Looking to try something new by woman authors

Hey guys,

So last year, after a decade long hiatus on reading for personal enjoyment, I decided to start listening to audiobooks. Since then, I’ve been reading a lot of the books that piled up on my “to-read eventually” list, then dove into a bunch of nonfiction feminist and history books, then went a little crazy with fantasy romance novels.

Now, I want to branch out a bit and give a couple other genres a try, but I’m not sure where to start. I like pretty much every kind of movie and TV show, so Im open to trying anything when it comes to books— the only things I don’t want recommendations for are nonfiction informative books (I already have a million on my list), fantasy romance (I would like to hear recommendations for fantasy that’s not romance focused though. Romance subplots are fine, just nothing that’s on the most recommended books from r/fantasyromance), or futuristic/space themed books (I’m not a huge fan of reading about this sort of thing, but if you have a book that you think could change my mind, I’m all for it!).

So with that said, what are your favorite [insert genre here] books? Ones that will really suck someone in right away and make you never want to put them down.

Here are the things I’m looking for regardless of genre:

– Must be Written by a woman (I’m also ok with nonbinary and trans men)

– Woman main character— enby and trans men are ok too, and I’m ok with a cis male main character IF the author is obviously a feminist (example: T. Kingfisher).

– Bonus points if the main character is over 25 and not conventionally attractive.

– Must have an audiobook (bonus points if it’s free on audible).

Here are some of the books I’ve read and loved recently to get an idea of what I like:

– The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik

– Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

– Swordheart by T Kingfisher: my favorite “cosy” book I’ve read since I got back into reading. But I already have all of T Kingfishers books on my list, so please don’t recommend more of her lol.

– Yellowface by R F Kuang

– I’m glad my mom died: specifically, I loved Jennette’s writing style

– Hunger games

– Harry Potter

– A Court Of Thorns and Roses: pretty cheesy, but I still enjoyed it

– Crescent City

Books I did not like:

– Game of Thrones: I LOVED the show, but the books made me want to gag. Specifically, the way women are written and GRRMs writing style. There was one point where he said “it was all that [insert character here] could do….” So many times in one short burst that I rage quit the book.

– Fourth Wing: literally the most predictable book I’ve ever read, and the prose is absolute shit. But it was fun, I’ll give it that.

Thanks guys!

by petielvrrr