Great list … but unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly reflects male authors. It will be wonderful when female literary fiction authors are given equal recognition to male authors. I wonder what a 21st century list will reveal? Will time be enough to change this trend?
Many have argued that the issue of recognition of female literary fiction authors is more deeply structural - that the literary industry and our literary culture needs a shake-up in order to value women as serious writers who write not only for other women but for a male readership, too.
