The Times observes that not so long ago, literary fiction was dominated by men: Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan - the list goes on. But no longer. Now, women are well and truly in charge. Last year, nine of the top ten best-selling works of literary fiction were by women. Helped by adaptations of her novels for Netflix, Margaret Atwood came out on top. The only man on the list is Haruki Murakami, from Japan. Here's the list:
1. Margaret Atwood
2. Helen Dunmore
3. Sarah Perry
4. Naomi Alderman
5. Elena Ferrante
6. Haruki Murakami
7. Ali Smith
8. Zadie Smith
9. Maggie O'Farrell
10. Arundhati Roy
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