Do Men Read?

Is everything romantasy now?

There has been a lot of talk of late about books for male readers and why there are not any in the bookstores. Go into any bookstore and what you see is thorns and roses—romantasy books, alphabet soup books, almost nothing new is for the male reader.

One thing I often hear on this topic is: Men just don’t read.

There are no books for men in the bookstores because they would not sell.

But a friend from Singapore shared something interesting.

In their bookstores, the English language books are the same you would see here, all flowers and sexy fae. But in the same bookstores, there are books in two other languages. Those books continue to cover the same range of subjects that novels have covered for years—appealing to both female and male readers.

And those books are still selling.

From which we can conclude: It isn’t the readership that has changed.

It’s the New York publishing scene, which has been taken over almost exclusively by Liberal women editors.

So why is this happening? Could it be that no one is writing any good books that men might enjoy?

Joyce Carol Oats, who has been a mainstream author for decades, recently wrote:

If the men who are critical of their own privilege can’t even get published in NY, how much worse must it be for those who are not?

What can we do about this?

Well, there’s one thing we can do! We help boost the signal of the indie authors who are still writing books men might enjoy—books that might have made then bestselling authors, if the industry had not turned on them.

To that end, we are gearing up for our upcoming sale. I hope when the time comes, you will help us spread the word!

I am currently working on a Recommended Reading List for Male Readers, courtesy of men on Twitter(X).

In the meantime, here are the authors who are expected to be featured in our upcoming sale. (In no particular order. This list may expand or contract.)

John C. Wright
Declan Finn
Hans G. Schantz
Richard Paolinelli
JD Cowan
Misha Burnett
Russell Newquist
Steven G. Johnson
Julie Frost
Kit Sun Cheah
N. R. Lapoint
Frederick Heimbach
Daniel Humphreys
Scott Higgins
Denton Salle
Ryan Williamson
Robert Kroese
Hawkings Austin
Jan Stryvant
Nick Cole (and possibly Jason Anspach )
S.C. V
J. Daniel Sawyer
H. Halverstadt

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. (Psalms 68:11)

Who would you add to the Recommended Reading List for Male Readers?