Genre Fiction

 

Many fiction books can be categorised as coming under genre headings such as horror, crime, science fiction, fantasy and romance. This categorisation has the benefit of drawing in readers who know they like a certain type of book. However, it could also deter readers who think a genre would not interest them. So if you know you like one genre why not try a different one this summer? You may open up a whole new world of fiction for yourself.

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Romance - why not try:

The Fault in Our Stars  John Green

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

The Notebook  Nicholas Sparks

Gone with the Wind  Margaret Mitchell

Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë

 

Horror - why not try:

The Amityville Horror  Jay Anson

Dracula  Bram Stoker

The Shining Stephen King

Frankenstein  Mary Shelley

The Woman in Black Susan Hill

 

Science Fiction - why not try

Dune Frank Herbert

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams

This Fragile Earth Susannah Wise

The Stranding Kate Sawyer

The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin

 

Fantasy fiction - why not try

The Hobbit  J. R. R. Tolkien

His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld Patricia A. McKillip

Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke  

 

Crime - why not try

Shetland Series Ann Cleeves

Find Them Dead Peter James

Tell Me Your Secret Dorothy Koomson

Hidden in Plain Sight Jeffrey Archer

Driftnet Lin Anderson