Jacqueline Seewald: Are Bestsellers Getting Dumber?: According to the September 2017 issue of READER’S DIGEST, bestsellers are indeed dumber. The article demonstrates that the language of ...
I believe it's not just the language, but the facts, the ideas, the psychological nuances, the abstract concepts that are being dumbed down. Taken together, these might constitute the "content" which British writers identify as the quality lacking in American fiction.
