It wasn’t the first time Jenner’s influence had moved the publishing needle: Earlier in 2019, a paparazzi photo of the model lounging poolside while reading Darcie Wilder’s literally show me a healthy person had led to an Amazon run on that Book.

And so it follows that if there’s one prevailing theme in the literary world right now, it’s that the industry’s most influential members — from behind-the-scenes publicity powerhouses to the biggest authors to prominent critics to podcast hosts to, you know, supermodels — are overwhelmingly women.

Celeste Ng is the best-selling author of Everything I’ve Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere (which, yes, is a forthcoming Hulu series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington), which already makes her a powerhouse in the lit world, but her most recent power move is bound to prove more foundationally influential than even having a TV adaptation in the works.

Well, luckily for all of us, Kreizman can not only be found writing about books (her byline can be spotted everywhere from Vanity Fair to New York Magazine to BuzzFeed to the Wall Street Journal ), but you can listen to her interview authors every week on her smart, incisive, and brilliantly named podcast, The Maris Review.

Jones has helped promote everything from experimental poetry to runaway best-sellers, like Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give , but what she does most consistently is work to amplify the kind of writing that hasn’t traditionally been prioritized.

And Daley Farr , at Coffee House Press, helps get heaps of attention for books like Naja Marie Aidt’s When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back , Trisha Low’s Socialist Realism , and Temporary by Hilary Leichter.