Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts discussion

This genre is so heavily dominated by female leads that I thought I would start a list for the very rare series with male protagonists.

Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
etc. etc....

Iron Druid by Kevin Hearne
etc. etc....

The Connor Grey series by Mark Del Franco
etc. etc....

I know a few series where the protagonist is male:
*Monster Hunter International series by Larry Correia
*Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka
*Generation V series by M. L. Brennan
*Vesik series by Eric R. Asher
*Hellequin Chronicles by Steve McHugh
*Cal Leandros series by Rob Thurman

That's all I can think of at the moment:)

My Fada Shapeshifter series features male protagonists, although the women get a lot of space as well. The main character arc is the man's, though.

The Fada Shapeshifter Series by Rebecca Rivard

The Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko:

Angel's Ink by Jocelynn Drake
and
Already Dead by Charlie Huston
both came to mind

Christopher Golden and the Shadow Saga series, the protag is Peter Octavian

Am really enjoying - Prince Of Fools
Main character is a wastrel, a scoundrel and tenth in line for the throne. Against his will he embarks on a quest to save the kingdom. Funny, action packed, dash of horror (undead, unborn evil agents).

You're looking for books with male characters as narrators. What if there's a dual or multiple POV?

This has a male protagonist, its a paranormal dark fantasy novel. http://www.amazon.com/Farogat-Society...

Just stumbled across Elliott James' excellent Pax Arcana series. Lead is a former Knight (protector) kicked out of the order because he is also a werewolf. Hero is flawed but ultimately noble - and there is a surprising amount of humour running through these books. Start with book 1 Charming

It's an older book by David and Leigh Eddings from 2000, but . Althalus is described as an unrepentant rogue and scoundrel who crosses paths with a goddess while on his way to steal a special book. She sort of drafts him to help her in her battle against her devil brother.

I thought it was a wonderful adventure novel similar to Tolkien or McKiernan. There really isn't much romance as I recall, just a fantasy adventure. For that matter, Eddings other series, the Belgariad and Mallorean have mostly have male characters.

I feel like the explosion of female leads was mostly a response to the fact that science fiction and fantasy books back when I was younger (You know, way back when rocks rocked ;P ) the majority of sci-fi/fantasy books featured male heroes. As more female authors entered the genre, we started seeing more female leads. My opinion on the subject anyway.

Robin wrote: "It's an older book by David and Leigh Eddings from 2000, but . Althalus is described as an unrepentant rogue and scoundrel who crosses paths with a godd..."

This is a good one - with a great cat character too :)

The Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch


Camille Bacon-Smith's Daemon Eyes:


The Nightside series:


Dog Days series by John Levitt:


The Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia:


Broken Mirrors by Vaughn R. Demont:


Eric Carter by Stephen Blackmoore:


Matthew Swift by Kate Griffin:


Mindspace Investigations by Alex Hughes:


Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey:


The WebMage series by Kelley McCullough


Remy Chandler by Thomas E. Sniegoski:

Not to shamelessly plug my own work, but. . .

Jim Shaw Universe by Seth Creamer
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the only other series I'm familiar with that isn't already in the list
was Deacon Chalk books by James Tuck , , ,