Authors I especially like
M. Chandler. Crime
fiction. Includes male friendship, male-female friendship, m/m
romance, and some f/m romance. My favorite: Shadow of the Templar
series. (Fanlore
entry
for Shadow of the Templar.)
John
Christopher. Science fiction. Includes male friendship and
family affection. My favorite: Sword of the Spirits trilogy.
Susan Cooper. Fantasy.
Includes family affection, male friendship, and male-female
friendship. My favorite: The Dark is Rising series. (Fanlore
entry
for The Dark is Rising.)
Dorothy Dunnett
(also here).
Historical fiction, historical fantasy, and crime fiction. Includes
family affection, male friendship, male romantic friendship,
male-female friendship, f/m romance, and passing references to m/m
romance. My favorites: The Lymond Chronicles and The House
of Niccolò (Fanlore
entry
for The Lymond Chronicles.)
Sylvia Engdahl.
Science fiction. Includes male friendship, female-male friendship, and
f/m romance. My favorite: Children of the Star trilogy.
Manna Francis (also here). Science
fiction. Includes family affection, male-female
friendship, female friendship, male friendship, m/m romance, and
some f/f romance and f/m romance. My favorite: The Administration
series.
Diana Gabaldon.
Time travel and historical adventure. Includes family affection,
female friendship, female-male friendship, and male friendship. My
favorite: both her series, Outlander (includes f/m romance)
and Lord John (includes m/m romance). (Fanlore
entry
for Outlander.)
Robert
A. Heinlein. Science fiction. Includes male friendship,
some female-male friendship, and some f/m romance. My favorite: The
Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Lynn Johnston.
Comic-strip narratives set in Canada from 1979 to 2008. Includes
family affection, friendship (female-female, female-male, male-male),
and f/m romance. My favorite: For Better or For Worse.
Norma
Johnston. Historical fiction, suspense, and contemporary
realistic fiction. Incudes family affection, female friendship,
female-male friendship, male friendship, and f/m romance. My favorite:
The Keeping Days series.
Guy Gavriel Kay.
Historical fantasy. Includes family affection, male friendship, male
romantic friendship, female-male friendship, f/m romance, and passing
references to m/m. My favorite: Tigana.
Ursula K.
Le Guin. Fantasy. Includes male friendship, female-male
friendship, female friendship, and some f/m romance. My favorite: Earthsea
series. (Fanlore
entry for Ursula K. Le Guin.)
Alistair MacLean.
War fiction and thrillers. Includes male friendship and some f/m
romance. My favorite: H.M.S. Ulysses.
Susan R. Matthews.
Science fiction. Includes family affection, male friendship, male
platonic companionship, female-male friendship, and some f/m romance
and m/m romance. My favorite: Under Jurisdiction series.
(Fanlore entry for
Susan R. Matthews.)
Patricia A. McKillip.
Fantasy. Includes family affection, male friendship, male platonic
companionship, female-male friendship, female friendship, and f/m
romance. My favorite: Riddle-Master trilogy.
Naomi Novik. Fantasy
and historical fantasy. Includes male friendship, male platonic
companionship, female-male friendship, and some f/m romance. My
favorite: Temeraire series. (Fanlore
entry for Temeraire.)
Lucius Parhelion
(also here).
Historical romance and historical fantasy romance. Includes family
affection, female-male friendship, m/m romance, and f/f romance. My
favorite: Hurrah for Hollywood series.
Mary
Renault. Historical fiction and historical romance.
Includes family affection, male friendship, female-male friendship,
m/m romance, and some f/m romance. My favorites: The Last of the
Wine and The Persian Boy. (Fanlore
entry for Mary Renault.)
Rolf and Ranger.
Western (contemporary), adventure, historical fiction, romance, and
paranormal fiction. Includes family affection, male friendship, and
m/m romance. And that's all in one series: Falls Chance Ranch.
Dorothy L. Sayers.
Mysteries and historical drama. Includes family affection, male
friendship, and f/m romance. My favorite: Gaudy Night. (Fanlore
entry for Dorothy L. Sayers.)
Mary
Stewart. Historical fantasy and contemporary suspense.
Includes family affection, female friendship, male friendship,
and f/m romance. My favorites: Merlin trilogy (historical
fantasy) and Touch Not the Cat (romantic suspense with a touch
of historical fiction).
Rosemary
Sutcliff. Historical fiction, mainly set in Britain during
the Roman era. Includes family affection, male friendship, male
platonic companionship, male-female friendship, and some f/m romance.
My favorite: The Eagle of the Ninth series. (Fanlore
entry
for Rosemary Sutcliff.)
G. B. Trudeau.
Comic-strip narratives set in the USA from 1970 to the present.
Includes family affection, friendship (female-female, female-male,
male-male), and romance (mainly f/m). My favorite: Doonesbury.
Megan Whalen Turner.
Historical fantasy with a setting similar to the eastern
Mediterranean. Includes family affection, male friendship, male
platonic companionship, and f/m romance. My favorite: Queen's
Thief series.
Philip
Turner. Adventure novels set in England during the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes family affection and male
friendship. My favorite: Darnley Mills series.
Robb White:
Twentieth-century adventure fiction, especially World War II naval
novels. (Mr. White served in the United States Navy during World War
II.) Includes male friendship. My favorite: Silent Ship, Silent
Sea.
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