Sub-categories for 'mystery'?

ficbot · 03-10-2010, 01:46 PM

One of my March Break projects this year is getting everything I have in Calibre tagged, sorted and organized with summaries and cover art. I want to make it easy to find things myself, and if I am recommending books to others (my sister reads ebooks too). One of the things I am struggling with as my collection grows is having so many books in each category (I have over 800 ebooks when you count in the free ones). Mystery seems to be an especially full category. I am sorting out the 'paranormal' ones into their own little sub-category, but I need a better way to organize the mysteries so that if I am in the mood for something like Sherlock Holmes, I can browse a different sent of books than if I am in the mood for Janet Evanovich. Ideas for sub-categories I can add to my mystery collection to make browsing easier?

Zipr · 03-10-2010, 01:56 PM

I have a lot of mysteries that are serial. So, I use the series feature in Calibre.
Travis McGee
Harry Bosch
Kate Brannigan
etc, etc.

Terisa de morgan · 03-10-2010, 03:52 PM

Cozy Mystery: Amateur sleuth, generally series...

poohbear_nc · 03-10-2010, 04:06 PM

These are categories used by Felony & Mayhem publishers to categorize their titles. You could run author subcategories under each heading, or time periods.

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The Felonious Book Categories
Traditional
Foreign
Espionage
British
Historical
Hard-Boiled
Vintage

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Patricia · 03-10-2010, 04:36 PM

Cosy/Cozy
hard-boiled
police procedural
Scandinavian

HarryT · 03-11-2010, 12:24 PM

"Crime" and "Mystery" are two overlapping, but distinct, categories. Not all mysteries involve crimes, and not all crimes involve mysteries. The categories that have been proposed above all seem to be categories of crime, rather than mystery.

TC Beacham · 03-11-2010, 12:35 PM

Female sleuth is often a separate category.

ficbot · 03-11-2010, 01:07 PM

Thanks

GA Russell · 03-11-2010, 06:11 PM

I read what I thought was an interesting comment about the police procedural genre: Movies and their styles are based upon books. But in the case of the police procedural, the movie (and television show) came first.

The first police procedural was the movie The Naked City, followed promptly by the TV show Dragnet. Then came the books.

Patricia · 03-11-2010, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GA Russell

I read what I thought was an interesting comment about the police procedural genre: Movies and their styles are based upon books. But in the case of the police procedural, the movie (and television show) came first.

The first police procedural was the movie The Naked City, followed promptly by the TV show Dragnet. Then came the books.

Debatable, I think.
For example the Frank Froest books (died 1930) that I uploaded recently were written by a retired detective, are police procedurals, but predate television.

GA Russell · 03-11-2010, 08:24 PM

Patricia, you seem to have the evidence! Maybe the author of the article I read had (like me) never heard of Frank Froest.

HarryT · 03-12-2010, 02:46 AM

Many of the "Dr. Thorndyke" books by R. Austin Freeman are also the very epitome of the "police procedural", too. Eg, the very first one, "The Red Thumb Mark", is a classic of the genre.

03-10-2010, 01:46 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Sub-categories for 'mystery'? One of my March Break projects this year is getting everything I have in Calibre tagged, sorted and organized with summaries and cover art. I want to make it easy to find things myself, and if I am recommending books to others (my sister reads ebooks too). One of the things I am struggling with as my collection grows is having so many books in each category (I have over 800 ebooks when you count in the free ones). Mystery seems to be an especially full category. I am sorting out the 'paranormal' ones into their own little sub-category, but I need a better way to organize the mysteries so that if I am in the mood for something like Sherlock Holmes, I can browse a different sent of books than if I am in the mood for Janet Evanovich. Ideas for sub-categories I can add to my mystery collection to make browsing easier?

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poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 62,826 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	These are categories used by Felony & Mayhem publishers to categorize their titles. You could run author subcategories under each heading, or time periods. * * The Felonious Book Categories Traditional Foreign Espionage British Historical Hard-Boiled Vintage *

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	"Crime" and "Mystery" are two overlapping, but distinct, categories. Not all mysteries involve crimes, and not all crimes involve mysteries. The categories that have been proposed above all seem to be categories of crime, rather than mystery.

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TC Beacham Great Beach Reads! Posts: 202 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Female sleuth is often a separate category.

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ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Thanks

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GA Russell Argos win Grey Cup! Posts: 7,677 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I read what I thought was an interesting comment about the police procedural genre: Movies and their styles are based upon books. But in the case of the police procedural, the movie (and television show) came first. The first police procedural was the movie The Naked City, followed promptly by the TV show Dragnet. Then came the books.

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GA Russell Argos win Grey Cup! Posts: 7,677 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Patricia, you seem to have the evidence! Maybe the author of the article I read had (like me) never heard of Frank Froest.

03-12-2010, 02:46 AM	#12
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Many of the "Dr. Thorndyke" books by R. Austin Freeman are also the very epitome of the "police procedural", too. Eg, the very first one, "The Red Thumb Mark", is a classic of the genre.

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