All These Books were recommended by male readers. Anyone who would like to help cur
The Two Authors I Started This Project to Promote:
John C. Wright
Declan Finn
Books by Based Authors:
Tony Andarian
Jason Anspach
Misha Burnett
D J Butler
Kit Sun Cheah
Nick Cole
JD Cowan
Jon Del Arroz
John A. Douglas
Devon Eriksen
Dave Freer
Julie Frost
Karl Gallagher
H. Halverstadt
Frederick Heimbach
Alexander Hellene
Schuyler Hernstrom
Sarah H. Hoyt
Scott Huggins
Daniel Humphreys
Steven G Johnson
Michael F Kane
Robert Kroese
N. R. Lapoint
Ann Margaret Lewis
Yakov Merkin
Jon Mollison
Michael Nelson
Russell Newquist
Brian Niemeier
Richard Paolinelli
Blaine Pardoe
James Pyles
Denton Salle
Cedar Sanderson
J. Daniel Sawyer
Hans G. Schantz
Jan Stryvant
John Van Stry
S.C. Vincent
Stanley Wheeler
Ryan Williamson
Classic SF and Fantasy
Favorite Authors—Anything by:
Joe Abercrombie
Douglas Adams
Jerry Ahern
Poul Anderson
Robert Aspirin
Leigh Brackett
Ray Bradbury
Jim Butcher
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Robert W. Chambers
C.J. Cherryh
Glen Cook
Bernard Cornwell
Larry Correia
John Crowley
Vox Day
Travis Deverell, aka Shirtaloon
Lester Dent
Stephen R. Donaldson
David Drake
Greg Egan
Kacey Ezell
John M Ford
Alan Dean Foster
C.S. Friedman
David Gemmell
William Gibson
Peter F. Hamilton
Robert Heinlein
Vaughn Heppner
Frank Herbert
Robert E. Howard
Kevin Ikenberry
Chris Kennedy
Tom Kratman
Henry Kuttner
R.A. Lafferty
Stephen Lawhead
Ursula K Leguin
C.S. Lewis
Abraham Merritt
China Mieville
Johnathon Moeller
Jon Mollison
C. L. Moore
Larry Niven
Rich Partlow
Mervyn Peake
Jerry Pournelle
Tim Powers
Terry Pratchett
Medron Pryde
Eric S. Raymond
Alistair Reynolds
Seth Ring
John Ringo
Spider Robinson
Kurt Schlichter
R.A. Salvatore
Clifford Simak
Dan Simmons
Neal Stephenson
Jonathan Stroud
Dan Sugralinov
Travis Taylor
J. R. R. Tolkien
Jack Vance
Henry Vogel
Mark Wandrey
William Alan Webb
David Weber
Andy Weir
Charles Williams
Tad Williams
Michael Williamson
Dan Willis
F. Paul Wilson
Gene Wolfe
Tao Wong
Roger Zelazny
Robert Zubrin
Popular Manga or Graphic Novels:
Eiichiro Oda – One Piece
Fukuda, Shinichi – My Dress-Up Darling
Goscinny, Rene – Asterix
Isora, Matsuri – Secrets of the Silent Witch
Kagyu, Kumo – Goblin Slayer
Miura, Kentaro – Berserk
Natsume Akatsuki
Natsu Hyuuga – The Apothecary Diaries
Tanaka, Yuu – Reincarnated as a Sword
Yoshikawa, Eiji – Musashi
Yukimura, Makoto – Vinland Saga
Non-SF & Fantasy:
Richard Adams
Raymond Chandler
Lee Child
Agatha Christie
Tom Clancy
James Clavell
Michael Connelly
Flannery O’Connor
Bernard Cornwell
Robert Crais
Michael Crichton,
Nelson DeMille
Loren D. Estleman
C.S. Forester – Hornblower
Ian Flemming – James Bond
John Grisham
Drew Hayes
Mick Herron
James Herriot
Tom Holt
Dashiell Hammett
Gary Jennings
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Louis L’amour
Len Levinson
Thomas Ligotti
Robert Ludlum
Mike McCulloch
James Mitchner
Patrick O’Brian – Aubrey/Maturin
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Jeff Putnam
Alistair Reynolds
Carl Sagan
John Saul
Wilbur Smith
Thomas Sowell
Travis Taylor
Evelyn Waugh
Cornell Woolrich
Books – Indie and Small Press Authors:
Austin, Hawkings – The Broken Man: The Rise of the Fisher King
– Bone God
Burnett, Misha – Bad Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Case Files of Erik Rugar
Cheah, Kit Sun – Saga of the Swordbreaker 1: Dawn of the Broken Sword
Cowan, J D — Brutal Dreams
Finn, Declan – Hell Spawn
– White Ops
Frost, Julie – Dark Day, Bright Hour
Huggins, G. Scott – A Cold and Mortal Spring: A Flintlock Fantasy
Humphreys, Daniel – Fade
Johnson, Steven G. – Operation Vampire
Kane, Michael F. – After Moses
Kroese, Robert – The Big Sheep
– The Dream of the Iron Dragon: An Alternate History Viking Epic
– Rex Nihilo
– Saga of the Iron Dragon
– Titan (Mammon)
Lamplighter, L. Jagi – The Books of Unexpected Enlightenment
– Prospero Lost
LaPoint, N. R. – Gun Magus
– Death Planet (Dinosaur Warfare Book 1)
M S Olney – Star Core: Wild Space
Newquist, Russell – War Demons
Nuttall, Christopher G. – Schooled in Magic
Paolinelli, Richard – Galen’s Way
– Reservations
Pierce, J. Kenton – A Kiss for Damocles https://amzn.to/4lh3SdB
Van Stry, John – Misplaced https://amzn.to/4i6iGJH
Pyles, James – Ice
Sawyer, J. Daniel – And Then She Was Gone
Stryvant, Jan – Black Friday
– Portals of Infinity: Book One: Champion for Hire
Vincent, S. C. – Blessings of the Damned
– Ys The Fallen
Waltner, Wally – Overture of Shadow https://amzn.to/40DZInu
Williamson, Ryan – A Fistful of Demons: An Anthology of the Weird West
– The Spear of Destiny
– The Widow’s Son: A Novel of the Weird West
Wright, John C. – Awake in the Night Land
– Count to a Trillion
– Somewhither
– Space Pirates of Andromeda
– Titans of Chaos
Books:
Abercrombie, Joe – The Blade Itself (First Law series)
Adams, Douglas – Dirk Gently
– Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Richard – Watership Down
Anderson, Poul – Ensign Flandry
– Hrolf Kraki’s Saga
– The Broken Sword
Anderson, Poul – The Haradra trilogy
Asimov, Isaac – Foundation trilogy
Asimov, Isaac – I, Robot
Asimov, Isaac – Robots-thru-Foundation Series
Banks, Iain M. – Player of Games
Barker, Clive – The Damnation Game
Berry, Wendell – Jayber Crow
Boyett, Steven R. – Ariel
Bradbury, Ray – Martian Chronicles
Brin, David – The Postman
Brin, David – Startide Rising
Brin, David – The Uplift War
Brooks, Max – World War Z
Brown, E. William – Perilous Waif
Brown, Pierce – Red Rising Series
Bujold, Lois McMaster – The Vorkosigan series
Burroughs, Edgar Rice – A Princess of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice – Tarzan of the Apes
Butcher, Jim – Dresden Files
Butler, D.M. – Witchy War
Card, Orson Scott – Ender’s Game
– Speaker for the Dead
– The Worthing Saga
Clarke, Arthur C. – Against the Fall of Night
– The Songs of Distant Earth
Clarke, Susanna – Piranesi
Cline, Ernest – Ready Player One
Collins, Suzanne – Hunger Games
Colfer, Eoin – Artemis Fowl
Cook, Glen – Dread Empire
– The Black Company
Corey, James S.A. – Leviathan Wakes
Correia, Larry – Dead Six Series
– Hard Magic
– Monster Hunter International
– Saga of the Forgotten Warrior
Cowan, J.D. – Grey Cat Blues
Crowley, John – Little, Big
Dick, Philip K. – A Scanner Darkly
– Ubik
Dinniman, Matt – Dungeon Crawler Carl
Donaldson, Stephen R. – The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Drake, David – Cross the Stars
Drake, David – The Forlorn Hope
Drake, David – Hammer’s Slammers
Dunsany, Lord – Tales of Wonder
Eddison, E.R. – The Worm Ouroboros
Eco, Umberto – Foucault’s Pendulum
– The Name of the Rose
Effinger, George Alec – The Marîd Audran Trilogy
Eisner, Will – A Contract with God
Eriksen, Devon – Theft of Fire
Erikson, Steven – Malazan Book of the Fallen
– Reaper’s Gale
Evans, Chris – Of Bone and Thunder
Falkner, J. Meade – Moonfleet
Farshtey, Greg – The Brother’s War
Flint, Eric – The Rats, Bats & Vats duology
Flynn, Michael – Eifelheim
Flynn, Michael – Spiral Arm series
Frisbee, William S. Jr – Gods of War
Gemmell, David – Legend
– White Wolf
– Wolf in Shadow
Gibson, Walter B. – The Shadow Novels
Gibson, William – Mona Lisa Overdrive
– Neuromancer
Glukhovsky, Dmitry – Metro 2033
Haggard, H. Rider – King Solomon’s Mines
Haldeman, Joe – All My Sins Remembered
– The Forever War
Hamilton, Peter F. – Judas Unchained
– Pandora’s Star
– The Night’s Dawn Trilogy
Herbert, Frank – Dune
Hernstrom, Schuyler – Thune’s Vision
Hobb, Robin – Assassin’s Apprentice
Hodgson, William Hope – The Night Land
Howard, Robert E. – Bran Mak Morn
– Conan
– Solomon Kane
Howey, Hugh – Wool
Hughart, Barry – The Bridge of Birds
Hughes, Fred – The Prince Awakens
Johnson, Denis – Train Dreams
Jordan, Robert – Fallon Blood
– The Conan books
– The Eye of the World
– The Wheel of Time
Kay, Guy Gavriel – The Summer Tree
King, William – Gotrek & Felix series
Knaak, Richard A. – The Legend of Huma
Kratman, Tom – Carreraverse series
Krout, Dakota – Completionist Chronicles
– Divine Dungeon series
Lamb, Harold – Swords series
Laumer, Keith – Galactic Odyssey
Le Guin, Ursula K. – A Wizard of Earthsea
Lem, Stanislaw – His Master’s Voice
– Solaris
Lewis, C.S. – Abolition of Man
– Out of the Silent Planet
– Perelandra
– That Hideous Strength
– The Chronicles of Narnia
– The Great Divorce
– The Pendragon Cycle
– Till We Have Faces
Lowell, Nathan – Quarter Share series (Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clippers)
– The Wizard’s Butler
Lovecraft, H.P. – At the Mountains of Madness
– Shadow Over Innsmouth
– Strange Tales
– The Dunwich Horror
– The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
MacDonald, George – Lilith
– Phantastes
MacDonald, John D. – The Drowner
Machen, Arthur – The Great God Pan
Mancour, Terry – The Spellmonger Series
Marcinko, Richard – Rogue Warrior series
Martin, George R.R. – A Game of Thrones
McCaffrey, Anne – Dragonflight
McCaffrey, Anne – Dragonsong
Merritt, A. – The Ship of Ishtar
Miéville, China – Kraken
– The City & The City
Miller Jr., Walter M. – A Canticle for Leibowitz
Modesitt Jr., L.E. – Imager Portfolio series
Moon, Elizabeth – The Deed of Paksenarrion
Moorcock, Michael – The Weird of the White Wolf
– Elric of Melnibone
Morgan, Richard K. – Altered Carbon
Niven, Larry – Known Space
– Ringworld (and sequels)
– The Man-Kzin Wars
– Footfall
– Lucifer’s Hammer
– The Legacy of Heorot
– The Mote in God’s Eye
Norton, Andre – The Time Traders
Paolini, Christopher – The Inheritance Cycle
Peters, Ellis – Brother Cadfael Chronicles
Piper, H. Beam – Space Viking
Pournelle, Jerry – Footfall
– Lucifer’s Hammer
– The Legacy of Heorot
– The Mote in God’s Eye
– The Gripping Hand
Powers, Tim – Declare
– On Stranger Tides
– Stress of Her Regard
Pratchett, Terry – The Colo(u)r of Magic
Rajaniemi, Hannu – Quantum Thief
Reeve, Philip – Mortal Engines
Ringo, John – A Hymn Before Battle
– Black Tide Rising series
– Empire of Man series
– Not That Kind of Hero
– The Legacy of the Aldenata series
– Troy Rising series
– Under a Graveyard Sky
Robinson, Spider – Callahan’s Saloon
Rosenberg, Joel – Guardians of the Flame
– The Sleeping Dragon
Rothfuss, Patrick – The Name of the Wind
Rowe, Andrew – How to Defeat a Demon King in 10 Easy Steps
Russell, Mary Doria – The Sparrow
Sandford, John – The Prey series
Sanderson, Brandon – Emperor’s Soul
– Mistborn Trilogy (original)
– Mistborn: The Final Empire
– Way of Kings
Sapkowski, Andrzej – The Witcher
Scalzi, John – Old Man’s War
Schmitz, James H. – The Demon Breed
Siers, John E. – The Moon and Beyond
Simak, Clifford – Cemetery World
– City
– Mastodonia
– The Goblin Reservation
– The Way Station
– The Werewolf Principle
Simmons, Dan – Ilium/Olympos
– The Hyperion Cantos
– The Terror
Smith, E.E. “Doc” – Lensman series
– Skylark ser
Snyder, Scott – American Vampire
Stackpole, Michael A. – I, Jedi
– The Raven and the Wolf
Stephenson, Neal – Cryptonomicon
– Snow Crash
– The Diamond Age
Sterling, Bruce – Schismatrix
Steverson, Kevin – Salvage Purgatory
Stirling, S.M. – Island in the Sea of Time trilogy
Stovall, Shami – Time-Marked Warlock
Stross, Charles – Neptune’s Brood
Stroud, Jonathan – Lockwood & Bartimaeus series
Sturgeon, Theodore – Anything by Theodore Sturgeon
Sullivan, Michael J. – Theft of Swords
Swann, Thomas Burnett – Weirwoods
Taylor, Dennis E. – We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian – Children of Time
Tchaikovsky, Adrian – Empire in Black and Gold
Tolkien, J.R.R. – The Hobbit
– The Lord of the Rings trilogy
– The Silmarillion
Toole, John Kennedy – A Confederacy of Dunces
Torgersen, Brad R. – A Star-Wheeled Sky
Turtledove, Harry – Guns of the South
Vance, Jack – The Demon Princes
– Emphyrio
Vinge, Vernor – A Fire Upon the Deep
Virdi, R.R. – Tremaine series
Vonnegut, Kurt – Cat’s Cradle
– God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
– Slaughterhouse-Five
Wagner, Karl Edward – Dark Crusade
– The Kane books
Walley, Chris – Lamb Among the Stars
Weber, David – Bahzell Bahnakson series
– In Death Ground
– On Basilisk Station
– Paths of the Fury
Weekes, Patrick – Rogues of the Republic series
Weir, Andy – The Martian
Weis, Margaret – Dragonlance
Wellman, Manly Wade – Worse Things Waiting
Wells, H.G. – The Time Machine
– War of the Worlds
Wells, Martha – All Systems Red
Westerfeld, Scott – The Uglies series
White, Ted – Secret of the Marauder Satellite
Wight, Will – Cradle series
Williams, Tad – Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
– The Last King of Osten Ard series
Williams, Walter Jon – Dagmar Shaw trilogy
– Days of Atonement
– Hardwired
– Voice of the Whirlwind
Williamson, Michael Z. – Freehold series
Williamson, Ryan – Doomsday Recon
Willocks, Tim – The Religion
Wilson, F. Paul – Repairman Jack series
Willis, Connie – Doomsday Book
– To Say Nothing of the Dog
Wolverton, Dave – The Courtship of Princess Leia
Wojnarowski, Adrian – Miracle of St. Anthony
Wolfe, Gene – New Sun
– The Book of the New Sun
Wyndham, John – Day of the Triffids
– The Chrysalids
Yoshikawa, Eiji – Musashi
Zelazny, Roger – A Night in the Lonesome October
– Lord of Light
– The Chronicles of Amber
Zahn, Timothy – Cobra series
– Original Thrawn Trilogy
Anthologies:
The Mighty Sons of Hercules
Raconteur Press Anthologies:
Space Cowboys
– Space Cowboys, https://amzn.to/3AApSxE
– Space Cowboys 2: Electric Rodeo, https://amzn.to/3NNrOWG
– Space Cowboys 3: Return of the Bookaroo, https://amzn.to/4hxEL4s
– Space Cowboys 404: Cow Not Found, https://amzn.to/3YNqoSt
– Space Cowboys 5: Cattle Drive, https://amzn.to/3CaPyS3
– Fission Chips: Space Cowboys 6, https://amzn.to/4g8fIni
Space Marines
– Space Marines, https://amzn.to/3CjeCWV
– Space Marines 2, https://amzn.to/4esBJvX
– Space Marines 3, https://amzn.to/4fu9zRT
Pinup Noir
– Pinup Noir, https://amzn.to/4egueYC
– PinUp Noir 2, https://amzn.to/4hxFqCY
– Pinup Noir 3, https://amzn.to/4hsLrkt
– Sultry Murder Jazz: Pinup Noir, https://amzn.to/3D96TeU
– Vice Noir, https://amzn.to/4kt8ID1
Moggies in Space
– Moggies In Space, https://amzn.to/40tJnT5
– Moggies Back in Space, https://amzn.to/4hsLoVQ
– Moggies in Space: A Galaxy Fur. Fur Away, https://amzn.to/3UysR0G
Spurgle Chronicles
– Your Honor, I Can Explain, https://amzn.to/3Ys0Itf
– You See, What Happened Was…, https://amzn.to/4esCWmZ
– He Was Dead When I Got There, https://amzn.to/4hr9lg9
– What! You Again?: The Spurgle Chronicles, https://amzn.to/40r5edV
Or All Will Burn
– Or All Will Burn, https://amzn.to/4faX26c
– Or All Will Burn: Fierce Love, https://amzn.to/40MYiZ5
– Or All Will Burn: At All Costs, https://amzn.to/4fkLEEy
Steampunk
– Full Steam Ahead!, https://amzn.to/3Yx1PI1
– Steam Rising, https://amzn.to/4hraMv3
Giant Robots
– Giant Freakin’ Robots, https://amzn.to/48vq7Xs
– Giant Stompin’ Robots, https://amzn.to/3YOnlJN
– Giant Squeeing Robots, https://amzn.to/4jMwivu
Wyrd West
– Wyrd West, https://amzn.to/3C2VdcL
– Cursed Canyon: Wyrd West, https://amzn.to/3Uyu8F0
– Rawhide Revenants: Wyrd West, https://amzn.to/3S8Yf47
Goblin Market
– Goblin Market, https://amzn.to/48wl9cV
– Goblin Bazaar, https://amzn.to/3ZC2XMa
– Goblin Souk, https://amzn.to/4ltnNWk
Alternate History
– Hooves, Tracks and Sabers!, https://amzn.to/40vsQOG
– The Big Ones, https://amzn.to/4f39gh8
Moggie Noir
– Moggie Noir, https://amzn.to/3AoDADO
– Moggie Noir: Alley Cat Alibi, https://amzn.to/48yYEnL
– Dames, Derringers and Detectives: Moggie Noir, https://amzn.to/4jD7WE2
Coffee Adventures
– Coffee Adventures, https://amzn.to/3C8ixWR
– Coffee Capers, https://amzn.to/4fGpEUR
Wyrd Warfare
– Wyrd Warfare, https://amzn.to/4j3QoQX
– Band of Monsters, https://amzn.to/4cemN4N
Single Anthologies
– Alien Family Values, https://amzn.to/4e9Chq9
– The Super Generation, https://amzn.to/40s3jWA
– Road Trippin’ https://amzn.to/3AppMcg
– Pogue One, https://amzn.to/3BS42Xn
– From the Brim to the Dregs, https://amzn.to/4awrQN5
– Plasma Pulp, https://amzn.to/4issD4I
– Magic Malfunction, https://amzn.to/4iktrrK
– Mad Science!, https://amzn.to/3ZY0Sde
Books for Young and Old:
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Animorphs by K. A. Applegate
Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer
Best: Baneberry Hall by Frederick Heimbach
Black and Blue Magic by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Boy’s Own Starship by Christopher G. Nuttall, https://amzn.to/4kVTpUG
Cradle series by Will Wright
Dreams of Gold and Fire by Fred Phillips, https://amzn.to/3UcEqK3
Harry Potter and the Philosopher/Sorcerous Stone by J. K. Rowling
How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Oath to a Warlock by Denton Salle
Redwall by Brian Jacobs
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Storm-Dragon by Dave Freer, https://amzn.to/42FHIur
Swan Knight’s Son (Green Knight’s Squire Book 1, Moth and Cobweb.) by John C. Wright
Sworn to the Light: The Avatar Wizard by Denton Salle
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall
The Hidden Truth by Hans G. Schantz
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lion, The Witch, and the Warlock by C. S. Lewis
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Whisper of Glocken by Carol Kendall
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Tumult’s Edge: A Novelette by H. Halverstadt
Yankee Republic by Fenton Wood
Non-SF/Fantasy Books:
Flowers for Algernon.
Classics – Books:
Bible
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Crime and Punishment
Divine Comedy
Faerie Queen
Frankenstein
Icelandic Sagas
Iliad & Oddysey
Les Miserables
Moby Dick
Nicomachean Ethics
Oresteia by Aeschylus
Orlando Furioso
ParadiseLost
Plato’s Dialogs
Republic
Scaramouche
The Book of The Dun Cow
The Brothers Karamazov
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy
Three Men in a Boat
Tom Sawyer
Classics – Recommended Authors:
Cicero especially if translated by @QuintusCurtius
de Tocqueville
Dostoevsky
Epictetus
Franklin
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Montaigne’s essays
Seneca
Shakespeare
Tolstoy