Your favorite genre?

[ApK]

Oh wait...I thought you asked for my favorite GENIE.

SF (hard and space opera) and technothrillers, are my favorite fiction, but I'll stray into mystery or detective fiction at times.
I like non-fiction stuff on technology, but I'm far more eclectic in non-fiction, picking whatever I have a craving to learn about at the moment. I just finished a couple books on economics.

[crich70]

I'm a fiction generalists in a lot of ways but Sci.Fi/Fantasy is my favorite among the genre's.

[Number9]

I like horror, science fiction, fantasy and music biographies.

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[ATDrake]

I like my fiction to be speculative and/or experimental, and for non-fiction I favour fairly-focused micro-histories, travel/cultural experience write-ups, things that go in-depth on a single or limited subject (often of moderate obscurity), and books which explain how stuff works (especially in relation to other stuff), and I also like specialist hobby/crafts books which I will never actually try the instructions for. And I also like a good use of visual design, hence my increasing collection of deluxe editions of various sequential art forms and artbooks concerning.

The result is that I end up reading a lot of sf/fantasy, historical and/or international detective mystery and adventure/drama (not much for thrillers, unfortunately, since they're much more readily available), experimental literary fiction which probably pays more attention to style than substance, graphic novels, travelogues and “growing up in X time and place” immigrant and expat memoirs, and “the art of” and/or “the science of” volumes.

And I tend to indiscriminately acquire the kinds of books that ornithologists write about identifying the local birds in your area by the splatters they leave on your car windshield, comic books which include strips about that time that there was an international incident about a disputed pig which led to a brief border war, and things like DIY historical re-enactment costuming for the kiddies you are taking to the Renaissance Faire with you and/or cooking and serving feasts in the style of the ancient Romans so that you finally have a use for those reclining couches you built in your garage.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by ApK

Oh wait...I thought you asked for my favorite GENIE.

SF (hard and space opera) and technothrillers, are my favorite fiction, but I'll stray into mystery or detective fiction at times.
I like non-fiction stuff on technology, but I'm far more eclectic in non-fiction, picking whatever I have a craving to learn about at the moment. I just finished a couple books on economics.

Your favorite genie has a book in the autobiography genre.

[GeoffR]

* Science fiction:
Any type hard or soft, but the softer it is the better the writing needs to be.
E.g. C.J. Cherryh, Gene Wolfe, Greg Egan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds.

* Fantasy:
Swords & sorcery, epic, historical, any type except urban fantasy really.
E.g. Michael Moorcock, Jack Vance, Fritz Leiber, Gene Wolfe, Guy Gavriel Kay, Robert Holdstock.

* Crime fiction:
Especially socially realistic police procedurals of the Nordic noir type.
E.g. Sjöwall & Wahlöö, Leif G.W. Persson, Arnaldur Indriðason, Jørn Lier Horst, Roslund & Hellström.

[Phogg]

For me it depends on my mood.

Sometimes it is superhero novels.
Or wilderness survival.
Or biographies.
I like a lot of history.
Or a detailed military treatise.
Cozy mysteries when I am in the mood - the interwar period is best.
Hard Science Fiction is well represented.
And the pulps (my collections of The Shadow and Doc Savage are complete) are good.
I confess to reading old Christian Romances now and again.
Or the classics.

When I am in the mood for one thing or another, other genres won't do.
I am typically reading two to five books at a time.

[ben.sawyer]

epic fantasy
smart SF (Dune for example)
good thrillers
Historical mysteries

[fjtorres]

Genre is used for marketing purposes but that is not its sole purpose. It is also a yardstick for critical analysis of a work of fiction.

Genre began as an absolute classification system for ancient Greek literature. Poetry, prose, and drama each had a specific and calculated style that related to the theme of the story. Among the genres were the epic in poetry and tragedy and comedy for plays.[9] In later periods other genres such as the chivalric romance, opera, and prose fiction developed.

Though the novel is often seen as a modern genre, Ian Watt, in The Rise of the Novel (1957) suggests that the novel first came into being in the early 18th century,[10] it has also been described as possessing "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", from the time of both Classical Greece and Rome.[11]

Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is plot-driven fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre, in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre.[1] Genre fiction is generally distinguished from literary fiction. Screenwriting teacher Robert McKee defines genre conventions as the "specific settings, roles, events, and values that define individual genres and their subgenres".

Crime Edit
Main article: Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalises crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction or science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has multiple subgenres,[18] including detective fiction (such as the whodunit), courtroom drama, hard-boiled fiction mystery fiction and legal thrillers. Suspense and mystery are key elements to the genre.

Fantasy Edit
Main article: Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic and magical creatures are common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap among the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction. In popular culture, the fantasy genre is predominantly set in medieval times.

Romance Edit
Main article: Romance novel
The romance novel or "romantic novel" primarily focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending."[19] There are many subgenres of the romance novel including fantasy, historical, science fiction, same sex romantic fiction, and paranormal fiction.

There is a literary fiction form of romance, which Walter Scott defined as "a fictitious narrative in prose or verse; the interest of which turns upon marvellous and uncommon incidents".[20]

According to Romance Writers of America's data,[21] the most important subgenres are: Contemporary series romance, Contemporary romance, Historical romance, Paranormal romance, Romantic suspense, Inspirational romance, Romantic suspense (series).

Other: chick-lit, erotic romance, women's fiction, Young adult romance.
Science fiction Edit
Main article: Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas".[22] It usually eschews the supernatural, and unlike the related genre of fantasy, historically science fiction stories were intended to have at least a faint grounding in science-based fact or theory at the time the story was created, but this connection has become tenuous or non-existent in much of science fiction.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre_fiction

[tubemonkey]

Sci-Fi

[Alohamora]

Mostly cozy mysteries

Some time-travel science fiction

Occasionally dabbling in general science fiction, mystery, fantasy, historical fiction and self-help.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

My final answer is, "yes."

Are you my son's father? He loves to give that answer.

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Romance - suspense, sci fi, paranormal, historical

Thriller - such as: Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch (because of Dick Hill, narrator)

Sci fi - such as: Hugh Howey, Catherine Asaro

Zombies - such as: Jonathan Maberry, Bobby Adair, Piperbrook

Urban Fantasy - such as: Kevin Hearne, Patricia Briggs

Steampunk *usually with romance

[Cesca]

I've loved books since before I could read. Thanks, big sis!

My fave genres:
Mysteries - historical, classic, modern, etc., etc.
Legal thrillers.
Time travel.
Historical fiction.
Memoirs and biographies, especially related to history, opera, classsical music or sports.
How-to guides.
Technology guides.

[ebusinesstutor]

Like the OP, I am also a productivity geek reader (have to be since I teach productivity for a living).

But for relaxation, I LOVE science fiction. Fantasy is also ok, but if I have a choice of finding a new brilliant SF writer or a new brilliant fantasy writer, I will take SF every time.

[RichL]

Poetry then history