Men Writing Women (pos)

There will be no one breasting boobily anywhere here.

Some criteria:

  • women characters should be multidimensional with their own goals, agendas, and flaws
  • the main character should be a woman, and there should be at least one other female character who is significant to the plot
  • women characters’ role should not be defined solely by her relationship to a man
  • author is a cis man
  • one book per author

Let’s hold male authors to a higher standard because it is possible.

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created by celinewyp

last updated May, 2026

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thank god 🙏 i need books that don't mention a woman's boobs every five pages after the flamingo badge

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oh big oof. i hope these are a good palate cleanser! though i think they're all quite heavy books.

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well i'm gonna have to read master of djinn before the end of the month anyway so it'll work out!

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I think I played myself with this book, because I expected too much from it? For now, nothing's blowing me away. I really appreciate that the characters are well-written, and the care given to creating the female characters is very clear. Other than that and the worldbuilding Idt I'll be praising it very much. We'll see.

But yes, a non cishet slop book for Rui!

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yeah i heard some very similar things in other reviews rip. at least the main couple is sapphic tho

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Yeah that's true. At least there's that going for it.

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Ugh are all the books in the source books quest like that?

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well tbf female fantasy wasn't. story of my life might escape that fate too but it remains to be seen. otherwise yes

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nana kwame adjei-brenyah!!!!!

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Thank you for the rec! Is Chain-Gang All-Stars a good example?

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yes absolutely!

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Thank you, I will update! 🫡

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Yessss genius list idea

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Thank you! It was down to shock that a man wrote A Master of Djinn.

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I was surprised too but I’m happy that this is a good example for men writing women

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YES! It's a super good thing and I'm happy that it also inspired a list hehe.

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Ohhh I love this!

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Hehe. I do love it myself. Thanks, Nana!

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Oh I fully thought Chain-Gang All-Stars was written by a woman!

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I think that kind of serves as extra proof that the writing of women in it is good.

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