What is Genre in Literature? According to Oxford Research Encyclopedias, genre describes a “grouping of texts related within the system of literature by their sharing recognizably functionalized ...

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

For most of the 20th century, literary art dreamed of an escape from genre, an escape from the restraints of type and stereotype and, above all, the market. In the 21st century, the traditional ...

A survey of 2,000 Americans who read frequently looked at the personality differences between lovers of different genres and found that adventure readers are the likeliest to tip over 20%.

This Dallas-based press has been publishing international books for 12 years. Among its latest releases is this novel from ...

Blum points out that the self-help impulse to provide wisdom for real-life use isn't just confined to self-help books. It's everywhere. That makes self-help seem a lot more normal and natural.

TikTok's popular BookTok channel has been buzzing about a new genre called "romantasy'' that is spawning whole sections in bookstores. Jeffrey Brown visited the stacks and talked to author Rebecca ...

In a speech included in her collection Words Are My Matter, fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin shared her thoughts on literary critics who judge genre fiction without bothering to take it seriously ...