I want book suggestions of sci-fi with an all-male main cast.
It's just as described by the thread title. I want stories with an all-male main cast. I want no female characters within it. I care not about how side female characters outside it are represented. I am only concerned with the story's main cast.
There's something special about an all-male main cast. It's just beautiful to watch male brotherhoods standing side by side even to a journey's bitter end. I like those stories much as a man myself.
by faros-hhhbbdd
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Go read Warhammer 40k books.
“I care not…”
Why didn’t you dispatch the town crier to solicit responses, m’lord?
Yes. Go read the horus heresy in warhammer. There are 55+ books. If there are any females, then they will not last long.
If you want that “brotherhood in space / on a mission together” vibe, The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey is probably the closest big sci-fi hit – especially early on with Miller, Holden, and the crew dynamics. It’s not strictly all-male across the whole story, but it definitely leans hard into that found-crew, men-under-pressure energy you’re talking about.
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi also scratches that military sci-fi brotherhood itch really well – squad dynamics, camaraderie, and a lot of focus on men going through extreme situations together.
Substack’s The Next One Piece (thenextonepiece [dot] substack [dot] com) has been my favourite story recently – it actually leans into that same “standing side by side through impossible stakes” feeling, with a core group dynamic built around loyalty, conflict, and survival under pressure, even though it’s not limited to an all-male cast.
If you want something more classic-feeling, The Forever War by Joe Haldeman is another one where the soldier-to-soldier bond and isolation really drives the story more than anything else.