Alcatraz has a male main character
Elantris has three main characters, two male and one female.
Warbreaker has (I think) four main characters, two female and two male.
And Mistborn has a female main character, though arguably Elend take a main role by book 3.
So by my count, that's 7 published novels, and a male/female lead ratio of 6 to 6.
I think it's just that he writes powerfully strong female leads, so they stand out. Whereas we're all used to powerful male leads.
When I said "I would like him to write more books with male protagonists" I meant epic fantasy. I've read Alcatraz and I like it, but I guess I should have clarified that I was just thinking about epic fantasy.
I think it was Reaves comment that made me realize what I wanted was more male protagonists, not just strong male main characters. I haven't read
Elantris in a long time (I need to re-read it), but it is the only published Sanderson book I've read with an actual male protagonist. (And I've read all of Sanderson's published books and some of his unpublished works.)
And a little more about
Elantris...
RE: Elantris - I considered the princess to be the (capital M, capital C) Main Character. She certainly seemed to have the most screen time.
Like I said before, I haven't read
Elantris in a long time, but if Sortitus is correct and the princess has more screen time than Raoden, it muddies the water a little bit. I believe Raoden is still the protagonist of
Elantris, but if the main female character has as much or more POVs than the male protagonist, it still confirms echigo109's observation that "All of the books that i've read by brandon sanderson has a girl main character".
I'm just saying that I observed the same thing echigo109 did.
Elantris - male protagonist, but the main female character seems to steel the show
MB trilogy - female protagonist
Warbreaker - female protagonist* - the two most common POVs were female
In my mind all 5 of Sanderson's published epic fantasy either had a female protagonist, or the female main character stole the show.
I'm a guy and I grew up reading fantasy where the protagonist is almost always a guy. I guess that's how I've come to expect my fantasy. I do really enjoy the WoT with its many female main characters and POVs, but I get the impression Sanderson is going a little overboard with all of his female protagonists and main characters. Don't get me wrong, I like his books, but my favorite book of his is
Dragonsteel. I think I like
Dragonsteel more than all the books he's published because the protagonist AND the main POV is a guy. I relate to him more.
-- slight
Warbreaker spoiler -- you've been warned
* - I realize the protagonist of
Warbreaker depends on how you define the term. Now that I think about it, the "hero" of the book turned out to be someone else, but for the purposes of this thread I think we can agree the story was about the two sisters.