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In my opinion genre fiction is more useful to us, as students, because literary fiction is boring and hard to get through at most points. With Genre fiction students can enjoy a lot easier because the majority of popular genre fiction is simple and enjoyable. Even if it’s assigned, genre fiction won’t be as annoying to read as literary fiction. Students would be able to understand the books a lot better because the need to look deeper into the story comes naturally rather than forced.

In schools, there still should be a healthy mix of both genre and literary fiction. The reason for this is to keep students engaged and thinking critically. Literary fiction allows a teacher to teach lessons that the book teaches and genre fiction can be used to have the students figure out the meaning for themselves.

In my opinion only the reader gets to decide what is good writing and what is bad writing. We all have different opinions and different tastes. It’s the same thing with food. Some of us like Mexican while others like Chinese, some of us like science fiction and some of us like autobiographies. It all depends on the reader. Best seller lists are just references for those looking to read a new book and pick out what they would like best. That way you can create your own best seller list.