Books: Art or Entertainment?

In my opinion, fiction authors have one of two intentions when they write a book.

1. To entertain
2. To create art for art’s sake

Now, obviously, most authors include a little of both. To me it’s kind of like a continuum with super artsy books like The Color Purple or The Goldfinch on one side, books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies or The Princess Diaries on the other side, and the vast majority of books falling somewhere in the middle.

Interestingly, I think this same idea applies to most forms of art, especially movies and music.