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"Never apologize for your reading taste."
-Betty Rosenberg, author, first edition of Genreflecting. |
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• What
is Genre fiction?
• Your
ultimate genre fiction guide
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Our
ever-evolving list of "must-read" genre fiction authors
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If you love genre fiction or want to learn more about
it, here are the authors you need to know. Check individual genre pages
for more reading suggestions and information about simple genres.. |
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Science
Fiction |
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Connie Willis, Lois McMaster Bujold, Dan Simmons, Kevin
J. Anderson, Doug Beason |
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Fantasy |
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J. K. Rowling |
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Historical
Fiction |
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Connie Willis, Ivan Doig |
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Crime |
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Carl Hiaasen , Janet Evanovich, Iris Johansen |
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Historical
Crime |
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Sharan Newman |
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Romance |
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Dinée Cody, Iris Johansen, Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz |
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Horror |
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Laurell K. Hamilton, Dan Simmons |
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Adventure
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Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason |
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For more "must-read" authors in a specific genre, click
the specific genre name above or check out Genreflecting, 5th
ed.-it classifies and describes thousands of your favorite genre fiction
titles. |
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This
Month's genre favorites! |
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If you're looking for new books to read in your favorite
genres, check out these titles. And check specific genre pages for more
suggestions. |
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Romance/Historical
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The Bride and the Beast by Teresa Medeiros |
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Crime/Legal
Thriller |
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Impaired Judgment by David Compton |
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Historical/19th
Century |
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Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende |
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Science
Fiction/Space Opera |
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There and Back Again by Pat Murphy |
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Fantasy/Sword
and Sorcery/Epic |
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A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin |
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Horror/Vampires
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The Cowboy and the Vampire. By Clark Hayes & Kathleen
McFall |
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Adventure/Thriller/International
Conspiracy |
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Millennium Rising. Jane Jensen |
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What's
your favorite? |
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If you'd like to let our readers know about your favorite
fantasy fiction title, click here. |
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| What
is Genre fiction? |
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Stories that have a distinctive form, style, or content
are referred to as genre fiction (not to be confused with innocuous
"generic" fiction). Plot is the driving force in most genre fiction,
which causes critics to decry it as "formulaic." Readers, however, take
a different view-genre fiction is the most widely published and read
fiction in the world. |
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Subgenres: |
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Most popular novels published and read fall into the main
subcategories of Genre fiction- |
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Romance, Science
Fiction, Fantasy, Horror,
Mystery, Historical,
and Adventure. Other recognized
genres include Christian Fiction,
Crime/True Crime, and Westerns,
as well as Transborder (Latino),
African/African American,
Asian/Asian American, Native
American, and Women's Fiction.
(To learn more about specific genres and their subgenres, click on
the genre names.)
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| Your
ultimate genre fiction guide |
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Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction,
5th Ed. By Diana Tixier Herald This amazing resource organizes more
than 6,000 popular genre fiction titles into eight major genres and
more than 100 subgenres and themes. Focusing on books sometimes considered
taboo, Herald lists titles in the genres of historical fiction, western,
crime, adventure, romance, science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction.
To order the book, click here. (link to LU page) To
find out more about this title and author, click here. (link to press
release, then to Herald bio, then to Herald web page)
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More
Resources |
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To find out more about genre fiction and your favorite
genre, check out these amazing print and online resources. Genreflecting
Series Other Resources
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• Genreflecting Series
• Other Resources |
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Ask
the Experts |
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Looking for a particular book or author? Have a specific
reading need? E-mail your request to our online genre expert. |
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Meet
the Expert |
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Link to Diana Herald's bio, then home page. |
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Don't
see what you want? |
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If your taste runs more literary, check out our Mainstream/literary
page. |
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