I read tons of fanfic and also read 30 books this year. It’s doable! Honestly I read very different fan fic VS books…I like to read romantic fanfic with the typical tropes (there was only one bed!) but I can’t read romance books because they make me cringe. No idea why. Just wanted to throw out there that you can discover new genres you like through books. Just gotta try though. Read some thriller, beach read romances, literary fiction, memoirs, and see what sticks. Use libby!

Also this might not help because I don’t know the English market for this well…but in Korean there are many ‘web fiction’ works that are published through certain apps and definitely have omegaverse etc. I count them as real books. Maybe there could be translated versions? I’m reading a serialized web novel right now that is about a guy who turns into a cat and then needs to play a survival game of getting an owner…and the potential owner is a celebrity he loves. Chaos ensues.

Reading is reading, but I also agree I get something different out of reading ‘real books’ even though I enjoy both! I also made myself just sub on ao3 to the authors I like and only read their completed work rather than constantly being on the hunt for new fanfic haha. It’s helped me be more equal in my reading.