Don’t confuse this with me asking you to tell me which genres you think are “worse” than others. Because I don’t believe that to be the case with any two genres. Think of this as genres that you simply don’t read.
I have many to choose from. Literary fiction. Sci-fi. Fantasy. YA. Horror. And probably a bunch I can’t think of. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with any of these. I just don’t have any interest in reading them. I mean, I’ve read from all of those at least once. And I’m sure I’ve read good books in each one, but my reading heart and soul will likely always lie in crime fiction. There are so many crime shows on TV that do absolutely no justice to the genre. They always have the right answer. They catch on to things that no one else would. They solve EVERY case. One of my favorite things about crime fiction is that it’s much more realistic even though it is also fiction. The detectives are constantly torn about what to do. They don’t solve every case. They don’t have every answer.
Crime shows are always going to be on the air. And I’m sure they make their networks plenty of money. But crime fiction is simply better, and I don’t think any other genre is going to be taking my top spot any time soon. Probably not ever.
Do you have any genres that you just have no interest in reading?
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I typically don’t read anything marketed as romance. If it’s going to be all about sex and how Mr. and Mrs. Right inevitably end up together, I’m not interested. Give me adventure and hardship and passion and a pinch of magic!
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Yes!
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I also don’t read romance. Too much romance in a story is too much for me. I just find it difficult to suspend my disbelief for all of the flowery love. I don’t have anything against romance, it’s just not my thing.
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when we were first dating I read a whole slew of Sci/fi and fantasy books at my hubby’s request. sigh. 12 years later I still would rather do just about anything else but read sci/fi or fantasy.
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Ha! Oh man.
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Sci-fi and crime fiction 😂
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Oh geez.
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Not a huge fan of historical fiction. Or non-fiction. They just aren’t genres I want to spend my free time on, especially when I have to read them for school. 😅
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I actually don’t think I’ve ever read an historical fiction novel. Some non fiction can be nice.
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I write what I enjoy reading and pay little to no attention to current trends and fads. I like Sci-Fi and Adventure, with an eclectic smattering of others depending on what I’m in the mood for.
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Romance, erotica, ‘chick books’ and life stories, I can’t really get into crime fiction either.
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I’m not much different. Besides the crime stuff.
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I did try to read crime, it just wasn’t my bag. Maybe I just haven’t found the right book yet.
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Maybe not.
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I think romance would be the only genre I’m not terribly interested in.
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And those covers are terrible.
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Romance, horror, most if not all biographies, anything slapsticky, and (sorry, John) crime fiction. I will read *certain* murder mysteries and such, but I steer clear of crime fiction.
Fantasy is my genre, and kids’ books. 😜
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*certain* murder mysteries? Like what?
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Not too interested in YA
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Me neither. Almost not at all.
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Horror. Psychological thrillers. Sci-fi that’s just a little too sci-fi, if you know what I mean. Erotica. And any book/genre with too much profanity. I just can’t get past it.
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Yikes. There’s a lot there.
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Yes. But there are so many other genres and books to choose from, I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything.
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Well okay.
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I like genre-bending works, and genres always tend to surprise me. I could say I hate westerns, but I enjoyed True Grit. I could say I hate romance, but I enjoyed The Time Traveler’s Wife.
I don’t tend to like international biographies/memoirs though. I say “international,” because those are almost always about being a victim of a poor nation in the time of war/genocide/refugees, and that backdrop almost always removes agency from the characters. Same with any historical stories about The Great Depression. You just spend 300 pages suffering with people and then it ends ambiguously.
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Good point about international biographies. I can’t say when I last read one at all. Though I have American Sniper on my hold shelf at work. So I’ll finally read one.
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I am terribly scared of reading horror. I get horrible paranoia at night after watching horror movies and the same goes for reading so I tend to stay away from that. Also crime is a genre I will never read because I have no interest in it whatsoever.
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Okay.
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