What’s your genre?

Which genre do you write in? A poll follows. I haven’t totally settled down yet--here are mine:

Fantasy (satire) The Vampire Kitty-cat Chronicles

Mystery (coming of age) The Summer Boy

Science Fiction Hiding Magic

Science Fiction Gundown (free ebook editions)

 

 

Here are the top 10 most popular fiction genres from QueryTracker

1. Young Adult
2. Fantasy
3. Literary Fiction
4. Children’s
5. Science Fiction
6. Thrillers/Suspense
7. Middle Grade
8. Romance
9. Historical
10. Women’s Fiction

Perhaps it's no surprise that the list of the 10 genres most requested by literary agents is exactly the same.

One nit-pick: Young Adult and Middle Grade aren’t actually genres, they’re categories. What are the most popular genres in those categories?

Which genres make the most money? A 2014 article says the top five are:

1. Romance/Erotica
2. Crime/Mystery
3. Religious/Inspirational
4. Science Fiction and Fantasy
5. Horror

Interesting to me that neither Religious/Inspirational or Horror appear in the top 10 list.

Share what you write—this poll allows more you to select more than one genre.

For what it’s worth.

Ray