In your opinion, are today's Best Seller books, especially the fiction, really that good?

I was waiting to get my tires rotated yesterday at SAM’S CLUB, and was looking at the best seller books—20–30 were displayed—as I waited.

Maybe its just me, but I didn’t see ANY fiction books which spawned the slightest bit of interest in me.

I recognized a few famous authors who have been writing best sellers for decades. But the books were over 1,000 pages and mostly dabbled in miscellaneous, rambling details that were not all that out of the ordinary. There was no colourful or original language. In four hours of reading two books, the plots / stories went nowhere.

I know I’m cynical and critical of things which may be perfectly fine. But I cannot imagine that these best sellers are representative of the best writing, the best minds, the best fiction out there.

Every now and then, an R.K. Rowling, Stephen King, John Grisham or Garrison Keillor emerges.

But even some of the well known authors who have been successful for decades seem to be producing some rather dull material. There must be better authors out there, waiting to be discovered.

What’s your opinion on today’s best sellers?