#literary fiction

Do people who only read bestsellers have worse taste in books?

Is reading literary fiction a necessary marker of intelligence, or just a snobbish status symbol?

Do people who only read literary fiction secretly look down on everyone else?

Do literary snobs gatekeep 'real reading' by dismissing genre fiction as trash?

Has literary fiction become too pretentious for its own good, or am I just bitter?

Should popular fiction be judged by the same standards as literary fiction, or are we gatekeeping the wrong things?

Are people who only read “highbrow” literature just gatekeeping a dying hobby from genre fiction fans?

Are people who only read fantasy and romance less "serious" readers than literary fiction snobs?

Do you secretly judge people who only read self-help books and not "real" literature?