Lately there has been huge buzz about the lack of women in some of the largest publications’ book lists.  One example is Publishers Weekly’s Top Books of 2009 list which was completely devoid of women authors.  This has sparked an interesting debate as well as a hot trending topic on twitter #fembook.  BookSwim understands the importance of equal representation – and that doesn’t mean that there needs to be an even amount of men and women within any given book list, but that there is an equal vetting process.  We took a look at our Top Favorited Authors page.  This page is generated by the number of members we have that have selected an author as their favorite.  One could call it a popularity contest in a way.  As of writing this article, 7 of the top 10 authors are women.

#1 James Patterson

#2 Jodi Picoult

#3 Dean Koontz

#4 Stephanie Meyer

#5 Janet Evanovich

#6 Laurell K. Hamilton

#7 Nicholas Sparks

#8 Nora Roberts

#9 Jennifer Weiner

#10 Charlaine Harris

What are your thoughts on the top 10 “Most Favorited” authors?

-Nick