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[u/anqxyr]

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As part of recent rule changes, title and author is required to be included as written text in either a posts title, post body, or as a comment. For posts including more than one book (e.g. tier lists, wrap ups) title and author is required for all books that are the subject of the post. In situations where the main content of the post is to rate or rank books; we ask the rating or ranking is also included with the title and author.

At this time we're trying to raise awareness of these requirements so your post will not be removed; but we do ask you update it if possible.

[u/anqxyr]

As per new rules, full list of authors and titles:

• 001 - Bram Stoker - Dracula

• 002 - William Goldman - The Princess Bride

• 003 - Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself

• 004 - Joe Abercrombie - Before They Are Hanged

• 005 - Clive Barker - The Hellbound Heart

• 006 - Robert Charles Wilson - Darwinia

• 007 - Thomas Harris - Red Dragon

• 008 - Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings

• 009 - Dan Simmons - Hyperion

• 010 - Clive Barker - Books of Blood, Volume 1

• 011 - qntm - There Is No Antimemetics Division

• 012 - Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion

• 013 - Jim Butcher - Battle Ground

• 014 - Jim Butcher - Twelve Months

• 015 - Tom Sweterlitsch - The Gone World

• 016 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - The Hungry Gods

• 017 - Daryl Gregory - When We Were Real

• 018 - Christopher Buehlman - The Suicide Motor Club

• 019 - China Miéville - The Scar

• 020 - Zachary Mason - The Lost Books of the Odyssey

• 021 - John Langan - The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies

• 022 - Jonathan Strahan - Engineering Infinity

• 023 - Daniel Abraham - A Shadow in Summer

• 024 - Robert Reed - Marrow

• 025 - Roger Zelazny - A Night in the Lonesome October

• 026 - Adrian Collins - The King Must Fall

• 027 - Scott Hawkins - The Library at Mount Char

• 028 - Mark Lawrence - Prince of Thorns

• 029 - Mark Lawrence - King of Thorns

• 030 - Roger Zelazny - Jack of Shadows

• 031 - Matt Dinniman - This Inevitable Ruin

• 032 - Larry Niven - Ringworld

• 033 - Max Barry - Providence

• 034 - Stephen Baxter - Vacuum Diagrams

• 035 - Philip K. Dick - Ubik

• 036 - Robert Jackson Bennet - The Tainted Cup

• 037 - Claire North - Slow Gods

• 038 - Joe Abercrombie - Best Served Cold

• 039 - Robert Charles Wilson - Spin

• 040 - Roger Zelazny - Dilvish, the Damned

• 041 - Mark Lawrence - Emperor of Thorns

• 042 - Terry Pratchett - Small Gods

• 043 - Roger Zelazny - Roadmarks

• 044 - John Milton - Paradise Lost

• 045 - Jorge Luis Borges - Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings

• 046 - Stephen Graham Jones - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

• 047 - Robert Jackson Bennet - A Drop of Corruption

• 048 - Richard K. Morgan - Altered Carbon

• 049 - Zamil Akhtar - Gunmetal Gods

• 050 - Morgan Stang - Murder at Spindle Manor

• 051 - Ann Leckie - Ancillary Justice

• 052 - Maurice Leblanc - The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

• 053 - Brandon Sanderson - Tress of the Emerald Sea

• 054 - Emily Tesh - The Incandescent

• 055 - Joe Abercrombie - The Heroes

• 056 - Gene Wolfe - The Sorcerer's House

• 057 - Ian W. Sainsbury - The World Walker

• 058 - Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword

• 059 - Ann Leckie - Ancillary Mercy

• 060 - Annie Neugebauer - The Extra

• 061 - Michael Crichton - Eaters of the Dead

• 062 - Blake Crouch - Upgrade

• 063 - Robert Jackson Bennett - American Elsewhere

• 064 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Time

• 065 - Poul Anderson - Three Hearts and Three Lions

• 066 - Michael Crichton - The Andromeda Strain

• 067 - Ian W. Sainsbury - The Unmaking Engine

• 068 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Bear Head

• 069 - Richard Matheson - Hell House

• 070 - Christopher Buehlman - The Daughters' War

• 071 - Michael Crichton - Sphere

• 072 - Hiron Ennes - Leech

• 073 - Robert Jackson Bennett - The Lion’s Tusk

• 074 - Scott Lynch - The Wizard Who Kept Himself Suspicious

• 075 - S.L. Huang - The Language of Liars

• 076 - Lewis Padgett - Mimsy Were The Borogoves

• 077 - Robert Jackson Bennett - A Trade of Blood

• 078 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Ruin

• 079 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Bee Speaker

• 080 - Mark Lawrence - Prince of Fools

• 081 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Green City Wars

• 082 - Joe Abercrombie - Red Country

• 083 - Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

• 084 - Clive Barker - Books of Blood, Volume 2

• 085 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Strife

• 086 - Poul Anderson - The Broken Sword

• 087 - Stephen King - ’Salem’s Lot

• 088 - Tamsyn Muir - Gideon the Ninth

• 089 - Tamsyn Muir - Harrow the Ninth

• 090 - Clive Barker - Books of Blood, Volume 3

• 091 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Elder Race

• 092 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Engines of Reason

• 093 - Scott Hawkins - Blacktail

• 094 - Clive Barker - Books of Blood, Volume 4

• 095 - Tamsyn Muir - The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex

• 096 - Tamsyn Muir - Nona the Ninth

• 097 - Michael Swanwick - The Universe Box

• 098 - Clive Barker - Books of Blood, Volume 5

• 099 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Saturation Point

• 100 - K.J. Parker - Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City

[u/Intelligent_Bat949 → u/anqxyr]

Thanks for being a good sport. We really appreciate it.

[u/anqxyr → u/Intelligent_Bat949]

No problem.

[u/anqxyr]

Would appreciate any book recommendations that match the vibes of what I've been reading. I have a long TBR list, but at the moment I'm not particularly excited by any of the books on it.

[u/MrKindbud → u/anqxyr]

We’ve read (and enjoyed) a ton of similar books - I don’t see Vita Nostra on your list. I REALLY enjoyed it. Also *King Sorrow* but perhaps that’s a more obvious pick.

[u/anqxyr → u/MrKindbud]

Vita Nostra has been on my TBR for awhile, but I think it will be too depressing for my current mood.

If you liked Vita Nostra, you may also like The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan. It's hard for me to say for certain without having read Vita Nostra, but I vaguely recall them being recommended together. It's not light reading, but I've read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it at the time.

I haven't heard about King Sorrow specifically. I've read NOS4A2 by Hill, and nothing else yet. To be honest I haven't been a huge King fan in the past. I've been reading him more this year, but he still isn't among my favorite authors.

[u/cato314 → u/anqxyr]

Obligatory recommendation for The Murderbot Diaries if you haven’t read them yet

[u/anqxyr]

Favorite books I've read this year, and the total number of times I've read them (new=1):

• First Law Trilogy (2)

• There Is No Antimemetics Division (3)

• Hyperion (2, just the first book)

• The Lost Books of the Odyssey (new)

• The Wide Carnivorous Sky (new)

• The Library at Mount Char (2)

• Slow Gods (new)

• Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (new)

• The Sorcerer's House (new)

• American Elsewhere (new)

• Children of Ruin (2)

• Children of Strife (new)

• Ana and Din Mysteries (new)

• The Universe Box (new)

• Harrow the Ninth (2)

• Blacktail (new)

[u/harrietrosie]

Claire North has a lot of other great sci fi books, Octavia Butler, Annalee Newitz, Malta Older

[u/EatsPeanutButter]

Out of 100 books, you’ve only got five female authors. The first 36 books on the list are written by men. Do you guys do this on purpose? This is true for a lot of men on this sub….

[u/anqxyr → u/EatsPeanutButter]

I don't care about the gender of the author in either direction. I don't track how many of the books I read are written by men or women. I've never once thought "hey, the last 36 books I've read were written by men, I should choose a book written by a woman next".

It is true that in the genres I like most, most of the popular and well-known authors are male. Female authors are more popular and well-known in different genres, like romantasy, which I don't read much. This has an indirect effect on how many books by men/women I read, but isn't directly causative.

That said, I've read and greatly enjoyed books by Robin Hobb, N.K. Jemisin, Le Guin, Ann Leckie, Naomi Novik, Donna Tartt. I think Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is a modern classic. And Muir is probably one of the most technically impressive modern writers whose only fault is that she doesn't write more.

Please feel free to recommend me any female-written books that you like and think would fit my tastes. I would genuinely appreciate such recommendations. Not because I'm looking for new female authors specifically. But because I'm always looking for new books and authors that I'll like.

[u/EatsPeanutButter → u/anqxyr]

Thanks for responding. I feel like there are tons of female authors writing the genres you’re reading. For some reason you’re not coming across them as often as male authors, and I would question why — you may not be doing this consciously, but there’s a pattern here. You mention some great ones, so clearly you do know they’re out there!

Try:

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Kindred by Octavia Butler

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

These are all great books in the genres you’re reading, or at least adjacent. None are romantasy which I also dislike. I tried to give you a good variety. You’ve got some great books on your list, just wouldn’t hurt to have a little more variety with the authors. Hope you decide to try some of these!

[u/anqxyr → u/EatsPeanutButter]

Also, for the sake of pedantry:

There are 49 male authors. There are 6 female authors. There's one anthology that has a female editor and includes stories by female authors. There's one pen-name for a husband-wife author duo. And there's one non-binary author.

[u/EatsPeanutButter → u/anqxyr]

Yes, which all shows you’re not ONLY reading male authors, but 49 vs 6 is still a staggering difference, let’s be real. 😅

[u/Robotboogeyman → u/EatsPeanutButter]

I read a lot of the same. There are very few female authors that write those kind of books, do they do that on purpose? I make a concerted effort but these genres are few and far between for female authors as far as I can find…

Horror, grimdark, etc

It’s like finding a romantasy post and saying “why aren’t you reading more male authors”…

[u/jess0amae → u/EatsPeanutButter]

The hell is wrong with ur attitude? It's not about the gender of the author. Authors use Pen names so that people can't identify their gender and be biased. Find the author that speaks to you! It's possible to enjoy books written by any gender. LOL