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List of Books Adult Women Should Read
Criteria: no smut, no feminism or feminist framing, no wokeness/identity-politics themes, satire and classical/mythic works preferred over unironic modern darkness
Lord of the Rings by Tolkein
Fight Club by Palahniuk
American Psycho by Ellis
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Grahame-Smith
The Odyssey by Homer
Beowulf
The Divine Comedy by Dante
Paradise Lost by Milton
War and Peace by Tolstoy
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
The Idiot by Dostoevsky
Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky
1984 by Orwell
Animal Farm by Orwell
Catch-22 by Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut
The Stranger by Camus
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
The Picture of Dorian Gray (or really anything) by Wilde
Frankenstein by Shelley
The Corrections by Franzen
Freedom by Franzen
The Sense of an Ending by Barnes
Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro
The Pendragon Cycle, (or really anything) by Stephen R Lawhead
Based on how my last lists went, I'm sure nobody will be offended or sperg out about this at all.
Criteria: no smut, no feminism or feminist framing, no wokeness/identity-politics themes, satire and classical/mythic works preferred over unironic modern darkness
Lord of the Rings by Tolkein
Fight Club by Palahniuk
American Psycho by Ellis
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Grahame-Smith
The Odyssey by Homer
Beowulf
The Divine Comedy by Dante
Paradise Lost by Milton
War and Peace by Tolstoy
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
The Idiot by Dostoevsky
Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky
1984 by Orwell
Animal Farm by Orwell
Catch-22 by Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut
The Stranger by Camus
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
The Picture of Dorian Gray (or really anything) by Wilde
Frankenstein by Shelley
The Corrections by Franzen
Freedom by Franzen
The Sense of an Ending by Barnes
Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro
The Pendragon Cycle, (or really anything) by Stephen R Lawhead
Based on how my last lists went, I'm sure nobody will be offended or sperg out about this at all.
Now a thread please on books a woman should readโฆIโve just retired and have a life now.
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Here's a list of non-woke prose BOY BOOKS:
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild / White Fang by Jack London
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (or Journey to the Center of the Earth) by Jules Verne
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Shadow of the Gloom World by Roger Eldridge
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Rangerโs Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Enderโs Game by Orson Scott Card
The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
Eragon / The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Hardy Boys series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
The Runestone Saga by C.C. Humphreys
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
The Spookโs Apprentice (Last Apprentice) series by Joseph Delaney
Brotherband Chronicles by John Flanagan
Edgar Rice Burroughsโ Tarzan or John Carter of Mars series
Holes by Louis Sachar
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Peak by Roland Smith
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
King Solomonโs Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
Brotherband Chronicles by John Flanagan
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
The Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson
Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale
Young Bond series by Charlie Higson
True Grit by Charles Portis
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Enderโs Shadow by Orson Scott Card
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild / White Fang by Jack London
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (or Journey to the Center of the Earth) by Jules Verne
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Shadow of the Gloom World by Roger Eldridge
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Rangerโs Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Enderโs Game by Orson Scott Card
The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
Eragon / The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Hardy Boys series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
The Runestone Saga by C.C. Humphreys
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
The Spookโs Apprentice (Last Apprentice) series by Joseph Delaney
Brotherband Chronicles by John Flanagan
Edgar Rice Burroughsโ Tarzan or John Carter of Mars series
Holes by Louis Sachar
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Peak by Roland Smith
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
King Solomonโs Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
Brotherband Chronicles by John Flanagan
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
The Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson
Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale
Young Bond series by Charlie Higson
True Grit by Charles Portis
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Enderโs Shadow by Orson Scott Card
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
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Once this post hits 1000, I'm muting it. People are getting feral, which is boring to me. Thank you for the engagement; I'm glad so many people are still into reading real books, and I appreciate your time.
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I find it hilarious that there are women on this post shrieking, "I can read these books too!" I never said you couldn't go talk to your fathers, and maybe realize there's an entire world outside you.
Oh, and I find it funny you're not gushing over the girl books list. Almost like you just can't handle boys liking things that have nothing to do with you.
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Oh, and I find it funny you're not gushing over the girl books list. Almost like you just can't handle boys liking things that have nothing to do with you.
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Here's a list of non woke prose GIRL BOOKS (with very little to no focus on romance):
Nancy Drew series โ Carolyn Keene
Little House on the Prairie series โ Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Secret Garden โ Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess โ Frances Hodgson Burnett
Heidi โ Johanna Spyri
The Chronicles of Narnia โ C.S. Lewis
What Katy Did โ Susan Coolidge
Ballet Shoes โ Noel Streatfeild
Pollyanna โ Eleanor H. Porter
Island of the Blue Dolphins โ Scott OโDell
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz โ L. Frank Baum
Aliceโs Adventures in Wonderland โ Lewis Carroll
Matilda โ Roald Dahl
A Wrinkle in Time โ Madeleine LโEngle
Black Beauty โ Anna Sewell
National Velvet โ Enid Bagnold
The Borrowers โ Mary Norton
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase โ Joan Aiken
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler โ E.L. Konigsburg
Harriet the Spy โ Louise Fitzhugh
Pippi Longstocking โ Astrid Lindgren
The Phantom Tollbooth โ Norton Juster
Watership Down โ Richard Adams
The Wind in the Willows โ Kenneth Grahame
Keeping Secrets by Tormod Haugen
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Many people made some great suggestions in the comments. Anything you mentioned as of 11:13am on 11/10/2026 I did not include here because it did not fit the criteria. I've compiled the good ones that do fit my criteria to the best of my knowledge, keep in mind always the boy's maturity level.
For the curious, my criteria are: no progressive social-justice/identity-politics messaging, no gender ideology, no heavy DEI as a thematic point, no modern feminist framing/propaganda, no "girl boss" tropes, and nothing that walks a line, plus suitability for boys/teen boys rather than adult men
Conan stories by Robert E. Howard
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg
Way Station by Clifford Simak
Bill, the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson
Dortmunder series by Donald Westlake
Works by Rafael Sabatini
Dragonlance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
King Solomonโs Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The Mote in Godโs Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Dirk Pitt novels by Clive Cussler
Works by Tom Clancy
Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Robotech novels by various authors (including James Luceno and Brian Daley)
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
The Three Investigators series by Robert Arthur
Famous Five / works by Enid Blyton
Tom Brownโs School Days by Thomas Hughes
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray
Legends of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore
Dr. Dolittle books by Hugh Lofting
David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread by Don Robertson
The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme by Elizabeth Haydon
Tapestry by Henry H. Neff
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Dragons in Our Midst by Bryan Davis
Henry and the Chalk Dragon by Jennifer Trafton
Homelanders series by Andrew Klavan
MindWar Trilogy by Andrew Klavan
If We Survive by Andrew Klavan
Crazy Dangerous by Andrew Klavan
Nightmare City by Andrew Klavan
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
The Thin Dead Line by Shane Gries
The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark
Sing a Song of Ambush by K.M. Peyton
The Rise of 188 by Jesse Wilson
The Steradian Gate series by Nathaniel Blevens
For the curious, my criteria are: no progressive social-justice/identity-politics messaging, no gender ideology, no heavy DEI as a thematic point, no modern feminist framing/propaganda, no "girl boss" tropes, and nothing that walks a line, plus suitability for boys/teen boys rather than adult men
Conan stories by Robert E. Howard
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg
Way Station by Clifford Simak
Bill, the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson
Dortmunder series by Donald Westlake
Works by Rafael Sabatini
Dragonlance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
King Solomonโs Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The Mote in Godโs Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Dirk Pitt novels by Clive Cussler
Works by Tom Clancy
Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Robotech novels by various authors (including James Luceno and Brian Daley)
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
The Three Investigators series by Robert Arthur
Famous Five / works by Enid Blyton
Tom Brownโs School Days by Thomas Hughes
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray
Legends of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore
Dr. Dolittle books by Hugh Lofting
David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread by Don Robertson
The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme by Elizabeth Haydon
Tapestry by Henry H. Neff
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Dragons in Our Midst by Bryan Davis
Henry and the Chalk Dragon by Jennifer Trafton
Homelanders series by Andrew Klavan
MindWar Trilogy by Andrew Klavan
If We Survive by Andrew Klavan
Crazy Dangerous by Andrew Klavan
Nightmare City by Andrew Klavan
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
The Thin Dead Line by Shane Gries
The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark
Sing a Song of Ambush by K.M. Peyton
The Rise of 188 by Jesse Wilson
The Steradian Gate series by Nathaniel Blevens
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Women complaining about reading Hatchet would love a book where a powerful man forces a woman to read Hatchet
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So LMAO I watched some clips of the "well-regarded" show. To say it is trash is to be kind. The acting is poor at best. The entire lore (what little there was of it) is completely changed, and you'll never guess why! Because feminists can't even be consistent in their own beliefs! The show is filled with diverse casting, explicitly against the book's rules. The writing is atrocious, especially compared to the book, which was competent enough and even kind of sweet at times.
I can't believe people aren't too embarrassed to admit they like it and that the reason they like it is because they live in a world of double-think and smut.
I can't believe people aren't too embarrassed to admit they like it and that the reason they like it is because they live in a world of double-think and smut.
Bubby, Handmaid's Tale appealed to a general enough audience that it sold 10 million copies and spawned a much-watched, well-regarded Hulu adaptation. It might not be a "boy book" (whatever that means) but its success speaks for itself.
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List of books I don't think women should be allowed to read:
Blood Meridian (McCarthy)
The Road (McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men (McCarthy)
Child of God (McCarthy)
Outer Dark (McCarthy)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
Moby-Dick (Melville)
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Deliverance (Dickey)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
The Things They Carried (OโBrien)
The Killer Inside Me (Thompson)
Pop. 1280 (Thompson)
The Painted Bird (Kosiลski)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Selby)
Journey to the End of the Night (Cรฉline)
In case you're wondering, I think men should be allowed to read whatever books they want lol
Blood Meridian (McCarthy)
The Road (McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men (McCarthy)
Child of God (McCarthy)
Outer Dark (McCarthy)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
Moby-Dick (Melville)
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Deliverance (Dickey)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
The Things They Carried (OโBrien)
The Killer Inside Me (Thompson)
Pop. 1280 (Thompson)
The Painted Bird (Kosiลski)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Selby)
Journey to the End of the Night (Cรฉline)
In case you're wondering, I think men should be allowed to read whatever books they want lol
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Ok men only, do you love The Handmaid's Tale book? Did you even read it in school when they wanted you to read it? Did you buy it?
Bubby, Handmaid's Tale appealed to a general enough audience that it sold 10 million copies and spawned a much-watched, well-regarded Hulu adaptation. It might not be a "boy book" (whatever that means) but its success speaks for itself.
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Here are some of my thoughts on this thoroughly mediocre thought experiment book that should not be assigned reading in schools:
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youtube.com/watch?v=joeQPEโฆ
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Here's a list of non woke prose GIRL BOOKS (with very little to no focus on romance):
Nancy Drew series โ Carolyn Keene
Little House on the Prairie series โ Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Secret Garden โ Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess โ Frances Hodgson Burnett
Heidi โ Johanna Spyri
The Chronicles of Narnia โ C.S. Lewis
What Katy Did โ Susan Coolidge
Ballet Shoes โ Noel Streatfeild
Pollyanna โ Eleanor H. Porter
Island of the Blue Dolphins โ Scott OโDell
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz โ L. Frank Baum
Aliceโs Adventures in Wonderland โ Lewis Carroll
Matilda โ Roald Dahl
A Wrinkle in Time โ Madeleine LโEngle
Black Beauty โ Anna Sewell
National Velvet โ Enid Bagnold
The Borrowers โ Mary Norton
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase โ Joan Aiken
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler โ E.L. Konigsburg
Harriet the Spy โ Louise Fitzhugh
Pippi Longstocking โ Astrid Lindgren
The Phantom Tollbooth โ Norton Juster
Watership Down โ Richard Adams
The Wind in the Willows โ Kenneth Grahame
Keeping Secrets by Tormod Haugen
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Nancy Drew series โ Carolyn Keene
Little House on the Prairie series โ Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Secret Garden โ Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess โ Frances Hodgson Burnett
Heidi โ Johanna Spyri
The Chronicles of Narnia โ C.S. Lewis
What Katy Did โ Susan Coolidge
Ballet Shoes โ Noel Streatfeild
Pollyanna โ Eleanor H. Porter
Island of the Blue Dolphins โ Scott OโDell
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz โ L. Frank Baum
Aliceโs Adventures in Wonderland โ Lewis Carroll
Matilda โ Roald Dahl
A Wrinkle in Time โ Madeleine LโEngle
Black Beauty โ Anna Sewell
National Velvet โ Enid Bagnold
The Borrowers โ Mary Norton
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase โ Joan Aiken
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler โ E.L. Konigsburg
Harriet the Spy โ Louise Fitzhugh
Pippi Longstocking โ Astrid Lindgren
The Phantom Tollbooth โ Norton Juster
Watership Down โ Richard Adams
The Wind in the Willows โ Kenneth Grahame
Keeping Secrets by Tormod Haugen
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Nobody "places" it there.
It is just there, no matter how many tantrums you throw, little girl
It is just there, no matter how many tantrums you throw, little girl
We are going to have a fundamental difference of opinion if you think the answer to boys not reading is to write about โboy stuffโ and not rethink how we engage with boys in general let alone as readers. No specific interest or taste should be placed on a gender binary!!!
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A virtual 24-hour online Comic Convention floor. (Bonus: No coming home with Con Crud!)
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Writers:
Keep in mind that the same person who wrote the "Save the Cat" writing formula has only one film credit: Blank Check.
youtube.com/watch?v=2jyj-Aโฆ
Keep in mind that the same person who wrote the "Save the Cat" writing formula has only one film credit: Blank Check.
youtube.com/watch?v=2jyj-Aโฆ
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RT @TribalOrdergame: Our first comic book, โThe Noticerโ drops today at 12 PM EST.
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