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I'm a lumper. I got so sick of trying to parse the finer points of gendre when tagging books in Calibre that I eliminated all the commonly used tags (urban fantasy, paranormal, science fiction, horror, fantasy, space opera) in favor of three of my own: fantasy - historical; fantasy - contemporary; fantasy - futuristic. If it has elements I wouldn't see in my ordinary life it gets designated as fantasy and I pick the time period it belongs to. This system wouldn't work for anyone but me but it ended the paralysis of decision. And still sometimes I think I should add a "mutt" tag for books that refuse to stay put even in categories as broad as the ones I've created.
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