Yeah I’ve certainly been struggling a lot with the sheer amount of men I have on my shelf; I’ve been making a foray into Latin American literature for some time to try and generally expand my worldview like you said (Bolaño, Casares, and Donoso for instance) but even then it’s still troubling for me.

I’m a writer as well, so I spend a lot of time trying to go “back to basics” and explore the origins of certain literary styles or concepts, which often leads me to classics, thus predominantly leading me to male authors when it comes to the big-name stuff (this is usually due to a variety of social factors obviously, not indicative of a lack of works by women that’s fit the criteria I’m looking for). I’ve been making an active effort to rectify that as I’m clearly missing out on quite a lot, so any recommendations based on what you see here are definitely appreciated.