Do you read many books written by women?

The gender of an author doesn't really matter all that much to me. Although a huge number of authors that I read are women: Tracy Harding; Robin Hobb; Jennifer Fallon; Diana Gabaldon and Isobelle Carmody are my top picks! Tracy Harding was the first fantasy writer I read and as an added bonus she is Australian!

by lizzi

I have to admit, most of the books I read are still written by men. To continue the theme here, it's not by design - it's just the way it works out.

It probably doesn't help that a large number of the books I read are role-playing games or supplements for games. Despite having reached gender parity among the playing community, the writing and production of the things is still pretty dude-heavy.

by Paul Douglas

I think the majority of the books I read these days are written by women. That's not really by design, it just happens that way. Maybe it's partly because I prefer reading books that are about women and perhaps more of those are written by women.

by Jennifer Muirhead

I don't know how young boys feel about reading books by women anymore, but I certainly don't think it is as much of a problem as it used to be. Since J.K. Rowling, I think boys probably aren't as bothered about reading books by women.

I don't generally pay a huge amount of attention to whether the book I read is by a man or a woman. In some case I've read books that I thought were written by one gender and turned out to be the other. As well as J.K. Rowling, other female authors I've read are Tove Janssen, Dodie Smith, and a number of the classic writers.

by Bryony Harrison

A lot of the books I read are by female authors. In fact, I have a stack of books by Margaret Atwood I've yet to read.

by Vee

These days I mostly read books written by female authors . I don't consciously choose women authors, I just find I like the way they write. Also, the majority of the songs I like are sung by women.

by Marie Vonow

I find gender of the writer is irrelevant - I would read it anyway

by kit.m

I don't actually read any book on the gender of the author. I read books by my favourite authors who can be male or female. If I enjoy the book, it doesn't matter to me who wrote it.

by norma

I tend to go writer or subject rather than select something by gender - that said, I'm on a Joan Didion kick, and I just read 2 books by women authors for book club....

by Lydia C. Lee

I tend to read books that interest me- the gender of the author is irrelevent.

I also understand why some authors may decide to take on a pen name to sell their books, but I don't really think that this is a trend that is as neccessary these days- in my opinion, a good story is a good story, regardless of who wrote it!

by Catherine Van Bergen