And the only female author on this list is....

[neddy_s]

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[blahthequah]

I didnt know that The Great Gatsby was by Ruth Prigozy

[neddy_s]

OMG how did I miss that? And Wealth of Nations. Hm, maybe this list is of alternative-universe imaginary Borgean books. That would be cool.

[cacophonesque]

Yeah, The Grapes of Wrath also seems to be from an alternate universe.

[blue_thundering]

I think I threw up in my mouth just now. This is almost as ridiculous as the 100 Greatest Writers of All Time list. I don't mind the making of such lists, even if they yield moronic outcomes like your referenced list about, but the espousing of them as absolute and incontrovertible is just ridiculous.

[blahthequah]

or that George Ehrenhaft wrote The Grapes of Wrath

[mlknchz]

I'm also FAIRLY sure Plato wrote "The Republic of Plato".

I must also call bullshit on any list of "books for men" that doesn't include John Buchan, AEW Mason, Jim Cain, Sax Rohmer, H Rider Haggard, Jim Thompson, or Dashiell FUCKING Hammett

[thevanisher]

i think atwood should be required reading for men.

[neddy_s]

I totally agree. Just finished The Robber Bride, which wasn't fantastic but I can't remember the last time I read a book from a female POV. Then I read The Last Witchfinder, which is a male author writing a female protagonist, and it was truly excellent. Are there any other men who write good female narrators? I can't think of any at the moment.

[mlknchz]

I quite enjoyed "The Blind Assassin"

[neddy_s]

Haven't read that yet, will put on the list.