Statistics, reader categories, and book genres…

This post is for writers…and readers! Let me start by saying that men suck at reading. Statistically, women beat us hands down. This is a modern phenomenon. You’ve all seen those movies and TV shows that are period pieces about the 1700s and 1800s, even early 20th century. The rich old boys had their impressive libraries filled with leather-bound classics and even recent “popular works,” all in good order in exquisitely carved cases and shielded with sliding glass doors to keep them from the...