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.

  • Sunsofold@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    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)
    • 3DMVR@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      These aound really interesting ill check them out, death gate cycle sounds like it has a hard magic system? Always a fan of that

    • 3DMVR@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      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