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Your point on children's books is spot on, I think. Children's books follow trends and are as low-effort as any other garbage in any other medium, with rare exceptions - again, like any other medium. Harry Potter is the exception. The Wire is the exception. Shadow of the Colossus is the exception. First it was wizards. Then it was post-apocalyptic. My next guess is mermaids. Riding a trend is just as frequent in books as in anything else, and the quality is reflected in that.