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* ''Literature/BeyondReality'' is a series of novels and short stories that explore the multiverse and thus touches upon all kinds of genres within. One story could be an ActionAdventure set in a post-apocalyptic world, another could be a lighthearted ScienceFantasy romance across time and space, and a third could be a straight up CosmicHorrorStory.
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* ''Literature/RiddleyWalker'' is an AfterTheEnd ScienceFiction done in the style of a Middle Ages [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible mind screwy]] historical novel.
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* ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' is a combination of DetectiveLiterature and a {{Middle Grade|Literature}}-level RomanceNovel, with a bit of ReverseHarem mixed into the latter. In the latter case, [[TheProtagonist Aya]] is obviously having fleeting crushes with one of the several boys in the KZ Detective Team, but she's oblivious about it.
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* It's difficult to place ''Literature/JaneUnlimited'' into one specific genre since each section is basically it's own. It's part detective fiction, part espionage, part horror, part sci-fi, and part portal fantasy.
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* According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki: "''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' is most frequently described as political satire, dystopian science-fiction, black comedy, and crime drama, although its crossover appeal to the horror fan community is unmistakable."
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* According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki: Website/TheOtherWiki: "''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' is most frequently described as political satire, dystopian science-fiction, black comedy, and crime drama, although its crossover appeal to the horror fan community is unmistakable."
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*''Literature/TheSevenDeathsOfEvelynHardcastle'': The novel is a TimeTravel MindScrew thriller set against the backdrop of a country house murder mystery {{Whodunnit}} in the tradition of Creator/AgathaChristie.
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* ''Literature/WorldsOfShadow'': As author Creator/LawrenceWattEvans said, the series is a combination of HighFantasy, SpaceOpera and {{Horror}}. It starts in our world, when some Americans were contacted by people from alternate HighFantasy and SpaceOpera, then are drawn into a battle against an enemy who's threatening them both. {{Horror}} tinges this constantly as well, since the protagonist's loved ones are raped/murdered, he's made a slave with many others on a fringe planet (where the women are raped), the enemy has made corpses into horrifying undead servants and makes terrible monsters too.
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* ''Literature/WorldsOfShadow'': As author Creator/LawrenceWattEvans said, the series is a combination of HighFantasy, SpaceOpera and {{Horror}}. It starts in our world, when some Americans were contacted by people from alternate HighFantasy and SpaceOpera, then SpaceOpera universes, who are drawn into a battle against an enemy who's threatening them both. {{Horror}} tinges this constantly as well, since the protagonist's loved ones are raped/murdered, he's made a slave with many others on a fringe planet (where the women are raped), the enemy has made corpses into many horrifying undead servants and makes terrible monsters too.
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* ''OutOfTheDark'' is for the most part a typical AlienInvasion novel. But the twist near the end reveals that it's also a vampire novel.
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* ''OutOfTheDark'' ''Literature/OutOfTheDark'' is for the most part a typical AlienInvasion novel. But the twist near the end reveals that it's also a vampire novel.
* ''Literature/TheTeresaKnightTrilogy'': It's basically erotica meets a basic detective story in each novel.
* ''Literature/TheTeresaKnightTrilogy'': It's basically erotica meets a basic detective story in each novel.
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* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a SpaceOpera / HighFantasy / BlackComedy meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of Comicbook/TheSandman-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
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* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a SpaceOpera / HighFantasy / BlackComedy meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of Comicbook/TheSandman-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools GLORIOUS!]]
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* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a SpaceOpera / HighFantasy / BlackComedy meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of Comicbook/TheSandman-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
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* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a SpaceOpera / HighFantasy / BlackComedy meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of Comicbook/TheSandman-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Lovecraftian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
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* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a SpaceOpera / HighFantasy / BlackComedy meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of {{ComicBook/Sandman}}-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
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* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a SpaceOpera / HighFantasy / BlackComedy meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of {{ComicBook/Sandman}}-like Comicbook/TheSandman-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
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** Example: ''Literature/CutAndRun'' is a {{Queer Romance}}/{{Thriller}}/{{Action}}/{{Mystery}} series that frequently delves into being a {{Drama}} and sometimes has elements of {{Magical Realism}}.
* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a {{Space Opera}}/{{High Fantasy}}/{{Black Comedy}} meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of {{ComicBook/Sandman}}-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a {{Space Opera}}/{{High Fantasy}}/{{Black Comedy}} meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of {{ComicBook/Sandman}}-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
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** Example: ''Literature/CutAndRun'' is a {{Queer Romance}}/{{Thriller}}/{{Action}}/{{Mystery}} QueerRomance /{{Thriller}} / {{Action|Genre}}/{{Mystery}} series that frequently delves into being a {{Drama}} and sometimes has elements of {{Magical Realism}}.MagicalRealism.
* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a{{Space Opera}}/{{High Fantasy}}/{{Black Comedy}} SpaceOpera / HighFantasy / BlackComedy meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of {{ComicBook/Sandman}}-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a
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* ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' is notoriously hard to classify. Some consider it horror due to the terrifying premise, but that classification always causes "traditional" horror fans to baulk because it ''isn't'' traditional. Action-adventure? That's perhaps the best when combined with horror, but given the deep, requires-substantial-thought satire and themes "action" seems misleading. When you go to buy a copy you could end up in the Sci-fi section, the horror section...If that's not confusing enough, many people also characterize the film as a VERY dark comedy.
* ''Literature/GravitysRainbow'' includes elements of historical fiction, spy fiction, sci-fi, war, comedy, pornography, conspiracy theories, and a general atmosphere of MindScrew.
* Eoin Colfer's ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' series combines UrbanFantasy with science fiction and serves it up with a heavy dose of crime drama. A plotline involving [[TheFairFolk fairies]] using nanotechnology to take down the Russian Mafia is typical for the series.
* Similarly, Colfer's book ''Airman'' is a mixture of a SwashBuckler, Romance, SteamPunk, Retro Sci-Fi, Adventure, Western, Espionage and GreatEscape.
* ''Gunfighter's Ride'' is a pony express rider delivering the mail, dealing with demons, ghosts, and a genocidal medicine man.
* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' is a fantasy series, mixed with parody, mixed with humor, mixed with deep examinations into the human psyche, mixed with occasional detective story elements, mixed with war drama, mixed with PoliceProcedural tropes. Might be just shorter to say it is simply awesome.
* ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' was described by author Creator/DouglasAdams as a "detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic". Mind you, of these labels, only four are really accurate -- detective, ghost, whodunnit and time travel -- and two of those are synonyms.
* ''Literature/{{Dhalgren}}'' is written very much like psychological SciFi (one of the characters [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this at one point), but it ends up being [[MindScrew very hard to classify]].
* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' is a portrayal of life during the Ice Age, but this includes elements of RomanceNovel, HistoricalFiction, historical fantasy, erotica, travelogue and ShownTheirWork mixed with a lot of ArtisticLicense.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov wrote Sci-fi robot detective stories.
* Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/{{Kim}}'' is a spy story, a gigantic SliceOfLife, and a ComingOfAge story.
* Anyone who calls ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' a romance is ''greatly'' oversimplifying matters. It has romance, drama, comedy, suspense, a bit of action, a bit of adventure, it's a rags to riches story and a coming of age story, a possible satire of this and that or even SelfParody, and it has strong elements of mystery and horror. Figure ''that'' out!
* ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' series of books were published as Men's Adventure books. However, there are strong elements of {{Satire}} and BlackComedy. The main characters practice SupernaturalMartialArts and the opponents ranged from TheMafia, terrorists, and communist spies (typical of the genre) to androids and vampires.
* According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki: "''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' is most frequently described as political satire, dystopian science-fiction, black comedy, and crime drama, although its crossover appeal to the horror fan community is unmistakable."
* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' is a humorous fantasy action adventure -- with a FramingDevice that makes it into a {{parody}} of old {{satire}} (yes, a parody of satire) and also incorporates fictional autobiography for some reason. The book's title and those of its chapters are also deliberately misleading to suggest some kind of bland-sounding fairytale romance.
* John [=DeChancie=]'s ''Literature/CastlePerilous'' series is essentially fantasy, being based in a magical castle, but what makes the castle special (well, one of the things) is that it contains portals to 144,000 different worlds. This allows for dumping the characters in any genre of story the author feels like writing.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' can very easily be put on the "Urban Fantasy" shelf of the bookstore, but certain elements of the story and the lead character have enough "cowboy" characteristics that it had a strong element of fantasy western (even though it takes place in Chicago.) The author himself says that, at its heart, it's like a comic book, and the general WorldOfSnark writing style also gives it a strong comedic element as well.
* In ''Literature/TheExilesViolin'': We have a detective-intrigue story mixed with an action adventure story and a heroic fantasy story in a Victorian {{Steampunk}} setting that spends most of its dialogue on [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Snark to Snark Romance]].
* ''Literature/WillOfHeaven'' is usually classified as a work of ScienceFiction, but the cast is almost exclusively composed of [[HistoricalDomainCharacter historical and/or legendary figures]], the occasional {{Wuxia}} trope turns up, and the eponymous will of heaven may not have a scientific explanation.
* ''Literature/TheLiesOfLockeLamora'' is a heist novel...in a fantasy setting.
* ''Literature/NerveZero'' is a find-the-girl noir story, set on a far-future, zero gravity space station populated by weird versions of humanity.
* The stories in the ''Literature/LeagueOfMagi'' are predominantly thrillers, with elements of detective, spy, and conspiracy genres thrown in. The world itself is decidedly urban fantasy (with some horror seasoning).
* ''Literature/MrBlank'' and [[Literature/GetBlank its sequel]] are almost genre Mad Libs. Comic noir, with conspiracies, monsters, aliens, and just a smidge of urban fantasy.
* ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' is a classic noir riff: world-weary detective in a world that hates him. He's also the last human detective because almost everyone else in the world is some kind of monster.
* ''Literature/UndeadOnArrival'' is a "zombie noir" story. Taking a title that's a reference to the classic ''D.O.A.'', and then putting it in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
* ''Literature/DreamPark'' and its first two sequels feature a fantasy-adventure ShowWithinAShow storyline embedded in a tale of industrial espionage that's straight out of cyberpunk, all taking place in a high-tech future. The fourth book tosses steampunk motifs into the Game component, and swaps espionage for ''Die Hard''-style action movie.
* ''Literature/ObsidianAndBlood'' is a historical urban fantasy locked room mystery.
* The ''Literature/AhrimanTrilogy'' is a young adult urban fantasy superhero cosmic horror tale.
* ''Literature/TheGammageCup'': A children's story that starts with SliceOfLife in a {{Fantasy}} world, but moves to a Downplayed {{Dystopian}} setting. Then the main characters rebel and create a {{Robinsonade}}-esque mini-civilization from scratch. Finally, various [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Guns]] fire and the story turns EpicFantasy.
* In the Creator/LeighBardugo novel ''Literature/SixOfCrows'', a wealthy merchant hires a team of master criminals to rescue an imprisoned scientist who's invented a highly addictive drug. Sound like just another [[TheCaper caper]]? This one takes place in a LowFantasy world, and the drug enhances peoples' magical abilities.
* A vast majority if adult fiction with LGB leads is automatically labeled {{Queer Romance}} as its genre, no matter what other elements are in play. Whether romance gets a majority focus of the plot or not, if a queer lead has a same-sex love interest, that is now the genre. This leads to a lot of adult M/M and F/F fiction having a mix of genres under the same label and crossing territory multiple times.
** Example: ''Literature/CutAndRun'' is a {{Queer Romance}}/{{Thriller}}/{{Action}}/{{Mystery}} series that frequently delves into being a {{Drama}} and sometimes has elements of {{Magical Realism}}.
* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a {{Space Opera}}/{{High Fantasy}}/{{Black Comedy}} meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of {{ComicBook/Sandman}}-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
* This is arguably the point behind the NewWeird, a literary "genre" intended as a reaction to the ScifiGhetto and a return to the Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith era when fantasy, science fiction, and horror were still more or less all one genre. See the NewWeird page for a much more thorough explanation.
* After decades, if not centuries, of LiteraryFiction posturing itself as [[SacredCow a "superior"]] [[ScifiGhetto or "non-generic" genre]] and refusing to do much playing around with the conventions of other genres, we finally have a good number of modern and semi-modern [=LitFic=] authors and books that consciously blend the archetypical elements of [=LitFic=] with other genres, including:
** ''Literature/TheSatanicVerses'' by Salman Rushdie. Epic story centered around two Indian men in London, but with an uncompromisingly comical tone and so many MagicalRealism elements that the book verges on outright fantasy.
** ''Generosity'' by Richard Powers. Same tone, prose style, and characterizations as [=LitFic=], but it's just as obsessed with science as any ScienceFiction novel, specifically in the areas of nature vs. nurture and the ethics of genetic engineering.
** ''Look at Me'' by Jennifer Egan. Again, has the same style and many of the same themes as [=LitFic=], but with an unusually surreal tone, a private detective, and an overarching mystery plot.
** ''The Course of the Heart'' by M. John Harrison. A gritty literary reworking of ''Literature/TheGreatGodPan'', which focuses on the aftermath of three friends summoning a creature from another plane.
* Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' combines elements of film noir, mystery, pulp science fiction and an emphasis on technology to create what is now known as CyberPunk . It is now seen as the TropeMaker of the genre, and depending on who you ask, the TropeCodifier as well.
* ''Literature/RiddleyWalker'' is an AfterTheEnd ScienceFiction done in the style of a Middle Ages [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible mind screwy]] historical novel.
%%* Creator/WilliamBlake's self-illustrated book of poems, ''Literature/SongsOfInnocenceAndOfExperience''.
* ''Literature/AmericanGods'' won the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Sci-fi book of the year, the Locus Award for best fantasy book of the year, and the Bram Stoker Award for best horror book of the year. It's also a meditation on the "meaning" of America, and reflection on the different immigrant stories.
* Stephen King's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' book series isn't your typical King material, and it definitely isn't a typical Western story. Hell, in the context of storytelling, it arguably isn't really a typical anything. It's fairly well described by Torg's description of his own "greatest comic book of all time" in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' -- "a cowboy-western-psychological-horror-action-romance-thriller" -- except that that's missing its perhaps main genre of fantasy.
* Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'' is a comedic conspiracy novel that also includes erotic fiction, horror, epic fantasy, and espionage. Wilson's later novels in the same setting add science fiction, historical fiction and a variety of literary pastiches.
* ''Literature/InTheSnowsOfHaz'' is a mystery set in a fantasy world.
* ''Literature/GunWithOccasionalMusic'' by Creator/JonathanLethem is a sci-fi police procedural that eschews most of the stereotypical elements of sci-fi, like aliens and computers. In fact, it probably is far closer to a pastiche of thirties noir with the silly elements (talking animals, super-intelligent alcoholic infants, free drugs for everyone, etc) justified after the fact. It could be telling that the author is also the editor for the Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler anthologies.
* ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' lives' off of {{Metafiction}}, so the fact that it's a fantasy/sci-fi/mystery/comedy/drama involving everything from TimeTravel to [[SeriousBusiness cheese smuggling]] as major plot points eventually just starts to be classified as "I give up."
** The'' Literature/NurseryCrime'' series as well, given it's a spinoff of ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', though it has its roots in Detective Fiction {{Deconstruction}}.
* Jennifer Fallon's ''Second Sons'' is almost brilliant about this. From one perspective, there's little reason why it couldn't just be called HistoricalFiction-- it has no magic, no aliens, no AppliedPhlebotinum, and generally nothing outright impossible, and while it definitely NeverWasThisUniverse, that doesn't necessarily disqualify it from fitting the genre. However, it's marketed as fantasy, because it ''really'' NeverWasThisUniverse rather than being just our universe [[RecycledInSpace with different names]], and because the depicted world has [[AlienSky two suns in its sky]]. (For the record, the author calls it medieval science fiction.)
* ''Literature/CompleteWorldKnowledge'' combines the almanac with the absurdist comedy.
* ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' is a horror/fantasy/parody/romance story, and while that statement is accurate, it's only scratching the surface of the novel's strangeness and unconventionality. The [[FootNoteFever footnotes]] alone...
-->''"I had one woman come up to me in a bookstore and say, 'You know, everyone told me it was a horror book, but when I finished it, I realized that it was a love story.' And she's absolutely right. In some ways, genre is a marketing tool."''
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* ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' is notoriously hard to classify. Some consider it horror due to the terrifying premise, but that classification always causes "traditional" horror fans to baulk because it ''isn't'' traditional. Action-adventure? That's perhaps the best when combined with horror, but given the deep, requires-substantial-thought satire and themes "action" seems misleading. When you go to buy a copy you could end up in the Sci-fi section, the horror section...If that's not confusing enough, many people also characterize the film as a VERY dark comedy.
* ''Literature/GravitysRainbow'' includes elements of historical fiction, spy fiction, sci-fi, war, comedy, pornography, conspiracy theories, and a general atmosphere of MindScrew.
* Eoin Colfer's ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' series combines UrbanFantasy with science fiction and serves it up with a heavy dose of crime drama. A plotline involving [[TheFairFolk fairies]] using nanotechnology to take down the Russian Mafia is typical for the series.
* Similarly, Colfer's book ''Airman'' is a mixture of a SwashBuckler, Romance, SteamPunk, Retro Sci-Fi, Adventure, Western, Espionage and GreatEscape.
* ''Gunfighter's Ride'' is a pony express rider delivering the mail, dealing with demons, ghosts, and a genocidal medicine man.
* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' is a fantasy series, mixed with parody, mixed with humor, mixed with deep examinations into the human psyche, mixed with occasional detective story elements, mixed with war drama, mixed with PoliceProcedural tropes. Might be just shorter to say it is simply awesome.
* ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' was described by author Creator/DouglasAdams as a "detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic". Mind you, of these labels, only four are really accurate -- detective, ghost, whodunnit and time travel -- and two of those are synonyms.
* ''Literature/{{Dhalgren}}'' is written very much like psychological SciFi (one of the characters [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this at one point), but it ends up being [[MindScrew very hard to classify]].
* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' is a portrayal of life during the Ice Age, but this includes elements of RomanceNovel, HistoricalFiction, historical fantasy, erotica, travelogue and ShownTheirWork mixed with a lot of ArtisticLicense.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov wrote Sci-fi robot detective stories.
* Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/{{Kim}}'' is a spy story, a gigantic SliceOfLife, and a ComingOfAge story.
* Anyone who calls ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' a romance is ''greatly'' oversimplifying matters. It has romance, drama, comedy, suspense, a bit of action, a bit of adventure, it's a rags to riches story and a coming of age story, a possible satire of this and that or even SelfParody, and it has strong elements of mystery and horror. Figure ''that'' out!
* ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' series of books were published as Men's Adventure books. However, there are strong elements of {{Satire}} and BlackComedy. The main characters practice SupernaturalMartialArts and the opponents ranged from TheMafia, terrorists, and communist spies (typical of the genre) to androids and vampires.
* According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki: "''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' is most frequently described as political satire, dystopian science-fiction, black comedy, and crime drama, although its crossover appeal to the horror fan community is unmistakable."
* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' is a humorous fantasy action adventure -- with a FramingDevice that makes it into a {{parody}} of old {{satire}} (yes, a parody of satire) and also incorporates fictional autobiography for some reason. The book's title and those of its chapters are also deliberately misleading to suggest some kind of bland-sounding fairytale romance.
* John [=DeChancie=]'s ''Literature/CastlePerilous'' series is essentially fantasy, being based in a magical castle, but what makes the castle special (well, one of the things) is that it contains portals to 144,000 different worlds. This allows for dumping the characters in any genre of story the author feels like writing.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' can very easily be put on the "Urban Fantasy" shelf of the bookstore, but certain elements of the story and the lead character have enough "cowboy" characteristics that it had a strong element of fantasy western (even though it takes place in Chicago.) The author himself says that, at its heart, it's like a comic book, and the general WorldOfSnark writing style also gives it a strong comedic element as well.
* In ''Literature/TheExilesViolin'': We have a detective-intrigue story mixed with an action adventure story and a heroic fantasy story in a Victorian {{Steampunk}} setting that spends most of its dialogue on [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Snark to Snark Romance]].
* ''Literature/WillOfHeaven'' is usually classified as a work of ScienceFiction, but the cast is almost exclusively composed of [[HistoricalDomainCharacter historical and/or legendary figures]], the occasional {{Wuxia}} trope turns up, and the eponymous will of heaven may not have a scientific explanation.
* ''Literature/TheLiesOfLockeLamora'' is a heist novel...in a fantasy setting.
* ''Literature/NerveZero'' is a find-the-girl noir story, set on a far-future, zero gravity space station populated by weird versions of humanity.
* The stories in the ''Literature/LeagueOfMagi'' are predominantly thrillers, with elements of detective, spy, and conspiracy genres thrown in. The world itself is decidedly urban fantasy (with some horror seasoning).
* ''Literature/MrBlank'' and [[Literature/GetBlank its sequel]] are almost genre Mad Libs. Comic noir, with conspiracies, monsters, aliens, and just a smidge of urban fantasy.
* ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' is a classic noir riff: world-weary detective in a world that hates him. He's also the last human detective because almost everyone else in the world is some kind of monster.
* ''Literature/UndeadOnArrival'' is a "zombie noir" story. Taking a title that's a reference to the classic ''D.O.A.'', and then putting it in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
* ''Literature/DreamPark'' and its first two sequels feature a fantasy-adventure ShowWithinAShow storyline embedded in a tale of industrial espionage that's straight out of cyberpunk, all taking place in a high-tech future. The fourth book tosses steampunk motifs into the Game component, and swaps espionage for ''Die Hard''-style action movie.
* ''Literature/ObsidianAndBlood'' is a historical urban fantasy locked room mystery.
* The ''Literature/AhrimanTrilogy'' is a young adult urban fantasy superhero cosmic horror tale.
* ''Literature/TheGammageCup'': A children's story that starts with SliceOfLife in a {{Fantasy}} world, but moves to a Downplayed {{Dystopian}} setting. Then the main characters rebel and create a {{Robinsonade}}-esque mini-civilization from scratch. Finally, various [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Guns]] fire and the story turns EpicFantasy.
* In the Creator/LeighBardugo novel ''Literature/SixOfCrows'', a wealthy merchant hires a team of master criminals to rescue an imprisoned scientist who's invented a highly addictive drug. Sound like just another [[TheCaper caper]]? This one takes place in a LowFantasy world, and the drug enhances peoples' magical abilities.
* A vast majority if adult fiction with LGB leads is automatically labeled {{Queer Romance}} as its genre, no matter what other elements are in play. Whether romance gets a majority focus of the plot or not, if a queer lead has a same-sex love interest, that is now the genre. This leads to a lot of adult M/M and F/F fiction having a mix of genres under the same label and crossing territory multiple times.
** Example: ''Literature/CutAndRun'' is a {{Queer Romance}}/{{Thriller}}/{{Action}}/{{Mystery}} series that frequently delves into being a {{Drama}} and sometimes has elements of {{Magical Realism}}.
* ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' is a {{Space Opera}}/{{High Fantasy}}/{{Black Comedy}} meta-fictional delight. The books follow galactic war fought in a universe where magic instead of technology is used, it contains elements of military sf, {{Literature/Discworld}} like humour, {{Literature/Flashman}}esque protagonits with bits of {{ComicBook/Sandman}}-like meta-fiction, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecratian Horror]], historical fiction and use of many examples of FictionalDocument[=s=] for WorldBuilding and [[Creator/LeoTolstoy Tolstoy]] quality level of suffering and existentialism and nihilism, with a dash of optimism and hope for the future, all the while being a {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}} of itself all at the same time. And it is [[TropesAreNotBad GLORIOUS!]]
* This is arguably the point behind the NewWeird, a literary "genre" intended as a reaction to the ScifiGhetto and a return to the Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith era when fantasy, science fiction, and horror were still more or less all one genre. See the NewWeird page for a much more thorough explanation.
* After decades, if not centuries, of LiteraryFiction posturing itself as [[SacredCow a "superior"]] [[ScifiGhetto or "non-generic" genre]] and refusing to do much playing around with the conventions of other genres, we finally have a good number of modern and semi-modern [=LitFic=] authors and books that consciously blend the archetypical elements of [=LitFic=] with other genres, including:
** ''Literature/TheSatanicVerses'' by Salman Rushdie. Epic story centered around two Indian men in London, but with an uncompromisingly comical tone and so many MagicalRealism elements that the book verges on outright fantasy.
** ''Generosity'' by Richard Powers. Same tone, prose style, and characterizations as [=LitFic=], but it's just as obsessed with science as any ScienceFiction novel, specifically in the areas of nature vs. nurture and the ethics of genetic engineering.
** ''Look at Me'' by Jennifer Egan. Again, has the same style and many of the same themes as [=LitFic=], but with an unusually surreal tone, a private detective, and an overarching mystery plot.
** ''The Course of the Heart'' by M. John Harrison. A gritty literary reworking of ''Literature/TheGreatGodPan'', which focuses on the aftermath of three friends summoning a creature from another plane.
* Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' combines elements of film noir, mystery, pulp science fiction and an emphasis on technology to create what is now known as CyberPunk . It is now seen as the TropeMaker of the genre, and depending on who you ask, the TropeCodifier as well.
* ''Literature/RiddleyWalker'' is an AfterTheEnd ScienceFiction done in the style of a Middle Ages [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible mind screwy]] historical novel.
%%* Creator/WilliamBlake's self-illustrated book of poems, ''Literature/SongsOfInnocenceAndOfExperience''.
* ''Literature/AmericanGods'' won the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Sci-fi book of the year, the Locus Award for best fantasy book of the year, and the Bram Stoker Award for best horror book of the year. It's also a meditation on the "meaning" of America, and reflection on the different immigrant stories.
* Stephen King's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' book series isn't your typical King material, and it definitely isn't a typical Western story. Hell, in the context of storytelling, it arguably isn't really a typical anything. It's fairly well described by Torg's description of his own "greatest comic book of all time" in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' -- "a cowboy-western-psychological-horror-action-romance-thriller" -- except that that's missing its perhaps main genre of fantasy.
* Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'' is a comedic conspiracy novel that also includes erotic fiction, horror, epic fantasy, and espionage. Wilson's later novels in the same setting add science fiction, historical fiction and a variety of literary pastiches.
* ''Literature/InTheSnowsOfHaz'' is a mystery set in a fantasy world.
* ''Literature/GunWithOccasionalMusic'' by Creator/JonathanLethem is a sci-fi police procedural that eschews most of the stereotypical elements of sci-fi, like aliens and computers. In fact, it probably is far closer to a pastiche of thirties noir with the silly elements (talking animals, super-intelligent alcoholic infants, free drugs for everyone, etc) justified after the fact. It could be telling that the author is also the editor for the Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler anthologies.
* ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' lives' off of {{Metafiction}}, so the fact that it's a fantasy/sci-fi/mystery/comedy/drama involving everything from TimeTravel to [[SeriousBusiness cheese smuggling]] as major plot points eventually just starts to be classified as "I give up."
** The'' Literature/NurseryCrime'' series as well, given it's a spinoff of ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', though it has its roots in Detective Fiction {{Deconstruction}}.
* Jennifer Fallon's ''Second Sons'' is almost brilliant about this. From one perspective, there's little reason why it couldn't just be called HistoricalFiction-- it has no magic, no aliens, no AppliedPhlebotinum, and generally nothing outright impossible, and while it definitely NeverWasThisUniverse, that doesn't necessarily disqualify it from fitting the genre. However, it's marketed as fantasy, because it ''really'' NeverWasThisUniverse rather than being just our universe [[RecycledInSpace with different names]], and because the depicted world has [[AlienSky two suns in its sky]]. (For the record, the author calls it medieval science fiction.)
* ''Literature/CompleteWorldKnowledge'' combines the almanac with the absurdist comedy.
* ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' is a horror/fantasy/parody/romance story, and while that statement is accurate, it's only scratching the surface of the novel's strangeness and unconventionality. The [[FootNoteFever footnotes]] alone...
-->''"I had one woman come up to me in a bookstore and say, 'You know, everyone told me it was a horror book, but when I finished it, I realized that it was a love story.' And she's absolutely right. In some ways, genre is a marketing tool."''
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