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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
They are also too often Romance Books, likely encountered while waiting in
the checkout line. They may also be purchased, overwhelmingly by female readers.
Where it is not a Romance book the individual referenced in such a title is
often a murder victim, in a Mystery novel.
Luck;
Ken
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A lot of them are mainstream fiction, rather than romance, though certainly they seemed to be aimed at female readers. That only makes it more disconcerting--why would a title that categorizes a woman by her relationship to a man be expected to appeal to a female reader?