Lately I have read many books with female protagonists and whose plot revolves around changing their lives and very emotional aspects.
I’m already saturated with this, so I would like books with male protagonists and whose plots are very “guy things”.
by Iceblader
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The Art of Fielding.
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James Patterson.
I’m currently reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King, and while I think the themes are universal, it’s pretty much solely about relationships between men. Particularly father and son relationships and unlikely friendships between men. It’s also about a teen boy and his bond with a dog so I’d say it ticks a lot of boxes! I’m really enjoying it so far.
*Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage* –Alfred Lansing
Galaxy of Thorns: Rise of the Empress -Female character but very violent, military stuff and tragedy and no pointless fluff, everything matters.
Dead Man’s Walk by Larry McMurtry
Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
No County for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Call of the Wild by Jack London
White Fang by Jack London
His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas and Maquet
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick
* My husband loves to read the Warhammer 40k book series and the Conan book series, older Star Wars books, Philip K Dick and Lovecraft.
I highly suggest the first three books in the Lonesome Dove series (the 4th and last one is just awful, unfortunately. I highly recommend skipping it), and Cormac McCarthy books are great. And being Halloween time, try The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury.
John Sandford novels;
the Count of Monte Cristo
Bendigo Shafter by Louis L’Amour
It’s about changing their lives and very emotional aspects but with male protagonists and very guy things: Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
just get a book written by a man. when you look at the statistics men mostly write from a mans point of view and typically men read those books. Brandon sanderson has a huge library with a large variety of main characters. If you like character development stephen king is amazing at that and so is his son joe hill. Not all their books are horror. [https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2022/gender-gap-in-reading.html](https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2022/gender-gap-in-reading.html) in case you wanted to look at the statistics.