\u201cWhy men have stopped reading fiction,\u201d<\/a> Ideas, Aug. 10): They read more nonfiction. Anecdotally, I suspect, as a man, that this is part of the eternal male psyche \u2014 a desire to have all the answers. Obviously this is an impossible task, but our male egos demand the attempt. Our need to understand the next thing, and have an irrefutable opinion about it (whether correct or not), drives many of us toward nonfiction. Let me emphasize, despite my own susceptibility to this trait, I am not arguing it is a good thing. And now I will return to the reading of Charles Dickens\u2019s \u201cBleak House,\u201d as suggested by my daughter-in-law \u2014 a truly wonderful read.<\/p>\nPerry Cottrelle<\/p>\n
Malden<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s where to find novels being published \u2018for men\u2019<\/p>\n
Schick seems to conflate publishing-industry marketing skewed toward novels featuring \u201cpriorities many men don\u2019t connect with\u201d with an overall lack of novels being published that would interest men. But you don\u2019t have to go back to Hemingway and Updike to find \u201cbooks that men could be reading,\u201d as the author suggests. There are plenty of books \u201cfor men,\u201d written by men, being published. If books \u201cfor men\u201d aren\u2019t getting the attention they once did, which apparently makes men think they don\u2019t exist, fellas should do what we women have been doing all our lives. When you want to find a good book to read, go to the bookstore or library and look at the books until you find one you like. You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n
Maureen Milliken<\/p>\n
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