Amazon's best books of 2009 top ten work out as: non-fiction (5), historical (2), detective (1), general fiction (1), literary (1). If there is a romance novel anywhere in the entire top 100 "editors' favorites" it wasn't easy to find.
Publishers Weekly editors came up with best books of 2009 likewise including: non-fiction (5), literary (3), anthology (1), graphic novel (1)--books written by women (0).
Of all the books that came out this year these two editoral bodies not only chose similar genres, but 2 of the exact same books.
Gee, I wonder why book sections of papers and traditional review magazine are having a little trouble staying financially viable, when they are obviously very clear indeed when it comes to the types of books they like.
Publishers Weekly editors came up with best books of 2009 likewise including: non-fiction (5), literary (3), anthology (1), graphic novel (1)--books written by women (0).
Of all the books that came out this year these two editoral bodies not only chose similar genres, but 2 of the exact same books.
Gee, I wonder why book sections of papers and traditional review magazine are having a little trouble staying financially viable, when they are obviously very clear indeed when it comes to the types of books they like.
(The closest I can come to making sense of this is if they chose masculine-centric books in the hopes that a lot of these books will end up under Christmas trees.)
2 comments:
Wow, to me it felt like a whole year of Stephenie Meyer fandom at a fever pitch. Maybe I missed something.
Well, if editorial boards were full of young women the lists would look a little difference, methinks.
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