What genre or subgenre is my book?

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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

7 Questions2 MinutesCreated by WritingRose210

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?

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

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?

What genre or subgenre is my book?

What Genre Is Your Book?

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