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There are two possibilities: 1. Women write the same books as men. Then it doesn't matter what gender the author of a book has (from the perspective of the rea
by facepalm 10y ago
There are two possibilities:
1. Women write the same books as men. Then it doesn't matter what gender the author of a book has (from the perspective of the reader who only cares about a quality reading experience)
2. Women write different books than men. Then it is possible that certain groups of people simply like books written by men better than books written by women. It could be simply a matter of subject. For example, fewer women work in tech, so maybe also fewer women write about tech. A crowd overly interested in tech would end up reading fewer female authors.
Personally I find it very hard to find worthwhile books at all. So if you could recommend some female authors that are great, I would give them a try. Atm I can think of two living female novel writers that are on my "read everything by that author" list, Fred Vargas and JK Rowling. If you can provide me with another name for that list, I would be grateful.
- DanBC 10y ago> Fred Vargas It's great to see Fred Vargas get some recognition on HN. I'd recommend anything by Lauren Beukes, Susan Hill, or Caitlin Horrocks. (These aren't much like Fred Vargas.) Caitlin Horrocks' "This is not your city" collection of shorts is, I think, good. Susan Hill has written some great police procedurals, among others. "The Various Haunts of Men" is a great book. http://laurenbeukes.com/ http://laurenbeukes.com/ http://www.caitlinhorrocks.com/ http://www.caitlinhorrocks.com/ http://www.susanhill.org.uk/various-haunts-men http://www.susanhill.org.uk/various-haunts-men
- facepalm 10y agoThank you for the suggestions, will investigate. And I don't know any author quite like Fred Vargas :-)
- miraj 10y agoHere are some recent reads by female authors that I enjoyed: - "All the Birds in the Sky"(1) by Charlie Jane Anders - "The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help"(2) by Amanda Palmer - Graphic novels by Rutu Modan(3) - "The Kindness of Enemies"(4) by Leila Aboulela 1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25372801-all-the-birds-in-the-sky https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25372801-all-the-birds-i... 2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20980987-the-art-of-asking-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-let-people-hel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20980987-the-art-of-aski... 3. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/295672.Rutu_Modan https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/295672.Rutu_Modan 4. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25785299-the-kindness-of-enemies https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25785299-the-kindness-of...
- facepalm 10y agoThank you, I will check them out.