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The Death of Misery-Lit?

Depravity, drink, drug addiction and abuse are hardly the most uplifting subjects for a leisurely read. But for years, misery memoirs have been the toast of the book world, with stories of human suffering generating huge sales. But new figures suggest readers have reached their pain threshold and the mis lit boom may be over.

Via Conversational Reading

This was never my cup of tea to begin with. Still, there will always be a market for stories of heartbreak and lost love… I hope.[1]


  1. No, of course this has nothing to do with my in-progress novel. Of course not. No, I did not just kick my notes into the fire. ↩

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