Did the Big 5 Ruin Literary Fiction?

Written By TBR Lowdown

In season 4 episode 160, we discuss two articles about the Big 5 ruining literary fiction and literary fiction not being a real thing.

Books mentioned in this episode.

Divine Days by Leon Forrest
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Rayborne
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

Articles we discussed:
The Big Five Publishers Have Killed Literary Fiction
Literary Fiction is not real

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