Favorite genre to read?

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Favorite genre to read?

  1. Humor

    53 vote(s)
    3.2%
  2. Crime/Thriller

    174 vote(s)
    10.5%
  3. Horror

    127 vote(s)
    7.7%
  4. Fantasy

    598 vote(s)
    36.1%
  5. Science Fiction

    228 vote(s)
    13.8%
  6. Romance

    79 vote(s)
    4.8%
  7. Western

    5 vote(s)
    0.3%
  8. General Fiction

    237 vote(s)
    14.3%
  9. Other

    155 vote(s)
    9.4%
  1. Laurababs

    Laurababs New Member

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    I love reading Horror.
     
  2. captain gonzo

    captain gonzo New Member

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    Usually stuff like on the road, the great gatsby, naked lunch.....anything thats hedonistic.
     
  3. Azkadellia

    Azkadellia New Member

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    I adore fantasy - escaping into a completely different world has always excited me!
     
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    fiction ofcourse....the only genre where the imagination runs unleashed
     
  5. DownUnder

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    Thrillers, or something that has an emotional concept of which I can relate to (something that moves me).
     
  6. Castlesofsand

    Castlesofsand Banned

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    I also enjoy thrillers, though like many genre with the exception of romance(darn guys in them are too nice for me)
     
  7. Steve Benson

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    I'm one of those oddball kids who realy enjoys dystopian literature and music. I know there isn't really enough of us to create our own section, but still, I find it enjoyable. The books I'm really throwing in here would be things like George Orwell's 1964 and Margaret Atwood's A Handmaiden's Tale. There are bad attempts of course; such as Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. But all-in-all I like them and write them.

    Also if your ever in the mood for very strange, industrial music pertaining to this. Nine Inch Nails's cd Year Zero is a perfect example of dystopian music. It is beautifully written into a harsh reality. It's also kind of a protest cd of sorts, but I find it real cool all the same.

    - The Steve
     
  8. JZydowicz

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    Postapocalyptic!!!!
     
  9. lynneandlynn

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    I'd have to say psychological thrillers/ medical thrillers. I tend to like suspense novels the best. Fantasy used to be my favorite genre a couple years ago but I got a bit tired of the unreality so went to more realistic fiction (I still read fantasy every now and then, it just doesn't get top pick in my list anymore).

    ~Lynn
     
  10. CRISTIANO7

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    I'm a huge fan of the Star Wars books, so it's gotta be Sci-Fi for me.
     
  11. Lokiman42

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    I am open to most genres. But I mostly prefer fantasy or any form of fiction. Anything that doesn't exist in the real world. (Although reality stories intrigue me as well if done right.)
     
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    I'll give anything a go once or twice, except self-help books. NO. Just... NO. Never.

    I enjoy books that are well-tied together— books that make sense in the end, completely conclude. Fiction, nonfiction, horror, fantasy, science-fiction (although the science has to sound plausible), even epic-poems; I have a few favorites in every genre.
     
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    I voted general fiction, but specifically literary fiction. I enjoy amonsgt others Phillip Roth [The Human Stain, American Pastoral, I married a communist, The Ghostwriter].

    vanhunks
     
  14. thegearheart

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    I really like pulp fiction and adventure stories! I think that's because I'm a child at heart.
     
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    I like memoirs/autobiographies most. Therefore I chose other.
    As far as fiction genre's I don't know, I tend to enjoy mainstream.
     
  16. giselle_zella

    giselle_zella New Member

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    I read everything!!!!!
    I'm really not picky about what I read - I love to read.
    But I guess I'd have to say that my favourite genre is....romance...
    :-D
     
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    Romance is my favorite!!
     
  18. -NM-

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    I used to like Fantasy the most, but it just seems to be all getting very similar nowadays, most fantasy books i read i feel like i've read before because the characters and plots are very rarely anything special or anything out of the ordinary.

    Nowadays i tend to just read non-fiction, it's more interesting than fiction.
     
  19. starseed

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    Hi, I'm new.

    I voted general fiction. The stories I want to read about are of the real life variety. I like stories about real people I can relate to. Stories about travel, overcoming the challenges of life and love and family, coming of age stories, etc. Stuff like that.

    This is also the genre I write myself, although one day I'd love to branch out and try out writing a horror story! :)
     
  20. lazerus reborn

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    Perfect now i hardly have to type anything =}
    HOw to sum it up in,
    Yesterday I read Brisinger(eragon book3) today I read Gears of War Aspho Fields, tomorrow, A wizard of the earth sea-(highly recommended by a few friends and staff), Its my extended holiday so i thought id catch up on some reading.
    What can i say am enthusiastic,

    cb
     
  21. JGraham

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    I really read almost anything.

    My favorite books are the Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and Next By Michael Crichton. I love Crichton's Science Fiction and Follett is amazing at setting the scene and I love the general fiction. I have never tried reading like romance, but im not really into that, although I do like some elements from them.
     
  22. fantasy girl

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    fantasy big style, im bloody addicted to the thing
     
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    I love reading Historical Fiction
     
  24. The Memory Arsonist

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    You can't be a writer without being a reader. General Fiction all the way! :D
     
  25. Bookmagician

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    I enjoy writing that is different. Purely fantasy with dwarfs and elves and the like are too overdone to like, as well with science fiction. I do lean more toward the fantasy if I have to, but I generally stay away.

    Unique is the best.
     

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