Thread: Favorite genre

It is fascinating to see what other people read. There are so many here who love fantasy which I think is my least favourite genre. I managed Harry Potter but further than that, ramblings about elves, pixies and gnomes drive me up the wall. I am actually not sure what Urban Fantasy is.

My personal favourite is Crime and also books set during WWII; if both are together then that is a double first. I also like books set during the twenties and thirties.

I dislike romance as a separate entity but enjoy books that are about something else but have some romantic interraction between the characters.

One previous poster mentioned comedy which I love. Lucky Jim and Three Men in a Boat are books which I loved forst time round but can read over again.

I grew up reading future science fiction (Star Wars, Star Trek ect...) As a teenager I got into main stream fiction (Michael Crichton, John Grisham) and fantasy (J.R.R Tolkien). Today I will read anything that can keep my interest but I always seem to make my way back to si-fi/fantasy.

Unca Walt's new book might appeal to you, see the "I'm so pumped" thread in "how was your week".

Edit, Oops, that was for Cressida, Verum Scriptor came in while I was posting.

I like mostly biography, but wouldn't mind a bit of history now & then. Got away from fiction a long time ago, but about a year back I discovered Iris Murdoch. You should have no distractions when you read her work; you don't always know who's talking because she doesn't always use enough identifiers but you'll soon find that it doesn't always matter. As far as humor, I just finished a book by Dave Barry, a humor columnist out of Miami, titled History of the Millenium (So Far). He takes past & current events and inserts his own comical takes on them. Got more than a few belly laughs from that one.

As long as the writer can tell a story, the genre doesn't matter. If the writer can't tell a story, the genre doesn't matter. The story matters to me, the genre is a condom. Whatever vehicle you use to get to where you need to go, make sure it's the right car running on the right gas and kiss it goodnight.

I definitely prefer alternative history and speculative fiction, but I only seem to have read Harry Turtledove and S.M Stirling recently. If anyone has any recommendations on similar books and authors could they let me know?

I like reading fantasy and sci-fi. If I had to pick a favorite I'd had to pick sci-fi though
why? cause the very first book (read serie) I ever read (after Harrp Potter) was a science fiction novel (it was also my very first english book)
Horus Heresy rules, ... good times

My favorite genre is between fantasy (a more modern fantasy) and suspense/drama. I just find that I enjoy the many aspects of the fantasy world. I think it's also because things that can't happen in the real world always happen in a fantasy world. As for suspense/drama, I just like sitting on the edge of my seat, waiting to see what happens. I love not knowing and being pulled into the story to the point I can't stop myself from reading.

For me it would have to be fantasy. I really don't care for anything that's non-fiction. Imagination is my best friend ♥

I'm personally not much of a fan of fantasy, or fiction in general really. I like to read biographies and factual books mostly.

Originally Posted by sailorguitar

As long as the writer can tell a story, the genre doesn't matter. If the writer can't tell a story, the genre doesn't matter. The story matters to me, the genre is a condom. Whatever vehicle you use to get to where you need to go, make sure it's the right car running on the right gas and kiss it goodnight.

You nailed it for me and I couldn't have put it any better than that and it is reflected in my own fiction.

For me, I like to read fantasy books.

I like the classics, historical books, science and philosophy. Also good travel books or anything that opens your mind to something new and makes you think.

Science fiction and romance, but the two together are epic.

I like sci fi because I love to imagine future worlds, and people's imaginations are so amazing. I like to read something where the rules of our society no longer exist, but are all new.

Oh- and when I say sci fi, I don't mean Star Wars or Star Trek, or anything those involve. No fighting please! I like the sci fi novels involving robots, changes to society, space adventures, time travel (to the future though, historical fiction application to science fiction, or historical fiction at all, isn't my forte), and of course aliens.

I love romance because I like that feeling in my stomach. Who doesn't love to 'awwww'?

I love mystery and romance. I love the books that make you think and let your imagination wander around. I am however open to anything.