Genres

My Favorite Genre

My favorite reading genre would be the psychological thriller genre. I prefer this genre over others because it grabs my attention more than the others and usually when reading these books I find them hard to put down. I rather read a book that makes my hair stand on end and my heart race than one that puts me asleep. I like feeling a strong involvement in what I'm reading like wondering "What's going to happen next?" "Who did this?" and being excited for when I pick up the book again next. My favorite author from this genre would be Gillian Flynn. He just has a great way with plot twists and increasing suspense. Whenever I read her books I end up surprised and blown away by the ending. I enjoy how she isn't afraid to write very dark either, not shying away from making it truly psychologically thrilling. My favorite book so far of this genre that I've read is Dark Places which was by Gillian Flynn. It was an extremely dark book but so well written and stitched together. There wasn't a boring part in the book and i had a hard time putting it down and loved the ending. 

Gillian Flynn+ Dark Places

The genre I had to present in class was the crime genre which happens to be a sub genre of the psychological thriller genre. Instead what sets it apart in its own category is that it always involves a crime mystery, but is still suspenseful and usually dark and thrilling to the reader. The more modern true crime genre started out with Edgar Allen Poe's short stories and evolved since then into the crime genre we know today with a large following of people due to its ability to scare, captivate, and of course thrill the reader.