/lit/ - Literature

So I was reading Gardens of the Moon and dropped it as soon as I realised there were female soldiers running around and not one of them even got raped. Is there such equality nonsense in the Wheel of Time? I'm looking for a reasonable fantasy series I can read after The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings where the writer doesn't ask you to suspend your disbelief to such lengths. I don't even care so much about leftoid things like gay shit, but women wearing plate armour as though they were equal to men is the stupidest thing in fantasy. Plus they don't even get raped which is even more farcical, but I digress.

I work on a ship and spend 8+ hours a day cruising the ocean with a Bluetooth speaker playing audiobooks / podcasts.
Currently on book 8 of WoT and for thr most part really enjoying it because the narrators are so great, and I can focus on work and miss a paragraph and not be completely lost.
Can I get some reccomendations for some other authors / series / books that I might also enjoy ? Thanks in advance.