BingoDOG - Genre Benders
- Description
- Genre benders don't fit neatly into one genre, but incorporate tropes from two or more different genres. Includes slipstream and interstitial fiction. This list was created to collect recommendations for the BingoDOG 2015 challenge, but anyone is welcome to contribute books.
1
41,337 members
1,116 reviews
4.1
Score 5
Added 2014-09-04, 12:58 PM
- 5 Members
- hailelib, LittleTaiko, kiwiflowa, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker
2
6,620 members
281 reviews
4.1
Score 5
Added 2014-09-04, 11:51 PM
- 5 Members
- hailelib, kiwiflowa, merrystar, BookLizard, ahef1963
- Explanations
- BookLizard: Science fiction, mystery, historical fiction, romance, and comedy of manners all in one.
3
38,959 members
1,260 reviews
4.1
Score 4
Added 2014-09-04, 09:36 AM
- 4 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, blahme
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Baileys/Orange
4
- 4 Members
- LittleTaiko, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, blahme
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker and Giller
5
6
- 3 Members
- kiwiflowa, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker
7
- 3 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Baileys/Orange
8
- 3 Members
- LittleTaiko, electrice, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: speculative fiction that doesn't quite fit in any genre box; nominated for Booker
9
- 3 Members
- kiwiflowa, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker, Baileys/Orange, and Giller
10
11
11,793 members
479 reviews
4.2
Score 3
Added 2014-09-04, 01:08 PM
- 3 Members
- kiwiflowa, electrice, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Baileys/Orange
12
10,258 members
417 reviews
3.8
Score 3
Added 2014-09-04, 08:04 AM
13
1,448 members
35 reviews
3.9
Score 3
Added 2014-09-04, 08:07 AM
14
26,585 members
756 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2014-09-04, 01:03 PM
- 2 Members
- Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker & Costa
15
16
by Anne Rice
22,519 members
326 reviews
3.8
Score 2
Added 2014-09-16, 05:06 AM
- 2 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: literary, vampires
17
17,730 members
437 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2014-09-16, 05:44 AM
- 2 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: historical thriller, literary
18
- 2 Members
- melonbrawl, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: literary, apocalyptic, vampires
19
- 2 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Baileys/Orange and Costa
25
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (ghost story) nominated for Pulitzer
28
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: speculative fiction that doesn't quite fit in any genre box
30
7,149 members
360 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2014-09-09, 04:42 AM
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Giller
31
- 2 Members
- hailelib, BookLizard,electrice
- Explanations
- BookLizard: Steampunk, fantasy, romance, and comedy of manners.electrice : gaslamp
33
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: speculative fiction that doesn't quite fit in any genre box; nominated for Booker
34
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: historical crime-thriller nominated for Booker
36
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: historical, western, crime; nominated for Booker and Giller
37
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: Literary mythic fiction is the closest label I can think for it, but really it just completely defies genre categorization.
38
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (ghosts, magical realism) nominated for Baileys/Orange and Pulitzer
44
by Michel Faber
2,137 members
133 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 1
Added 2014-09-16, 05:40 AM
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sci-fi space, literary
48
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: cyberpunk, mythology, literary; nominated for Baileys/Orange
49
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: crime-detective nominated for Booker, Costa, and Baileys/Orange
50
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (ghost story) nominated for Booker and Baileys/Orange
52
1,040 members
37 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 1
Added 2014-09-04, 01:11 PM
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Baileys/Orange
54
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: mystery-crime nominated for Baileys/Orange
56
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: crime-thriller nominated for Baileys/Orange
58
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: apocalyptic, genetic engineering, dark fantasy, mythic fiction...it's a lot of things in a very literary packaging
60
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (alternate history) nominated for Baileys/Orange
62
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: speculative fiction that doesn't quite fit in any genre box
63
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: literary horror (Novak is the pseudonym of literary fiction author Scott Spencer)
64
by Jane Rogers
375 members
33 reviews
3.2
Score 1
Added 2014-09-16, 05:56 AM
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker
65
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: mythic fiction in an apocalyptic setting...sort of...but not quite
68
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Costa; almost mythic fiction, almost dystopia....it's just wholly original and quite wonderful
69
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: dark fantastical + genetic engineering + very literary....it's totally its own thing
