Are there any romantic novels that are written by men?
Posted on October 21st, 2009 by admin
Sorry if this seems really random and strange, but have you noticed that all the novels with romantic storylines/men are written by women-classics and moderns. I wondered if anyone could tell me of one that is written by a man because if there aren’t any it would meant that they are just women’s fantasies. Sorry if this sounds like I’m trying to stereotype, I’m not, just curious!(and a hopeless romantic!)
Romance is a woman’s genre, which means that most readers of it are going to be women. Sci-fi, for instance is a male dominated genre and most of it’s readers are men. I’ve come across books that have male names on the cover, but I never paid much attention to them so I can’t give you the names. But, I’m also skeptical of the names on the covers of books. Many authors use pen names, and when you think a book is being written by a man it’s actually a woman. And, I’ve had my suspicions about at least one romance book that had a man’s name on the cover and I have this nagging feeling that it’s really a woman. Those things you never know unless you see a picture of the author or see him/her in person.
But, it makes sense that women authors dominate the romance genre, because most romance is read by women. As a woman I feel that other women know what I like to read when it comes to romance compared to men. But, that’s just me! So, to combat this kind of thinking from people like me there might be a male romance author who goes under a woman’s pen name. Just something to think about. Women do it with male dominated genre’s like Sci-fi, where they use a male-oriented pen name instead of their own.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:54 am
Have you checked out Nicholas Sparks he writes romantic novels like the notebook. I’m sure that there are more.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:31 am
Read books by Nicholas Sparks. He’s a great romance writer, and his books are well written.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 am
Nicholas Sparks is an amazing author. James Patterson has written some romantic novels as well like Suzannes Diary for Nicholas and a couple of more
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:50 am
Romance is a woman’s genre, which means that most readers of it are going to be women. Sci-fi, for instance is a male dominated genre and most of it’s readers are men. I’ve come across books that have male names on the cover, but I never paid much attention to them so I can’t give you the names. But, I’m also skeptical of the names on the covers of books. Many authors use pen names, and when you think a book is being written by a man it’s actually a woman. And, I’ve had my suspicions about at least one romance book that had a man’s name on the cover and I have this nagging feeling that it’s really a woman. Those things you never know unless you see a picture of the author or see him/her in person.
But, it makes sense that women authors dominate the romance genre, because most romance is read by women. As a woman I feel that other women know what I like to read when it comes to romance compared to men. But, that’s just me! So, to combat this kind of thinking from people like me there might be a male romance author who goes under a woman’s pen name. Just something to think about. Women do it with male dominated genre’s like Sci-fi, where they use a male-oriented pen name instead of their own.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:15 am
Marc Levy writes romantic novels. I’ve read only "7 Days for an Eternity" & it’s kinda different, not like Nicholas Sparks’ novels, but I loved it & I know that the movie "Just Like Heaven" with Reese Witherspoon is based on his book too…
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