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.
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42,653 members
1,149 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
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6,772 members
287 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.
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39,634 members
1,273 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
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- 4 Members
- LittleTaiko, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, blahme
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker and Giller
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- 3 Members
- kiwiflowa, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker
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- 3 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Baileys/Orange
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- 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
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- 3 Members
- kiwiflowa, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Booker, Baileys/Orange, and Giller
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13,297 members
515 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
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10,426 members
423 reviews
3.8
Score 3
Added 2014-09-04, 08:04 AM
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1,485 members
37 reviews
3.9
Score 3
Added 2014-09-04, 08:07 AM
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27,074 members
779 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
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by Anne Rice
22,966 members
333 reviews
3.8
Score 2
Added 2014-09-16, 05:06 AM
- 2 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: literary, vampires
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18,224 members
453 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
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- 2 Members
- melonbrawl, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: literary, apocalyptic, vampires
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- 2 Members
- KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Baileys/Orange and Costa
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (ghost story) nominated for Pulitzer
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- 2 Members
- Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963,electrice
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: gaslamp fantasy written in literary style; The Amber Spyglass, book #3, was nominated for the Booker
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: speculative fiction that doesn't quite fit in any genre box
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7,331 members
363 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2014-09-09, 04:42 AM
- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff nominated for Giller
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- 2 Members
- hailelib, BookLizard,electrice
- Explanations
- BookLizard: Steampunk, fantasy, romance, and comedy of manners.electrice : gaslamp
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: speculative fiction that doesn't quite fit in any genre box; nominated for Booker
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: historical crime-thriller nominated for Booker
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: historical, western, crime; nominated for Booker and Giller
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- 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.
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (ghosts, magical realism) nominated for Baileys/Orange and Pulitzer
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by Michel Faber
2,216 members
134 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
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: cyberpunk, mythology, literary; nominated for Baileys/Orange
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: crime-detective nominated for Booker, Costa, and Baileys/Orange
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (ghost story) nominated for Booker and Baileys/Orange
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1,064 members
38 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
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: mystery-crime nominated for Baileys/Orange
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: crime-thriller nominated for Baileys/Orange
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- 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
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: sff (alternate history) nominated for Baileys/Orange
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: speculative fiction that doesn't quite fit in any genre box
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: literary horror (Novak is the pseudonym of literary fiction author Scott Spencer)
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by Jane Rogers
378 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
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: mythic fiction in an apocalyptic setting...sort of...but not quite
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- 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
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- Her_Royal_Orangeness: dark fantastical + genetic engineering + very literary....it's totally its own thing
