Books Quote by M.Z.Riffi

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

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

— Khaled Hosseini

Women are books, and men the readers be...

— Benjamin Franklin

“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

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

— Lisa Gardner

“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

I think people assume that women write about the domestic sphere. Women write about relationships and family. Men do, too, but then it's the…

— Molly Ringwald

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

— Karin Slaughter

“I read an article that said women who read these kinds of books are smarter than the average woman.”

— Willow Winters

“Lots of women read fiction. Most men don't. Women read fiction written by women and by men. Most men don't. If a man opens…

— Siri Hustvedt

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

— Curtis Sittenfeld