Everything they made me read in high school. I left mistakenly hating all novels.
I share your disdain for “novels.”
I like non-fiction. My mind can only absorb a limited amount...LOL. Don’t confuse me with non factual crap.
A film director once told me: “Want to sell fiction, make documentary films, want to tell the truth, make drama films.”
I think the same applies to literature. Who reads Ann Coulter’s (or whoever your pundit god is) 5 year old books? Heck, two year old!