/lit/ - Literature

The best titles are those with a swear word. Sometimes I even read one in public and if you can't handle it well it's 2021 sweatty and grown ups like me sometimes swear because we're cool and subversive and not going to stick to your rules whilst we read our books on low grade generalised anxiety.

Explain this /lit/. Why are books like pic related so sought after by the general public, especially women? Whenever I ask someone if they have an interest in philosophy, they always point out derivative trash like Mark Manson or other cronies of his ilk. I'm sure they realize that figures like Plato have existed, who has answered all of their so called soul searching questions. Yet, why do they flock towards these?
I'm looking for any insight and books explaining this phenomenon.

>>16932776
i could be wrong but these come to mind

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>>15450102
Nothing enrages me more than swearing in a book title for book sales. These grifters should be gassed

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>>14986796

What is the best "self help" literature? Is there any that isn't just a neoliberal boomer spiel? It seems kind of pointless to read philosophy and novels when I'm not even capable of functioning in the world.

pic unrelated