The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings. It was like a 5-year old had written an epic fantasy novel spanning several millenia.
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Wow I enjoyed this one back in the day. It advertised itself as self contained fantasy novel, no prequels sequels or junk, which was mostly what sold me on picking it up.
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Ready Player One and Three Body Problem stick out to me as regularly recommended scifi slop.
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The Fountainhead. Full stop. Purple prose by a Soviet hack writer with a serious r*pe kink, in praise of dog-eat-dog social Darwinism.
Probably some lightnovel