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Old 10-31-2025, 04:06 AM   #24
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My favourite is "literary fiction" with a blend of different genre elements. I'm generally not particularly fond of fiction that aims for fitting cleanly into a certain genre. I want a book be about its own story and characters first and foremost, and if that includes dragons - fine; but don't drag the whole fantasy shebang into it - with elves and dwarfs and all the rest - just because you happen to be writing "fantasy".

I see a lot of people asking for some highly specific genre recs online: "does anyone know any good lesbian vampire cyberpunk fiction set on Mars?" And while the mix might sound intriguing, I get suspicious of fiction that's seemingly been (AI) written just to fill a niche.

That said, having read the first book of the second era of Sanderson's Mistborn series, my new favourite genre is Wild West Crime Fantasy.

A close second is YA Mystery Horror. This after reading Carlos Ruis Zafón's YA novels to practice my Spanish
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