If you’ve opened the Kindle store lately and wondered why half the titles read like someone copy-pasted their search history, congratulations: you’ve hit Amazon’s latest aesthetic. Instead of crisp, memorable titles, readers are scrolling past listings like “A Dark Addictive Thriller for Fans of X & Y (A Totally Gripping Novel Book 1).” It’s the literary equivalent of a social media post with more hashtags than substance. Facing this bleak reality, a recent r/kindle thread made the rounds as users commiserated.
Titles turning into SEO strategies
