Realm of the Elderlings is my favorite series of all time and its written by a woman, but every other book series ive read that ive liked has been written by a man. Not sure how to describe how most books I tried written by woman in the past felt other than the audience not feeling like me. Realm of the elderlings I never had this issue, I enjoyed following the female protoganists and the fool even if I dont identify with how they feel, so I think its not necessarily the main character being a male for half the series being why I like it.
I just typically dont like men written by woman like woman rightfully dont like woman written by most male authors, since it tends to be done poorlly. Looking for series/authors that do a good job of representing both genders and writing for them, not misrepresenting either or acting like its the only thing that defines them and all their actions.
Wizard of Earth Sea series by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Broken Earth Trilogy was written by a woman.
Your username in YELLING CAPS combined with the mundane comment made me chuckle.
I’m happy to have brought a small amount of joy into your life!
I hadn’t really considered the sex of the authors in what I’ve read, but looking at my shelves and picking some feminine names in the genre:
- Jacqueline Carey’s Godslayer duology (Absolutely amazing. Plays with themes of morality, religion, and war with a deep lore to bring it to life) I’ve only read the first two of her Kushiel’s Legacy series but I’ve enjoyed those as well.
- Trudi Canavan’s Highlord’s Apprentice trilogy (not the hardest or heaviest read but quite fun)
- Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman’s Death Gate Cycle (7 books, massive story with woven storylines and a wild lore creating a world with its own redefined science)
These aound really interesting ill check them out, death gate cycle sounds like it has a hard magic system? Always a fan of that
Its something ill check once some dialouge or character motivations start to throw me off, and if it effects like a whole gender not just a few characters
I really like Martha Wells, in particular the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy is mostly female protagonist led, but reasonable depictions of everyone and has really great world building
I’m currently reading Babel by RF Kuang, which definitely can’t be described as woman-centric (indeed, a major criticism is that its female characters are relatively shallow and few and far between). Good book though.
If you want an old classic to try, give Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees a go. Very unique and fairly influential cult classic from 1926.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is a great epic feeling fantasy read. I recommend it heartily; I believe it’s her first book (?) but it’s incredibly well written and immersive.
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson was a step out of my own comfort zone, since I don’t typically prefer real world settings, but I enjoyed it immensely. It’s set in basically the current era, and the main character is a hacker who ends up accidentally getting involved in a magical hidden world.
The Shades of Magic series by V. E. Schwab is a lot of fun. Alternate universe fantasy with tons of magic.
Dragonriders of Pern is pretty good, Entire and the Rose was too.
If you like d&d the Dragonlance books were coauthored by a woman.
I’ll edit in some more if I think of any.
Saga of the Borderlands (La Saga de los Confines) by Liliana Bodoc is my personal favorite, it’s story is settled in a continent similar to the pre Columbian American, i absolutly love it and highly recomend it!
I read Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series around the same time I read ROTE and really enjoyed them both.
I just realized almost all the books I’ve read are written by men, except a couple of Ursula K. le guin books.
highly reccomend robin hobb if you havent read her books already, if you like game of thrones youll see some similarities, shes friends with george rr martin and the read each others work
Some excellent suggestions in here already but I’ll add Lois McMaster Bujold’s brilliant World of the Five Gods series. She says they can be read in any order you like but I read the Curse of Chalion then Paladin of Souls, then The Hallowed Hunt then all the other ‘Penric’ related novellas - so publication order in other words. The series won a Hugo award a few years ago.
Edit: if anyone is looking to fill the Fitz shaped hole in their lives, Curse of Chalion is particularly good.
Ill check it out, the naming sense alone is solid
I’ve only read the first part of the Hidden series by Tiffany Shearn, but I really liked it. I’m planning to pick up the rest of the series at the Ren fair she attends this year.
GIDEON THE NINTH!!!
The Folk Of Air series by Holly Black.
