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- February 6th, 2010, 9:43 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Men and Fiction
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18717
Re: Men and Fiction
I checked the top sellers, and the data was not overwhelmingly female. On the 2009 USA Today list of best sellers, there were 20 women and 15 men with at least one work of fiction. On the 2008 USA Today list of best sellers over the year, there were 19 men and 16 women with one or more works of fict...
- February 6th, 2010, 12:39 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Men and Fiction
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18717
Re: Men and Fiction
Well, I just checked the Costa/Whitebread Prize Debut Novel Winners and the Guardian First Book Prize Award. If you add up all of the writers shortlisted for a story collection or novel from 01 to 09 with respect to Guardian First Book Prize Award, there were 13 women and 12 men. 8 of the winners si...
- February 5th, 2010, 6:51 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Men and Fiction
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18717
Re: Men and Fiction
For those who argue more new female writers, any data outright that shows that? In any case, there was a rise in readers and especially young people reading without any mention of gender, according to this study. Moreover, are their really fewer men reading than ever before? The National Endowment o...