Fast paced stories that follow heroes on mission.
Famous Pens: Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown, Jack Higgins, Tom Clancy, Nelson Demille, & Gary Paulson.
Like your characters to be animals as well as humans? Animal fiction will hit the spot.
Famous Pens: Richard Adams, Brian Jacques, & C.S. Lewis.
Stories that use funny situations and dialogue to tell often serious stories.
Famous Pens: Douglas Adams, Janet Evanovich, Fannie Flag, & Carl Hiaasen.
Take an insider's view of crime and follow along with investigators, victims, and peek inside the criminal mind.
Famous Pens: Patricia Cornwell, J.D. Robb, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, & James Patterson.
These true to life stories, can focus on social issues, survival, and the dramas of everyday life dealing with
family and friends. Famous Pens: Kristin Hannah, Pat Conroy, Jody Picoult, Maeve Binchy, & Danielle Steel
Visit worlds full of magic and imagination with heroes ready to take on the challenges of living in them.
Famous Pens: Terry Pratchett, Ursula LeGuin, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis
Bringing history to life, these stories work to be historically accurate and explore the time periods in which they
are set. Famous Pens: John Jakes, Jean Auel, & Michael Schaara.
Nightmares, monsters, and things that go bump in the night -- these stories are meant to make us squirm in our
seats and explore our darkest fears. Famous Pens: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Saul, & Anne Rice.
Courtroom insiders, judges, juries, lawyers...all of the stories inside of courtroom drama.
Famous Pens: John Grisham, Scott Turow, & Earle Stanley Gardner.
Fiction, and non fiction, titles that focus on being a member of the LGBTQ+ community and the struggle for equal
rights.
Famous Pens: David Levithan, Jacqueline Woodson, & Becky Albertalli
What happens when medicine runs amok? Diseases ravage the earth, organs are harvested like corn, and you
are taken inside an autopsy suite. This is the world of the medical thriller. When will you check in?
Famous Pens: Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell, Richard Preston, Kathleen Reichs, & Michael Crichton.
Mystery: Solve the puzzle, figure out the crime, follow along as the hero has to dig through all the evidence to find
the killer, solve the crime, or stop it before it happens again!
Suspense/Thriller: Closely related to mystery, this genre has an feeling of menace, you see the action from multiple
points of view and danger is around every corner. We follow the main character(s) as they seek the sinister cause of
a deadly threat.
Famous Pens: Robert B. Parker, Sue Grafton, P.D. James, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, & Nelson Demille.
The setting does not matter- these stories focus on love and the ups and downs that come with being in a
relationship. Famous Pens: Nora Roberts, Nicholas Sparks, Danielle Steel, Julie Garwood, & Janet Evanovich.
Focusing on science and technology, these stories are full of aliens, robots, and weird science. No magic here,
just technology (real, imagined, good, or evil) and how it impacts the characters journey.
Famous Pens: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Michael Crichton, Frank Herbert, & Robert Heinlein.
Sports are the center of the story or an essential part of the character's lives. These stories cover many topics in
sports, from the games and the people who play them to the stories behind the scenes.
Famous Pens: Chris Crutcher, Bernard Malamud, W.P. Kinsella, Carl Deuker, & Catherine Murdock.
Secret gadgets to gather intelligence, chase scenes that put you on edge, and an inside look at the life of a spy are
the key components of espionage fiction.
Famous Pens: Tom Clancy, John LeCarre, Robert Ludlum, & Anthony Horowitz.
Biting vampires, growling werewolves, and soul stealing demons are just a few of the characters that inhabit the
worlds of supernatural fiction. Do not forget to throw in a healthy dose of ghosts, witches, and psychics, too.
Famous Pens: James Patterson, Charlaine Harris, Cassandra Clare, Anne Rice, & Ransom Riggs.
What does it take to survive under extreme circumstances? These stories explore the skills needed to survive and
can be set in the past, the present or the future. The foe can be psychological, human, monster, extraterrestrial, or
nature. Famous Pens: James Dashner, Charlie Higson, Gary Paulson, and James Patterson.
From a teenagers perspective, these true to life stories, can focus on social issues, survival,and the dramas of
everyday life. Famous Pens: Sarah Dessen, Walter Dean Myers, Lurlene McDaniel, & Cynthia Voight.
Urban Fiction is a new genre that has contemporary urban settings and storylines, realistic characters (usually
African-Americans or Hispanic), and a straightforward style.
Famous Pens: Toni Morrison, Omar Tyree, Paul Langan, Walter Dean Myers, & Alan Sitomer.
What happens when society has to "re-invent" itself? Set in the future, these novels explore the consequences of
society, as we know it, going to the extreme.
Famous Pens: Suzanne Collins, Margaret Atwood, & James Dasher.
Follow the stories of cowboys, scouts, Native Americans, gunslingers, and lawmen as they explore the wild west and
all of it's wonders. Famous Pens: Michael Blake, Louis L'Amour, & Larry McMurtry.
Craving an adventure with the "un-dead"? Stumble to zombie fiction!
Famous Pens: Max Brooks, Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, & Jonathan Maberry.
