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Monday, September 01, 2025

Acquired Tastes XLIII: Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 217 - Finland Books, Part 19 of 20

Acquired Tastes XLIII:
Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 217
Finland Books
Part 19 of 20

Today we take another look at the Finland Books imprint.

Brought to you by the good people at Star Distributors, LTD., the Finland Books imprint published 200 titles between 1980 -1991. Star Distributors, LTD. operated out of a P.O. Box at the Canal Street Station in New York City.

Publisher's Page

The cover design features a black and white/brown and yellow erotic illustration (pencil, charcoal, ink) on a yellow background with the title of the book in a bold, lower-cased black graphic font near the top. The art itself was done by a number of artists including Craig Esposito, Adam and Clemént. All the authors are anonymous and the book number would sometimes appear on the spine of the book, but not always.
 
The numbering system begins with FIN-001 and continues thusly.

Back Cover

And, as is the case for many of the Star Distributor's imprints, Finland Books would be republished, not only later in their own history, but as titles for other imprints held by Star Distributor's or Arena, such as Brutes!, New Male, Young Stallions, Man To Man, Macho Books, Jock Studs, Hot Male Readers, Hard Throbs, et. al.

These books are rather plentiful and typically can be acquired for between $15-55.

This week, I found something for seven out of ten.

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Snowbunny
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
 1990 
FIN-185

(Cover not found.)

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 Hellfire Club
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
  1990 
FIN-186


Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 Alex 
Finland Books
 Author: Anonymous 
1990
 FIN-187

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 Swimteam Stud
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
 1990 
FIN-188


Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Boys in Trouble
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
  1991
FIN-189

According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about "friends who make trouble for a boy when they discover he is gay, so he runs away from home.

The actual author is Peter A. Neus.

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 Cairo Nights
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
  1991 
FIN-190


Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Wild Stud
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
  1991 
FIN-191

(Cover not found.)

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 Scout Camp Initiation
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
  1991 
FIN-192

(Cover not found.) 

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 Love is a Dance
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
 1991 
FIN-193


Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Lost-Brothers
 Finland Books 
Author: Anonymous
 1991 
FIN-194

According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, the actual author is Peter A. Neus.

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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And that's all for now.

Next week: the final ten tantalizing titles from the Finland Books imprint.

Until then...

Thanks for reading.

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Life Is A Dance - Chaka Khan

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