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Originally Posted by unboggling
To me, it seems like that list of tags/genres mixes higher level genres (which I call primary) with lower level genres (which I call secondary, because they are not really hierarchic children of the primary).
In my own genre scheme, these are primary: science fiction, fantasy (not urban), urban fantasy, paranormal, horror. Some people consider all of those speculative fiction, but that is such a broad category that I don't find it useful.
Magic, for example, can apply to any of the primary genres I mentioned (except arguably science fiction), which is why I consider magic secondary.
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My "High" Genres are as follows:
Family-Friendly (Childrens or Young Adult type stuff)
M/F Romance
M/M Romance
SFF/UF/PNR
If I made the top-tier genres any more specific, then I'd have many more top tiers than I really want.
Within a Top Tier, I might have collections for a specific author, a specific series, or a specific tag (eg. Western Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance.) Or, as eschwartz and I were discussing, in the genre where I have way too many authors to keep track of, I might also have collections for authors by alphabetical groupings.