Best books for boys

I just received an email. "Amazon's Best Books of the Year ... So Far"

We've had this discussion, but still, it rankles. Sixteen books listed in the body of the email, one written by a woman. A children's book.

Who's picking these books? That's what I'd like to know, but I have my suspicions. When you go to the web pages to see "more," one woman author is listed among the ten additional fiction picks. A Shannon wrote the first one listed, but he's a guy.

Needless to say, the nonfiction books were all by men. In best hidden gems, a female co-author (probably the main writer, but not the "expert") gets a nod.

And, of course, five of the ten total books for children/YA were written by women. Because we're so good at that.