It can be just about any genre—horror, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, thriller…I'll read just about anything. BUT:
– No classics, please. (e.g. don't recommend War and Peace or something)
– Nothing with homophobia. This can be triggering for me.
– No romance or erotica. That's basically all I've been reading for weeks and it's getting old.
– No YA or younger. I'm exclusively looking for mature, adult literature
I want some really good literary fiction that's going to make me really think. Something that's gonna stick with me for a long time. But I want it to be blended with genre fiction.
The Giver was a good example of this when I was younger (literary fiction asking us about the roll suffering has to play in our lives, and other great stuff to chew on in my mind—dressed up as a coming-of-age story in a science fiction setting). I'm not sure if I've ever read anything else that fits what I'm asking for here.
by yashen14
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The Left Hand of Darkness might be perfect for what you’re looking for – it uses sci-fi setting to explore gender and society in ways that will definitely stick with you. Also Station Eleven does this beautiful thing where it’s technically post-apocalyptic but really about art and human connection, makes you think about what actually matters in life.
Both have that literary depth you want but wrapped in genre elements that keep pages turning.