I think school is partly responsible for this. I had to read many terrible books in school. French is my mother tongue and I had to read stuff written in ancient French where a third of the page is definition so you can understand. Most of the time the book is just uninteresting. In my 5 years of high school, there are 3-4 books out of the 20+ that I consider worth reading. And the worst thing for me is the Analysis that come out of nowhere. I actually liked to read when I was a kid but now when I see a book I just have French class flashbacks and a feeling of disgust. People told me it goes away after a while. I hope it's true.