of the chil-chil BL Award for Best Uke of 2018 - Yashiro
41		Under One Roof With the Beast #1 on the BOOKWALKER top-selling selling series list for 2019 #1 on the BOOKWALKER top-selling manga list for 2019
42		Void (Ranmaru ZARIYA) 1st place winner of the 2017 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'EROTIC')
43		Wails of the Bound 1st place winner of the 2017 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'NEWCOMER')
44		What Did You Eat Yesterday? 1st place winner of the 2019 Kodansha Manga Awards (General category)
45		Yajirushi 1st place winner of the 2016 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'RARE BL')
46		Yes, No, or Maybe? Series (Light Novel) #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2016 List (Novel category) 1st place winner of the 2016 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: Best Novel) #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2018 List (Novel category) #1 on the 'Kono BL ga Yabai!' 2019 List (Novel category)
47		Yoake ni Furu, 1st place winner of the 2019 chil-chil BL Award (Catagory: 'BOOK COVER')