A couple of British researchers surveyed men and women about their reading habits and oh no! We read different things!

lol

The LA Times has bulleted some of the results (registration required). Here’s a couple:

* No male authors made the women’s top five, and no female authors made the men’s top five.

* Only four books made both top 20 lists.

You know what’s funny? Back (waaaay back) when I was an undergraduate and indulged in the conceit that being a writer meant being a literary writer, I assumed my audience would be male as well as female.

Now, I could care less about writing for men. No offense, men, I think you’re adorable but it’s complicated to communicate with you.

My dog training book probably appeals well to women, and my novels-in-progress are romances, so they skew to gal readers. Fortunately that means my writing is targeted at the largest market segment, in both cases.

But I’m thinking, it may be a bit trickier to do a commercially viable books if you’re a man . . . hmmmm. Unless of course you channel a Navaho & send your MS to Esquire. lol