People read books that are of interest to them. The genre I read happens to be dominated by male authors, although I have read some female writers too. I have a couple of books written by women on-deck on my Kindle. I never read a book *because* it was written by a woman, unless that has some bearing on the subject. I read a lot of Old West history and pioneer memoirs. A memoir written by a woman is going to express a woman’s experience, which in many ways is going to be different from that of a man.
Heather MacDonald is an excellent contemporary writer about conservatism, diversity, politics, and the police. I’ve read her articles which are extremely well researched, but I haven’ tread her books yet.
Amity Schlaes is another excellent female writer about American history. Her 2014 “The Forgotten Man” is outstanding.
These are two areas of interest of mine and I don’t care a whit about the gender of the writer. I look for excellence.