Why do people (with some notable exceptions) continue to read literary fiction in our rather tenuous literary culture?
The Millions’ Jon Baskin reviews Timothy Aubry’s Reading as Therapy, which tackles this question. Examining American reading habits, Aubry teases out the commonality in the way disparate best sellers—from Infinite Jest to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood—are read. His findings signal the importance of the therapeutic in the relationship between author and audience.
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