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Originally Posted by NickyWithNook
Hmm 6 of the 10 are written by women. That's just over half, so slightly most. I assume the ones written by women are the "female friendly" books?
I've read that women read books by men much more than men read books by women. Even with kids, girls will read books by men and with boy main characters, but boys won't read books by women and with girl main characters.
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Originally Posted by BelleZora
I doubt this is as true now as it once was. Boys are reading The Hunger Games trilogy. Boys, once upon a time, seemed to feel that enjoying something written by women endangered their manhood, but they seem more secure now.
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I agree, I think men now will read books by female authors and won't bat an eye. Two of my favorites are Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton. There are lots of others, but those two stand out to me. I wonder how many of those books men read a lot of in the past was actually written by women? I bet a good percentage of them were.