NPR Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books refreshingly Void-free

[james_davis_nicoll]

Just as I called it in June, "more sausages than Oktoberfest."



At quick glance says it's 13 15 women in the top 100. None in the top ten. In fact the first woman shows up at position 20 unless for some reason it's a bad idea to do this before coffee has sunk in and I missed one two.

[I am assuming Morgan's count is right and mine was wrong)

Comments

[ambyr.livejournal.com]

in a breakdown by authors, not books, what percentage of the top 237 were female versus male?

38 to 128; almost indistinguishable from the ratio of female/male-authored books.

[wynnsfolly.livejournal.com]

thanks
while I am not anyone's prime demographic - more the anti-demographic when it comes to marketing - I am pleased to report that the gender balance of our own bookshelves run far more to even or else female-heavy.