Gender Gap

We talked last week about which books are marketed toward women and which are for men. Here is the Sunday Times bestseller list, marked in pink, blue, or yellow (gender ambiguous). I'm curious to see how it'll go. I'm judging solely upon the brief descriptions beneath each title. (Clearly women can be interested in zombies and men can be interested in finding true love. I'm not interested in making a point about gender interests, but in the gender gap in the book market.) If this is interesting, I'll post next week's, too:

1 FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin’s, $27.95.) Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend Joe Morelli become involved when his cousin’s bank robbery goes bad. 1
2 SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A sailing vacation turns into a disaster when someone attempts to destroy a family. 1 2
3 THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender. 3 7
4 CHASING HARRY WINSTON, by Lauren Weisberger. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) Three glamorous friends, New York women nearing 30, vow to change their lives. 6 4
5 LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) A woman’s happy marriage is shaken. 5 6
6 NOTHING TO LOSE, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $27.) Jack Reacher exposes the secrets of a Colorado town. 2 3
7 PLAGUE SHIP, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. (Putnam, $26.95.) Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must determine what happened on a cruise ship full of dead bodies. 4 3
8 THE BROKEN WINDOW, by Jeffery Deaver. (Simon & Schuster, $26.95.) Detectives Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs confront a criminal who frames innocent people. 7 2
9 THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his uncle murders his father. 14 2
10 * NO CHOICE BUT SEDUCTION, by Johanna Lindsey. (Pocket Books, $25.) Sir Anthony Malory’s daughter is kidnapped, with repercussions for Katey and Boyd Anderson. 1
11 THE BEACH HOUSE, by Jane Green. (Viking, $24.95.) A woman’s life changes when she rents out rooms in her Nantucket house. 1
12 * ODD HOURS, by Dean R. Koontz. (Bantam, $27.) Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, confronts evil forces in a California coastal town. 8 5
13 MARRIED LOVERS, by Jackie Collins. (St. Martin’s, $26.95.) An affair between a beautiful personal trainer and a producer married to Hollywood royalty leads to murder. 9 2
14 SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A woman finds an unexpected love. 10 8
15 THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. (Harper, $23.95.) A Lab-terrier mix with great insight into the human condition helps his owner, a struggling race car driver. 13 5
16 * BLOOD NOIR, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Berkley, $25.95.) The vampire hunter Anita Blake is involved in a scandal that threatens the master vampire Jean-Claude’s power. 12 4