Next Step…What do YOU like to Read?

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Having created some good guidelines for yourself, your next step is going to be determining in what you’d like to write.


Will it be a mystery? A romance novel? Or Young Adult Dystopian fiction? Chances are good that you already have an idea. Solidifying that decision is going to make all the difference in the long run.


There is a long list of book genres and sub-genres. In fact, there are so many, even publication agents and editors are having a difficult time keeping up with the new ones that are cropping up. For some types of books, classifying a project into one specific genre that is not considered popular may put off literary agents because of the lack of market for it.



Some of the most popular book genres include:

• Romance

• Science Fiction

• Mystery

• Thriller

• Fantasy

• Suspense

• Historical or Memoirs