![]() The horror/paranormal genre is now almost at gender parity, owing Then, there are the genres that have flipped. These categoriesĪlign with stereotypes about male interests: fantasy and science fiction, spy and political fiction, suspenseįiction, and adventure fiction, have all been consistently male-dominated since their introduction to the list.Ī best-selling female fantasy/sci-fi author today is just as rare as a best-selling female literary author in Best-Selling Novels by Author GenderĪlmost every category started out as heavily male-dominated, and many have stayed that way. ![]() Weekly 10-15 best-selling books since the 1940s.īy taking the set of books that made it onto the list each year and looking at the gender of the authors, weĬan track the changing relationship between author gender and commercial success. The Best Seller list is the equivalent of the Billboard Hot 100 for literature, tracking the List is one way to gauge how being a female writer today might be different from 70 years ago, in Shirley The gender ratio of the authors on the New York Times Best Seller I want to think that if a woman says she's a writer, today, people accept “I'll just put down housewife,” she said. The following exchange with the receptionist: ![]() ![]() She’s best known for “The Lottery,” which is one of the most famousĪmong the Savages, Jackson wrote about going to the hospital to deliver her third child, and having Shirley Jackson was a literary superstar of the 1940s, 50s and 60s. ![]()
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