“Chick lit is a genre fiction which addresses issues of womenhood, often humorously and lightheartedly.” That is the definition of the genre over at Goodreads and it got me thinking what’s the male equivalent of chick lit?
Dude Prose?
I can’t even seem to think of any book that would fall under that genre. How do you begin to classify them? Is american psycho a dude book? Is blood meridian a dude book? is brandon sanderson and his books as a whole fall under dude lit because dudes tend to always recommend him?
Can any dude help me out here?
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Tom Clancy?
Nick Hornsby once referred to his “genre” as “lad lit” though he started having female protagonists so it didn’t work but books like HIGH FIDELITY probably qualify as lad lit.
Cormac McCarthy is what I thought of yeah lol
It’s not quite the same maybe, but historical war fiction (Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Conn Iggulden etc) feels like a male equivalent to romantic fantasy (Sarah J Maas etc).
Lad lit is the established term, but it’s hardly ever been used. I’m sure someone can give you a more structured answer. But my thought is that it’s probably a parallel to how women’s movies get tossed into the chick flick pile, and every other movie that doesn’t pass the Bechdel test is just… a movie.
Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt series springs to mind. Maybe some of John Ringo, like Paladin of Shadows series.
Historically that’s been called “literature” because the male experience was the universal standard
Fratire
Once upon a time there was “dick lit” a la Tucker Max I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell but im not sure this ever became a true publishing niche