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Battle of the Genres



Which genre do you prefer?

Historical Fiction
5
2%
Horror
17
5%
Fantasy
130
40%
Mystery / Suspense
25
8%
Non-Fiction
7
2%
Other
19
6%
Realistic Fiction
51
16%
Romantic
34
10%
Sci-Fi
37
11%
 
Total votes : 325


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Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:45 am
Cole says...



I chose 'Other' because I couldn't decide between Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense, and Horror.

Some of my favorite books:

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry
Immanuel's Veins by Ted Dekker
Havah by Tosca Lee
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Eve by Elissa Elliot
The Divine Comedy by Dante
Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Anything written by Flannery O'Connor

There are many more. I might add them later xD
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:51 am
FermentingFruit says...



Ohhh. My favorite genre is definitely Fantasy, but favorite book? Not Harry Potter, or Twilight. I'll tell you that. Probably anything Michael Crichton (Not sure if that counts as Fantasy, but Jurassic Park?)
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:48 am
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Nate says...



Chose Science-Fiction. It's tough to pick a favorite book in that genre, but I'd have to either go with "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy or "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card because I've re-read both more than any other book besides "Jurassic Park." Must have read Jurassic Park seven or eight times back in elementary and middle school.
  





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Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:53 am
Kale says...



The Last Unicorn
Secretly a Kyllorac, sometimes a Murtle.
There are no chickens in Hyrule.
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:27 am
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Hannah says...



Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:03 am
BadNarrator says...



"God is Dead" by Ron Currie Jr.

It's amazingly well written. Even the title blurs the distinction between realism and fantasy.
First you will awake in disbelief, then
in sadness and grief and when you wake
the last time, the forest you've been
looking for will turn out to be
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:36 am
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niteowl says...



I chose fantasy. So original. My favorites in this genre are "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, and Good Omens by both. :)

I also like mystery, though. I like Lisa Jackson and the "O Artful Death" series by Sarah Stewart Taylor.
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:33 am
ShakespeareWallah says...



Non-fiction.

Favorite book till date,


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Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:20 am
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Auxiira says...



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Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:57 pm
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Alpha says...



Fantasy fool forever!

My favorite fantasy book? Well. I think it's a tie between The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (book three in The Queen's Thief series- devilishly good) and The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson.
  





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Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:31 pm
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florageis says...



My favorite genre is fantasy and i would have to say my favorite fantasy novel would be The Hobbit. :)
  





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Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:15 am
chancesnchanges says...



The Truth-Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn..
I really like this book, it's actually fantasy with romance. Teen fiction.


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Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:26 am
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kayfortnight says...



Fantasy, but I could never chose a favorite book. Too many that I will reread over and over and over again.
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Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:02 am
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Stori says...



My taste in literature varies- I like books ranging from Jack London's White Fang to Michael Stackpole's I, Jedi. Though I shall always have a fondness for Bridge to Terebithia and the Redwall series.
  





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Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:13 pm
Swiftfur says...



hmmm... I don't know. I'm battling between the Maximum Ride series and the Warriors series.
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