I want to try reading books reading by women, but the genres I like are mostly fantasy/dude books (Sanderson, red rising, between two fires), any recommendations?
Ursula Le Guin is a fantasy GOAT. Jade City by Fonda Lee is a great series. VE Schwab also a fabulous author with some fantasy varieties!
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Anonymous10w
Priory of the orange tree
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Anonymous10w
Robin Hobb’s prose is miles better than anything Sanderson or Brown have ever written. You’ll be blown away.
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Anonymous10w
The poppy war, The Bone season, The Temeraire, An Ember in the Ashes
As for authors I would check out: R F Kuang, t. Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, Robin Hobb
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Anonymous10w
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. So good
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Anonymous10w
CG Drews, Rachel Gillig, Sue Lynn Tan, Madeline Miller, Leigh Bardugo, Heather Fawcett, Katherine Arden, VE Schwab, RF Kuang, T Kingfisher
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Anonymous10w
Heir is really good and the second to the duology is coming out soon
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Anonymous#210w
Yes to all of these!
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Anonymous#210w
I’m proud to say I read Red Rising years before the men got a hold of it, there are plenty of books with female audiences that are similar to the “dude books” shown above
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Anonymous#210w
I tried reading the poppy war, but after getting through the first act I shelved it, i was gifted katabasis though! So I don’t mind trying again
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Anonymous#410w
Saying this as a fan of Sanderson’s work. His prose is juvenile and his weakest point.
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AnonymousOP10w
You only finished the first act 😳 bro, you need to try again
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AnonymousOP10w
The tone shift in TPW is insane
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Anonymous#210w
Definetly down because the introduction was so great, but then it became Chinese hogwarts and I felt so DENIED
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AnonymousOP10w
Yeah you need to get to the tone shift. It stays like that for the rest of the series, I’m so serious
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Anonymous#310w
I was just coming here to recommend VE Schwab
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AnonymousOP10w
You NEED to continue. The like school atmosphere only lasts one book