Chen Yu-Shiuan observes that novels have always had a core contingent of readers, but as the market has continued to mature, that number continues to expand. People are turning to foreign books for different reasons than before; whereas in the past it was primarily to obtain some sort of practical insight, nowadays the focus is on literary quality and pure reading pleasure.
陳語萱也分析，文學小說在台灣，其實一直有固定的讀者群，只是在出版趨勢助長、且閱讀市場成熟下，又新增了許多愛好者，也反映讀者對閱讀的需求，已從實用性的參考工具，轉為愈加個人式的慰藉、娛樂。