What genre or subgenre is my book?
What Genre Is Your Book?
Discover the genre or subgenre that best fits your book with this engaging quiz! Answer a series of insightful questions that delve into your story's focus, reader expectations, and emotional impact.
Perfect for authors looking to clarify their book's positioning, this quiz will help you:
- Identify key elements of your narrative
- Understand reader expectations
- Refine your promotional strategies
What is the main focus of the work, or the element it focuses the most on?
The sexual relationship between the main characters, or the sexual awakening, journey, discovery, or sexuality of the main character(s)
The romantic relationship between the main characters, including their meeting, growing closer, their doubts and conflicts, and their journey to becoming a happy and devoted couple in love (note this includes poly relationships despite using the word couple)
The horrific nature or depravity of the sex acts involved, with an intent to horrify or disgust the reader
The worldbuilding, magic system, political landscape, or society
Other
You show an online friend the promotional blurb you've written for your book. When you publish it they go online to buy a copy before you have the chance to send them a link to the page. Based on what your blurb said, in which section would your friend reasonably look for the book?
Erotica
Romance
Horror
Sci-fi or Fantasy
Other
You're in an elevator with a book agent who has expressed some interest when you say you've written a book. You're one floor away from stepping off the elevator, and can only give a brief answer without going into detail. They ask what you want the reader to feel when they read your book. You say?
Horny, turned on, titillated
Heartened, satisfied, uplifted, sentimental
Horrified, disgusted, shocked, repulsed
Pensive, reflective, filled with either hope or doubt for humanity
Exhilerating, inspired, satisfied as if returning from their own grand adventure
Other
Does your book adhere to the reader expectations for the Romance genre? (Contains all or almost all romance beats, has no cheating, all people in the relationship are alive, happy, and together at the end of the book, focus is on the romantic relationship, etc)
Yes
No
Other than your book containing sex scenes (even if graphic, detailed, or hardcore), for what reason do you think it should be placed in the erotica category?
It focuses on the sexual relationship or sexual journey of the character(s)
I wrote it with the intention of titillating or turning on my readers
It containing sex scenes is the only reason I thought it should be in the erotica category
This question doesn't apply to me
Other
What is the main purpose of the sex scenes (or sexual elements) in your book?
To turn the reader on
To show the main characters growing closer
To horrify or disgust the reader
I just felt like writing them
Other
If you removed all the sex scenes from your book, would the majority of the plot still make sense?
Yes
No
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