I'm not sure what you mean by this exactly (i.e. I think a lot Oprah's book club choices can hardly be considered "high" literature

We don't use the term "high" for literature in English, at least not in American English, but I understand the distinction you're making.

I consider "literary fiction" to be fiction written to be more than "just" a story, written with serious artistic pretense or intent, but definitely not literature. I reserve it for Oprah book club type books. I basically agree with what Wikipedia has to say on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_fiction

I'll be frank (no idea why, it usually bites me in the ass when I do that publicly, LOL), I'm aware that my aversion to certain types of emotionally evocative fiction is a pathology.

The truth is, I believe that writing that is meant to be read by anyone other than the author is manipulative, and that seeking to manipulate emotions or thoughts with words is what writers do. I'm doing it now.

It's more that a certain type of experience triggers my personal alarms, and when those alarms go off during what is essentially a voluntary leisure activity, entertainment if you will, it's simply not worth it to me.