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I won’t lie — there are definitely a few volumes on my bookshelves that are there more because they look interesting/attractive than because of their literary value. Helps to round out my collection of books, in a way.

Cover is the first thing you know about a book and it is a genre-definer. More books are sold because of a well-made cover than because the book is good.

That being said, nowadays few books/authors live up to their initial hype or survive the best-selling lists for a long time. Reading in a certain genre feels like burning matches one after another, and it's making me disillusioned on the industry, to be honest.

I have a collection of really cute Barbara Pym's, but she's fantastic, so win-win for me.

Perfectly well said and so true

Pay wall on the article damn would love to have read it