Expanding one's reading horizons is rewarding, but I'll be the first to confess that I really don't know what's out there outside of the main genres everyone knows and my own interests.
So, what are your reading deep cuts? The genres and books only a handful of people seem to have a passion for? Let us know why you think the niche is appealing and what people should read if they want to start getting into it.
by Mind101
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Cold War espionage nonfiction.
Spy by David Wise
Spy Handler by Victor Cherkashin
Cassidy’s Run by David Wise
Spy Dust by Antonio Mendez
Nightmover by David Wise
big fan of midwestern gothic and i highly recommend the end of temperance dare by wendy webb as a solid introduction to the subgenre.
similarly, i also enjoy what i refer to as plains states gothic and recommend the roanoke girls by amy engel.
there are people who will argue that both books could be considered midwestern gothic. however, the geographical and cultural differences are so significant and affect the stories so differently that two distinct categories make more sense.
My favorite niche genre is “books the author had fun writing”.
Terry Pratchett is good for that.
Isaac Asimov’s Black Widower series is amazing.
I’m a fan of multi-century or even multi-millennia sweeping epics that aim to show the life of a place through the many generations of humans that live there. Edward Rutherfurd, James Michener kinds of books. I wouldn’t say it is necessarily deep, deep cut since those are both well-known authors, but in the sense that there aren’t many authors doing these kinds of books.