Genre fiction, sometimes known as popular fiction, is a term used in the publishing industry. It describes fictional works written with the intention of fitting within a specific literary genre. Thus it will attract readers and fans who are already familiar with that genre.
A number of well-known authors have written genre fiction. Doris Lessing and Margaret Atwood have both written science fiction. John Banville published crime books as well as Benjamin Black. André Gide, named Georges Simenon, the author of the Maigret detective novels, “the most novelistic of authors in French literature.”
The main genres are crime, fantasy, romance, science fiction, and horror, with some Western, inspirational, and historical fiction thrown in for good measure.
Summary ‘The Guest Cat’ (by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide) is heart-warming novel. The book got the bestseller in New York Times, France Times, and winner of Japan’s Kiyama Shohei Literary Award. It is also beautifully portraying love between a cat and the mid-thirty couple living in the suburb area of Tokyo. The story began … Read more