Booksology Bridge of Sighs It is not a new book, but the third book to be selected by the Opra Book Club, published in 2007, written by a white male writer. In June she chose Wallyram The river is waitingthe third title selected by the author of the Book Club. Her July pick was by Bruce Holsinger Negligence.
Three white authors chose back-to-back back-to-back back during the summer when media headlines got lots of male reading and author crisis. The New York Times asked “where did men who read novels go?” and the Atlantic revealed “the real reason why men should read fiction.” A new publisher called Conduit Books announced this summer its goal of focusing on male writers and Vox fact-checking statistics that lead to much of male reading panic. Vox also points out that Substack Platform has become a cool place for both male readers of literature and male prominent novels of literature.
And even before this summer, the paper on the record emphasized that we should be worried about the loss of a literary man in December.
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Since the beginning of 2025, Oprah’s Book Club has selected two books written by women. Neither is a novel. First, Amy Griffin TeruGriffin’s experiences use psychedelic supportive therapy to work through childhood trauma that she couldn’t escape. Second, patriarch Tina Knowles’s writings, as she has been told in her own voice, are the story of Beyoncé and Solange’s mother. Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Joy It provides readers with works of literary novels from the author’s voices that identify in gender margins.
Oprah Re– Photographed the famous book, Eckert Tolle’s The new earth Kick-off 2025 and continue in February The state of dreams Eric Puhner.
It is impressive to see such a gender gap unfold, especially when it comes to works that win Oprah’s seal of approval in 2025, compared to the book club of fellow book lover Lease, who has emphasized and defended women’s books. We never know if Oprah intentionally worked to highlight male literary novels as a result of seeing headlines denounced the loss of a literary man. But one thing is for sure. There is no shortage of books that focus on male stories.
Perhaps it’s fair to say that it’s not entirely surprising either.
