Re: General fiction or not? Re: Another book recommendation

At 09:11 AM 7/30/2015, 'Ellen Rawson' via Tamson House wrote:
>I've seen that where I am also. The Hampshire library system
>classifies a lot of books as general fiction that might
>otherwise be classified as science fiction/fantasy. I find it
>interesting and am uncertain as to where they draw the line.
>I've not been that intrigued to ask, though. :)

Our library doesn't seem to have drawn any lines. Sometimes I
think they do it rather randomly. I have found books from a
single series distributed across fantasy, science fiction, and
general fiction. Sometimes some of them end up in young adult
fiction too. I typically just request books when I know what I
want because hunting all over the building for books gets
tedious. I'm not even sure where they've moved the YA books too
other than that it isn't on the main floor any more. (The
library has several floors.)

>The same thing, goes for mystery/crime books. I was happy to
>see the Hampshire library system bringing in imported copies of
>Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon series. (They're not published over
>here, but people must have been requesting them for the library
>to buy them.) Now, I know that those books are considered
>mysteries in the US. I went to book signings/talks with Nevada
>Barr at Boulder's former Rue Morgue Mystery Book Store. But
>Hampshire classifies the Anna Pigeon books as general fiction.

The pattern here seems to be that what I'd call mystery/crime
books turn into general fiction when the authors become popular.


I think that how the publisher promotes the book has at least
something to do with the labels, but it obviously isn't the
whole story.

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Katrina Knight
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