Romance novels are everywhere in North America. New or used, they are easy to come by. Obviously they are filling some kind of demand.
But let's say you want something that's accessible, cheap, and easy to read that's also non-fiction what are the options?
My first thought is that the newspaper might be the non-fiction counterpart of the romance novel, but I am not entirely satisfied with that comparison. Maybe magazines?
In the end magazines and newspapers both have the problem that their articles are much shorter than a romance novel, and I guess I am looking for something that is about as long (a very arbitrary requirement I know).
Is it possible that the romance novel just doesn't have a non-fiction analog? Is such a thing needed? Could we create something to fill this void?
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How about political party platforms? Or is that in the fiction category?
In some ways, the autobiography may be close to an equivalent, but then again, they can border on fiction.
Some autobiographies might be close, but I don't know if people tend to read one a day like people read romances.
You could look at Phd thesis maybe even in Political Science or Math.
Those fluffy science/economy/whatever books like Freakonomics, The Elegant Universe, and The Bible.
I think something like Freakonomics is getting close, but even that is a fair bit heavier a read than a romance novel. And I don't know if people consume such books habitually, as people consume romance novels.
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