My Favourite Book Genres (and Sub-Genres)

[@TripleRoux]

I love so many of these as well and the way I can change genre after reading a heavy literary novel and next go to sci fi or a mystery, to lift the spirits again. Do you have more recommendations for mysteries?

[@Mister_Sosotris]

When it comes to mysteries, I tend to hyperfocus on a few authors, haha, so I don’t have a TON of recs, but Anne Perry was a master (and the author herself had quite a complicated history and was the subject of the early Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures). Her William Monk series that begins with the book “The Face of a Stranger” is GRIPPING. The main character wakes up with amnesia and has to solve a mystery that he can’t remember. The whole series is amazing. Ann Cleeves has another series, the Vera mysteries series beginning with The Crow Trap, which is cozy, small town elderly gal solves mysteries. I’ve only read one book, and it wasn’t the first in the series (I can’t remember the name!) but I remember enjoying that one. If you want a more literary approach to the genre, Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace is sort of a deconstruction of the mystery genre. It’s excellent, but leaves you wondering what REALLY happened. This is a great question, and I’ll have to dig deeper into the topic!

[@techforlife91]

Instead of reading , do you have any other hobbies? 🙂

[@Mister_Sosotris]

Haha, good question! I’ve recently gotten in to running. Maybe that counts… I need more free time so I can develop new hobbies!