Book Quote by Jennifer Weiner

Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts.

— Siri Hustvedt

“There are books written by women. There are books written by men. Somehow, though, it is only books by women, or books about certain…

— Roxane Gay

“Women's fiction is just a marketing category, designed to appeal more to women than to men. But there are stories in that category that…

— Kristine Grayson

“Narratives about certain experiences are somehow legitimized when mediated through a man’s perspective. Consider the work of John Updike or Richard Yates. Most of…

— Roxane Gay

There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these…

— L.A. Weatherly

I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels…

— Anne Bronte

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.

— Karin Slaughter

Literary fiction is kept alive by women. Women read more fiction, period.

— Khaled Hosseini

I have not much faith in women in fiction.... Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When…

— Willa Cather

As a reader, I have always enjoyed 'ranty' books, but they are all written by men.

— Claire Messud

There used to be a category called women's fiction - meaning not too rude, not too much sex, a bit domestic and internal. Women…

— Janet Fitch