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That genre is harder to define than you'd think. Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/04/2012 11:54:32 PM
Do you read/enjoy mainstream, popular novels?

For instance, thanks to the big splash the movie is making, I understand that Collins' Hunger Games is now actually the single best-selling novel of the moment, around here. Makes it mainstream almost per definition, wouldn't you say? And I absolutely do intend to read that one, since the movie was a lot of fun.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon's Shadow of the Wind topped the charts for ages, I read that one and enjoyed it well enough, as well... and then there's Umberto Eco's books, each one he releases is a big bestseller, even though they're a far cry from easy or accessible to a large audience.
What authors do you think of when answering the above? I'm still not quite sure who qualifies, but I'm thinking of people like Cussler, Patterson, etc. Authors who seem to always have some best seller or another floating around.

I don't know how to define it either, but I'm fairly sure that e.g. Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy should qualify, or Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. :P And I did read those, liked them well enough, though they were rather light reading.
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Due to a recent discovery, I have a question to ask. nossy - 14/04/2012 03:15:57 PM 1212 Views
Not really, but I used to be quite keen on Wilbur Smith's Egyptian novels. Tim - 14/04/2012 04:43:22 PM 849 Views
You might like this Rollins fella then. *NM* nossy - 16/04/2012 09:07:02 PM 389 Views
Unless you count John Irving as such... DomA - 14/04/2012 09:39:39 PM 943 Views
Maybe I do? nossy - 16/04/2012 09:07:47 PM 935 Views
That genre is harder to define than you'd think. Legolas - 14/04/2012 11:54:32 PM 892 Views
Re: That genre is harder to define than you'd think. DomA - 15/04/2012 05:58:17 PM 1144 Views
Wellll, I wouldn't call it a "genre," exactly. nossy - 16/04/2012 09:09:32 PM 833 Views
From the impression I gather from amazon... A Deathwatch Guard - 15/04/2012 12:04:47 AM 877 Views
Re: From the impression I gather from amazon... nossy - 16/04/2012 09:20:19 PM 831 Views
It looked like a pretty accurate list of books that make it big and into convenience stores, to me. Legolas - 16/04/2012 10:04:09 PM 847 Views
A...store? A Deathwatch Guard - 17/04/2012 07:09:38 AM 953 Views
Um, Dan Brown counts right? Stephen - 15/04/2012 12:47:47 AM 845 Views
Yes. nossy - 16/04/2012 09:13:42 PM 856 Views
not really. my parents used to and i would read their books but that was a long time ago. *NM* temeraire - 16/04/2012 05:44:15 AM 357 Views
You mean those things hoi polloi read? Tom - 16/04/2012 06:49:31 PM 894 Views
I don't think you did your redneck slang right. nossy - 16/04/2012 09:12:31 PM 905 Views
You may have to get more specific about the authors you're thinking of, then. *NM* Legolas - 16/04/2012 10:05:05 PM 339 Views
Wouldn't Harry Potter count? *NM* Ghavrel - 17/04/2012 10:21:43 AM 377 Views
I used to read Tom Clancy, John Grisham, David Baldacci and the like. Rebekah - 17/04/2012 12:31:03 PM 981 Views
Especially on vacations. Kel - 17/04/2012 01:03:31 PM 942 Views
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