[asciimov]

In my area, charity shops have terrible selections tons of fad diet books from the 80s and 90s and religious related texts.

[bombcar]

You forget all the horrible fad investment books; Rich Dad’s Guide to Whole Life and Timeshares

[jccalhoun]

For years I joked that it was a law that every Goodwill store had to have a copy of a Twilight or Hunger Games book on the shelves at all times. Every time I go to one I check and nearly every time they still do all these years later.

Or one of the Left Behind books.

[encrypted_bird]

Hey, the Hunger Games are actually really good. I derided it for years until one time I was in the hospital for a few weeks, I got immensely bored and decided to try it out. I was hooked.

[bawolff]

The main issue is that pretty much everyone who wants to read it has already.

[ZeroGravitas]

It's young adult focused which means there a new crop of readers every year.

[encrypted_bird]

Also, even if it had run out of readers, how is it the story's fault? That's what happens to most long-running series. Not every story has to be among the legends to be considered good.

[jccalhoun]

I'm not judging. I read them and enjoyed them. I'm just observing that they sold so many that they are very common.

[encrypted_bird]

Ah, then clearly I misinterpreted your comment. Apologies, I thought you were saying that it can be considered low-quality in the same vein as the Twilight series books.