What About the Men? (Published 2022)

What to ReadFind Your Next BookSummer Fiction PicksSummer Nonfiction PicksBest Books of 2024Best Books Since 2000You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Skip to contentSkip to site indexFictionTwo speculative novels imagine rather drastic rearrangements to our existing gender relations.Credit...Kristina TzekovaSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTBy Naomi AldermanJune 12, 2022THE MEN, by Sandra NewmanWHEN WOMEN WERE DRAGONS, by Kelly BarnhillAre women, when you get right down to it, better than men?Some think we are. They point to statistics: Men commit most violent crime and have started most wars. So, if women could physically overpower men or get rid of them altogether, would things be better? Two new novels investigate.In Sandra Newman’s “The Men,” all cisgender men and transgender women suddenly vanish. When the protagonist Jane’s husband and son disappear from their camping vacation, she...