ACADEMIA
( DARK ACADEMIA )
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ADULT FICTION
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ADVENTURE
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CLASSICS
( AMERICAN CLASSICS | BRITISH CLASSICS | MODERN CLASSICS | CHILDREN’S CLASSICS )
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COMING OF AGE
( BILDUNGSROMAN )
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CONTEMPORARY
( 1980S | 1990S | 2000S | SLICE OF LIFE | CONTEMPORARY MALAISE )
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CRIME
( DETECTIVE )
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FAIRY TALES
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FANTASY
( URBAN FANTASY | HISTORICAL FANTASY | FANTASY OF MANNERS )
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FOLKLORE
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GRAPHIC NOVELS
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GRIT LIT
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GOTHIC
( SOUTHERN GOTHIC | MODERN GOTHIC | IRISH GOTHIC | AMERICAN GOTHIC )
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HISTORICAL FICTION
( ALTERNATIVE HISTORY | 17TH CENTURY | 19TH CENTURY (( REGENCY ERA | VICTORIAN | 1870S | 1890S | GILDED AGE )) 20TH CENTURY (( 1910S | 1920S | 1930S | WWII | 1950S )) )
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HORROR
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HUMOR
( ROMANTIC COMEDY )
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LGBTQ+
( QUEER | SAPPHIC | GENDER IDENTITY | BISEXUALITY )
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LITERARY FICTION
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MAGICAL REALISM
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MIDDLE-GRADE
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MYTHS
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MYSTERY
( MYSTERY PUZZLE | MURDER MYSTERY (( WHODDUNNIT )) NOIR (( TARTAN NOIR | AMERICAN NOIR | LONDON NOIR )) HARD-BOILED | OLD MYSTERIES | MISSING PERSONS (( MISSING DAUGHTERS | MISSING GIRLS | MISSING FATHERS | MISSING WOMEN| MISSING CHILDREN )) )
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NONFICTION
( MEMOIR | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | BIOGRAPHY | LITERARY CRITICISM )
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PARANORMAL
( VAMPIRES | GHOSTS | DEMONS | FAIRIES )
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RETELLING
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ROMANCE
( F/F ROMANCE | M/M ROMANCE | HISTORICAL ROMANCE | GOTHIC ROMANCE | CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE | CHICK-LIT )
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SPECULATIVE FICTION
( STEAMPUNK | TIME TRAVEL| APOCALYPTIC| POST-APOCALYPTIC | DYSTOPIA | SPACE OPERA | SCI-FI | ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE )
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SUSPENSE
( DOMESTIC SUSPENSE | PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE )
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THRILLER
( DOMESTIC THRILLER )
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YOUNG ADULT
( YA COMING OF AGE | YA FANTASY | YA ROMANCE | YA CONTEMPORARY | YA SCI-FI | YA HISTORICAL FICTION )
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WEIRD
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WESTERNS