/lit/ - Literature

This is going to make me sound like a brainlet, but what is the point of reading fiction books? Whenever I finish a classic book I don't remember it for it's good writing or characters, just its story which I can get from a quick summary of the book. I try to read often but it's hard to do when I don't even see the point in it. I enjoy the stories just don't see the point in them being so long.

Please don't lambast me.

Do you look for a specific publisher when buying classic books? Normally I just go with whoever has that book the cheapest but am wondering if I should stay away or go towards certain publishers. I tend to see penguin a lot but most of mine are published by Barnes and noble actually.

How do you choose which book to read next when you have a lot of unreads books still and lots of them sound interesting?