I don't understand all this love in these books

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I wish more than anything (for the sake of both of us) that I haven't found this to be true, but yes, in my experience, people can be that shallow. I have been in relationships, by the way, so this is my opinion after personal experience. Mind you, people aren't always like that, but a lot of people I've met seem to be. I think it's because it's easier not to think about things, get to know yourself and grow -- or so people believe -- and so rather than spending time cultivating their natural depth, people remain shallow. In addition, when you surround yourself with things that don't mean anything, it's hard to lose anything that matters. --I think that might be another motivation. Though I can only guess because I don't know what it feels like to be shallow first-hand...

As for books, I have some sci-fi/fantasy and drama fiction suggestions and I hope you may at least find one interesting:

"Demian" by Herman Hesse is a coming of age novel and what I read of it (only about 1/5) was very good. I can't attest to the quality or content of the book as a whole, so if there's anything you don't want to read about, I'd recommend getting a description or summary of this one before ordering it so you're not surprised.

"Einstein's Dreams" by Alan Lightman is a great bunch of stories with ideas of how different universes would exist. It also walks through different experiences of Einstein himself -- which I think are more from 2nd-hand sources or are fiction based on fact, but I'm not sure. If you like sci-fi fiction or anything relating to time/space, you may love this book.

"Tachyon Web" and "The Starlight Crystal" by Christopher Pike are great sci-fi/fantasy novels that I read when I was younger -- about young adult level. They're not shallow and seeing as I remember them so vividly and fondly nearly 15 years after reading them...well, that should say how good I found them to be.

"Wise Child" and "Juniper" by Monica Furlong are fantasy-ish novels which revolve around a young girl and her life. They're meaningful, complex, and I enjoyed them a lot. I found them very interesting and still have the books to this day. They're young adult level and from what I remember, they're a bit less-advanced than the Christopher Pike books.

"Wicked" by Gregory Maguire is a great (and comparatively large) book. It's not advanced level but is long and probably a bit more mature than the others in content. It's the Wizard of OZ from the "wicked" witch's perspective. It's very good and I saw the play just off Broadway in NYC and it was great.

I hope this helps. I'm not much of a fiction reader but I don't enjoy things that don't have substance so I'm hoping that if you enjoy any of these genres, that you may benefit from this list. Happy reading!

This is a good website for book recommendations:-

http://www.goodreads.com/

If you register with the site you can get a regular email with details of new books

I don't know if it's about women, specifically. You know that saying: "sex sells"? I think it's probably just functioning on that principle. --That and the fact that almost (but admittedly not all) of the population is, at some point, interested in sex, love, or some combination thereof. It's something people can relate to and that makes them feel more drawn to a story, more of a part of it, and that makes it more real to them -- whether they're male or female, I don't think that makes as much of a difference.

That said, this wouldn't be the first time marketers/product creators (in this case, writers) thought they knew what women wanted and were wrong... After all, each women is an individual...I don't know if there's a single thing that appeals to each and every one of us...