# Looking for some new reading material

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**Tags:** middle-earth, movies\
**Created:** [November 22, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-new-reading-material/1025043 "2025-11-22T00:40:40Z")\
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> [@DreamsOfACheetah](#):
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> Please prove me wrong and recommend some good books with female authors.

There’s currently an ongoing thread about Lois McMaster Bujold and her Vorkosigan saga.

> [@About the Vorkosigan books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-vorkosigan-books/1024913):
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> Recently, in a different thread, several Dopers recommended that I try out the Vorkosigan books, by Lois McMaster Bujold, starting with Shards of Honor: Well, I’ve finished the first book, and yup, that’s definitely a romance novel in a science-fiction setting. It’s less than a day from when the Heroine meets the Hero to when she starts admiring his manly musculature, and two days after that that he proposes to her. Honestly, I’d like to see a lot more development of relationship over ti…

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