I'm assuming they're talking both leisure and assigned reading? (I can't imagine schools assigning The Hunger Games, and I don't imagine many students leisurely

I'm assuming they're talking both leisure and assigned reading? (I can't imagine schools assigning The Hunger Games, and I don't imagine many students leisurely reading Of Mice and Men.) Maybe the solution is to push to popularize better books for older audiences? People read The Hunger Games and Harry Potter because they enjoyed them. Lots of early 20s people I know loved the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and while I don't know how complex of a rating it would get, I understand it's considered an "adult novel", and is thought of as smart. So all we need is popular, smart written, books.