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Some of my favorite books available on Kindle Unlimited:
They Mostly Come Out At Night and Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton
Danse Macabre by Laura M. Hughes
The Half Killed by Quenby Olson
A Star Reckoners Lot by Darrell Drake
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
Jaeth's Eye by K. S. Villoso
Here are some that I haven't read, but have heard mostly positive things about:
The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
Revenant Winds by Mitchell Hogan
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R Fletcher
A Warrior's Path by Davis Ashura
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
Faithless by Graham Austin-King. He also has another series, The Riven Wyrde Saga, beginning with Fae - The Wild Hunt
Ours is the Storm by D. Thourson Palmer
Path of Man by Matt Moss
Threat of Madness by D.K. Holmberg
To Whatever End by Claire Frank
House of Blades by Will Wight
Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
The Woven Ring by M. D. Presley
Awaken Online: Catharsis by Travis Bagwell
Wolf of the North by Duncan M. Hamilton
Free the Darkness by Kel Kade
The Cycle of Arawn Trilogy by Edward W. Robinson
Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw
Benjamim Ashwood by AC Cobble
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
The Queens Poinsoner by Jeff Wheeler
Stiger's Tigers by Marc Alan Edelheit
Rise of the Ranger by Philip C. Quaintrell
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black
Here are some older fantasy and sci-fi books that I enjoyed:
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - African inspired S&S by an extremely talented writer.
Witch World as well as other good books by Andre Norton
Swords and Deviltry The first volume of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber - Many of the tropes of the rogue/thief came from this legendary duo created by Leiber. And it's worth noting that Leiber actually coined the term Sword & Sorcery. This collection contains 3 stories, two average origin stories for each character and the final story is the Hugo and Nebula winning novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" detailing the first meeting of Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser.
Swords Against Darkness - A '70s S&S anthology. It has few stinkers, a few mediocre stories, and a some really good ones. Poul Anderson and Ramsey Campbell both have awesome stories in this anthology that are well worth checking out. For some reason, there were quite a few typos in this book, it was slightly distracting, but may have been fixed since I read it.
The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore. I read this earlier this year and I absolutely loved it. The collection is all sci-fi and one Jirel of Joiry story, which is her famous female Sword & Sorcery character. I was suprised by how well her sci-fi stories held up, often times pulp sci-fi doesn't age well, but this collection was great. Moore was married to the writer Henry Kuttner, and up until his death they wrote a bunch of great stories together. Both of their collections are basically collaborations, although I'm sure a few stories were done solo. His collection The Best of Henry Kuttner features the short story that the movie The Last Mimzy was based on. And, if you are into the original Twilight Zone TV series there is a story that was adapted into a memorable season 1 episode entitled "What You Need". Kuttner and Moore are two of my favorite pulp authors and I'm not even that into science fiction, but I really enjoy their work.
list of linked fictions in order posted repeats omitted, see my other comments for what EY said about them.
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Mandragora (HP)
To The Stars (Madoka)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Betrayal (MLP)
Earthfic
Unequally Rational and Emotional(Negima/damn near everything)
The Missing Risk Premium (Non-Fic)
Mahou Sensei Negima manga
Harry Potter and the Natural 20 (HP/DnD)
Naruto: Game of the Year Edition(Naruto)
Big Human on Campus(Ranma/RosarioxVampire)
Friendship is Optimal (MLP)
Myou’ve Gotta Be Kidding Me(MLP)
Prince of the Dark Kingdom (HP)
Fallout Equestria (MLP)
Time Braid(Naruto)
Hybrid Theroy(Mega Crossover)
Luminosity (Twilight)
[Discworld] (http://i.imgur.com/kvqoC1h.jpg)
The Best Night Ever(MLP)
Imperfect Metamorphosis(Touhou)
Sanctum
Friendship is Optimal: Caelum est Conterrens(MLP)
Tales of Mu
Black Cloaks, Red Clouds (Naruto)
Dirty Old Men(Naruto)
The Eyre Affair (first novel in the Thursday Next series)
Postnuptial Disagreements(F/SN / Sekirei)
Saga of Soul
Murasakiiro no Qualia
NGE: Nobody Dies: The Trials of Kirima Harasami(Eva)
Love Lockdown(Naruto)
Worm
MLP Loops(MLP)
City of Angles
The Last Christmas
Branches on the Tree of Time(Terminator)
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Lord Voldemort(HP)
Emperor of Zero(Familiar of Zero/Napoleon)
Cenotaph(Worm)
Memoirs of a Human Flashlight(Worm/Exalted)
She Who Skitters in Darkness(Worm/Exalted)
Goblin Queen(Worm/Exalted)
Starry Eyes(Worm/Lovecraft)
Tale of Transmigration(Worm)
Bug on a Wire.(Worm)
Sunshine
Toasterverse(Avengers)
Back Again(LOTR)
Carpetbaggers(Narnia)
A Bluer Shade of White (Frozen)
Metropolitan Man(Superman)
Ra
Homestuck
In Fire Forged(Naruto)
Right Moments(Ranma)
Hitherby Dragons
Nice Dragons Finish Last
The Shadow of What Was Lost
The Unwelcome Warlock
Path of the King (F/SN)
Gate! Thus the JSDF Fought There
Weaver Nine(Worm)
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Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron. Like a breath of fresh air to the genre for me, while still having all that stuff you asked for. https://www.amazon.com/Nice-Dragons-Finish-Last-Heartstrikers-ebook/dp/B00LSV28DC
> I'd love to see an example of a romance novel about a 6.
I'm not sure I could find you a romance novel about a completely average guy. Partly that's because I like romance novels with a bit of action, and action-novel heroes are usually well above average even if you leave the romance out of the equation.
But I can come close. Try Wickedly Dangerous by Deborah Blake. It's brainless fun, but not bad. The guys in this series are just a smidgen above average: a divorced sheriff in a tiny rural town, a former firefighter struggling with PTSD, and so on. They're solid, decent guys, responsible citizens who do their best. It's the women in this series who are "wickedly dangerous," and who outshine the guys. The relationships are fairly cute and turn out to be pretty good matches.
An honorable mention goes to Julius in Nice Dragons Finish Last. By dragon standards, he's tiny, weak and pathetic, and he gets constantly abused by his family. But this is only an honorable mention, because (1) his niceness will eventually save the day, and (2) he's still stronger and faster than any ordinary human. This is still pretty brainless fun, but the writing is solid.
For more, you might have luck with a list like Beta Romantic Heroes:
> Other qualities of the beta male: shy, sweet, reliable, trustworthy, easygoing but not a pushover, quick to offer comfort, feels deeply, avoids confrontation.
"Beta heroes" is definitely a popular subgenre. There's some more discussion here and here.
On the physical side, I suppose I should make another honorable mention of Miles Vorkosigan, who gets a romance or two among all his action plots. Miles is extremely short, somewhat deformed, and suffers from extremely brittle bones. Physically, he's way below average. But he has inhuman determination. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he's attacked by other prisoners:
> The tunic was jerked off over Miles's head, the pants over his feet. Miles was too busy protecting his head from random kicks to fight much for his clothes, trying obliquely to take as many hits as possible on his belly or ribcage, not arms or legs or jaw. A cracked rib was surely the most injury he could afford right now, here, at the beginning. A broken jaw would be the worst.
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> His assailants desisted only a little before they discovered by experimentation the secret weakness of his bones.
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> "That's how it is in here, mutant," said the talker, slightly winded.
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> "I was born naked," Miles panted from the dirt. "Didn't stop me."
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> ...The second beating was worse than the first.
Miles is a born leader and tactical genius, and he's always in charge of any situation he finds himself in. Give him a vessel full of corrupt enemy mercenaries, and he'll bullshit and bluff and make them feel shame at their life choices and slovenly habits. Then he'll offer them the opportunity to feel pride again. Despite his physical limitations, Miles is far above average.
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Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron was great and funny at times. :)
Hmm. I have Kindle Unlimited so Amazon won't let me easily look up if a book is in Prime Reading too, so this may or may not apply (sorry) but these were the best I've read recently:
edit: Also why do so many of these Prime/KU requests always seem unpopular? "What are some good affordable books you can suggest" seems like a very reasonable question to me.
Rachel Aaron's heartstriker series is pretty good light hearted stuff.