Right up until today. I just got back from the library in the small Scottish town where I am staying on vacation. And the shelving system completely threw me off. Here were the categories for fiction:
- Family Saga (large sweeping romances and ???)
- Modern Woman (mostly chick lit, but also narrative memoir, misery memoirs, some romance, some historical -- got a bit confusing)
- Modern Man (lad lit? Crime, suspense, thriller -- lots of crossover)
- Crime (duh, yeah, can't get confused here)
- Adventure (covered both suspense and thrillers)
- Unknown (this is paranormal and included both fiction and non-fiction)
- Teen (YA, graphic novels)
- Sci Fi (this included fantasy)
- Romance (strictly Mills and Boon, which is the UK version of Harlequin - think small paperback)
- General Fiction (historical, literary, classics)
Based on these categories, where would you put your book?
One thing that makes me hesitant is that everything YA can potentially "cross over" to another genre, because one usually qualify YA with a subgenre, i.e. fantasy, paranormal, contemporary, etc.
ReplyDeleteMine would definitely be in Teen, but perhaps cross over to Sci-Fi as well. :)
I'm glad historicals tend to be easy- they're always in the general fiction section. That said, it's also a pain to find one if I'm just browsing as they're all mixed in.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a great time! I'm off to Greece next week!
Since my fiction here is considered women's fiction, or commercial fiction, I'd go with Modern Woman. It's interesting how the genres vary, yet there's still that similarity among them too!
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