What's with male fiction writers? [View all]

Last edited Sun Dec 22, 2024, 08:24 PM - Edit history (2)

I saw a discussion elsewhere about the decreasing number of male fiction writers. The theories ranged from women dominating publishing to men adopting female pen names. The other day I conducted an eyeballing, guestimating, some counting review of the recent (last 18 months or so) fiction books at our library, and my results were that only 10% or so were by men. Admittedly I could be off by a lot, but no way was it 50% men.

Has anyone else noticed this?

Theories?

Edit: The "statistic" I cited represents a drastic change over the years/decades. I'm female, but , all things being equal, I gravitate to male authors. I'm finding fewer and fewer to choose from at the library.