Why are current fiction books so terrible?

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HollyJollyHanukka — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 02:09 AM)

Post on your main, Ted.
Blocked.
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soapbox original gangster — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 04:46 AM)

It can't be all current fiction. Do you know of any contemporary novels you like?

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Steve Lake — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 05:00 AM)

She's a big Ta- Nehisi Coates Fan.
The only poster who had his account banned 4 times without ever breaking any rules each of those times.

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HollyJollyHanukka — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 04:41 PM)

No.
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Donna2.0 — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 06:00 PM)

Because writers don't have to be technically great authors. Nobody had imagination anymore except for filmmakers.
Put a muzzle on Tits Malone, PI

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SpiritCookingwithLeo — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 09:32 PM)

You're totally correct. Written for baby brains.
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rhh — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 10:13 PM)

Stop getting your novels from Barnes & Noble.

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Missing Persons Report — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 10:19 PM)

Does 'current fiction' mean fiction set in current times or fiction written in current times?

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PaulFagstein — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 10:21 PM)

And what is the criteria for current times?

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HollyJollyHanukka — 2 months ago(January 28, 2026 10:47 PM)

Fiction written within the past 5 years.
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Tits Malone, PI — 2 months ago(January 31, 2026 07:18 PM)

Think you can do better?
Donna/LadyGigi Savige needs to sit her ass down!

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It's fucking terrible — 2 months ago(February 01, 2026 01:28 AM)

Blame Harry Potter. It showed you can sell kids books to adults.