Rated YA-MA discussion

Since I know there aren't as many books with male protags, let's talk about some. Which ones have you all read?


My top 3 with male leads :
(shifting male/female PoV's)

Other books/series which I really enjoyed :

(shifting male/female PoV's)

Other books with male leads I've read (some I liked more than others) :

(shifting PoV's)
(shifting PoV's)

Adult :

Great topic! I am getting ready to go to the Hair Show where my sister is designing. But I'll definitely be putting my thoughts down!

Is it one of those crazy hair shows like this?


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I think it would be fun to go to one of those.

has anyone read this? I picked it up as a Kindle freebie a little while ago and just now noticed that it's about a guy who's blind, but has a second sight type of gift. I wonder if it's any good.

Good topic! I really like Holly Black's male protag! And I have a few of those on my to-read list

Stacia *the pusher wrote: "Is it one of those crazy hair shows like this?

I think it would be fun to go to one of those."

Yeah actually, haha. My sister is in beauty school and they did a small hair show. It was "L'Spirit on Broadway" And they all had to take an aspect and turn it into a hair piece (With Synthetic hair). My sister did the chandelier from Phantom of the Opera. Their make-up department also did special effecs make up and they did Zombies on Broadway which was awesome!

Did you get pictures to share?

Favorite Books with Male Leads:


Additional Good ones:


Middle Grade:


Didn't Like very much:


Adult book:


I could so keep going, lmao, but I'll stop there. (I read all of Percy Jackson and Harry POtter, I just wasn't going to list them all.)

I forgot about Chaos Walking and Finnikin. I must have missed it when looking at my books list.

I think Im starting to like Male protags better...not so much angst and general to much 14 yr old girlyness hhhaha

I really liked holly blacks books and

I might have to check out some of these other ones

I forgot Gone, lol. And it was in your list!

For the most part if I put a book in a series, then there is a male protag pov in the entire series, with only a few exceptions:

YA/Middle Grade:


Adult:

That's what I was going to do too REgina, but with Chaos Walking, I loved it so much that i had to list the whole thing, haha.

I totally forgot The Absolute Diary of a Part time Indian. My sister has my copy so I overlooked it. I also forgot Deadline and Game of Thrones...

I felt mixed about posting Deadline. Does saying it has a male protagonist (view spoiler)[spoil the ending of Feed (hide spoiler)]?

I knew you must have just forgot about Alexie's book. :)

The covers for and are so similar.

Melanie wrote: "I think Im starting to like Male protags better...not so much angst and general to much 14 yr old girlyness hhhaha

I really liked holly blacks books and [bookcover:Hold Me Closer, Necromancer|8041..."

Then I'd definitely say to check out Anna Dressed in Blood. I found similarities between the book and HMCN/WC.

Argh, I forgot about Game of Thrones and HTKARS.

I had thought about Deadline as well, considering (view spoiler)[that I knew what happened to the girl in book 1, but I hadn't read the second book yet to be sure. I really should, since I liked Shaun way better as a character. (hide spoiler)]

Daniel would probably have the best list of all of us, since he reads primarily fantasy. I think fantasy is the biggest genre for male leads, even more so than sci-fi (at least in YA).

Its funny how in classics, modern classics/award winners, literary fiction, thrillers, mysteries and fantasies the progrs are more likely male, although I have never done a scientific survey, it just seems that way. But in "our genres", it is definitely more likely a female protag.

I think adult fiction in general has more male leads than YA does, with the exception of Middle Grade. I don't see a lot of MG fiction with female leads.

What about the BDB, they also have a shifting PoV..

I was going to add it but forgot!

I guess many PNR has that.

I adore BDB, but I consider it to be a series geared toward women even with the male pov's in there, whereas most of the other listed books are more gender neutral.

Although, I guess it doesn't matter because I didn't specify either.

Yeah, I don't really think it counts as a male POV as this is how most romance's are written.

I don't think putting Deadline on the list (view spoiler)[spoils anything. I mean, for all they know it just switches POV's (hide spoiler)].

I totally forgot to include Warm Bodies.

I forgot about Anna dressed in blood I loved that book. I have nightly at home have been wondering if its good or not might have to bump its reading place up

Nightly?

LOL was typing on my phone haha I meant

Melanie it was just okay for me. I liked alot about the first half of the book and then it dragged. I heard it gets better and people really love the series. I do plan on reading #2 some time soon.

How about these?


The Beautiful Creatures Series??

Both series by Sherrilyn Kenyon The Dark Hunter Series has some series Males! I'm thinking of one in particular.

series is alternating.

An amazing one that I just finished (male protag and male authored):

Mad Scientist wrote: "How about these?


The Beautiful Creatures Series??

Both series by Sherrilyn Ke..."

I forgot about Beautiful Creatures. Although, the vibe of the series seems tailored more to females, so maybe that's why I forgot.

I'm going to move this out of book chat and into the other books folder because it's an actual book list. This will make the list easier to find if someone's actually looking for it.

Our book chat folder tends to get bogged down with current monthly chat topics.

Someone should update this beast for me.

I've been craving a male pov.

How have I not seen this topic until now? Obviously I have to post my list of the ones I've read, or some of it anyway. I won't put 2 stars or lower, or any that I forget about. :P

Male POV books/series:

MG-


YA-


Adult- there are plenty of these so I'll just list a few
blahblahblah


Male+Female POV books/series:

MG-


YA-


Adult-
blahblahblah pretty much every multiple pov epic fantasy


Some of these series add an additional POV in one of the sequels so that's why some of these are third books or show up in both sections, etc.

The list queen owns us all.

Thanks Jenny! Just got my next up. Whoop whoop.

I feel like I've been seeing a lot of male protags in my books lately-- here are the standout favorites:

I just read with a male POV