Book lovers know that you can't always describe a book as simply being "fiction" or "nonfiction." That's why there are so many specific genres that books fall into. Genre is just another name for ...

If you’ve ever found yourself reading the same type of book over and over, you’re not alone. It’s easy to fall into a reading rut, gravitating toward familiar authors or genres that feel like comfort ...

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Alif the Unseen, the 2012 debut novel of G. Willow Wilson, takes an inventive approach to the contemporary techno thriller. Its titular hacktivist is a freelance security provider trying to evade the ...

Genre fiction by such authors as Colleen Hoover, N.K. Jemisin, and Rebecca Roanhorse remain extremely popular, and publishers have been increasing their output to meet the demand in recent years for ...

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

Late in the recent Andrew Niccol film In Time, criminal villain Alex Pettyfer forces protagonist Justin Timberlake to participate in a “wrestling match.” It’s meant to be one of the movie’s big action ...

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