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Originally Posted by Ea
I think it's too limiting to think we can only apply one label to each book. I don't know the book you mentioned, but I can't see any reason why it's possibly literary as well as historical fiction. "Anathem" is IMHO both sci-fi and literary - as an example. For me it comes down to the quality of the book and its purpose (to entertain, to enlighten, to be an artistic expression), not what genre it is.
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Exactly.
And what is the difference in Literary and Mainstream?
(apologies if this was already discussed. I'm jumping in without testing the water first)