It’s easy to understand what you’re getting when you pick up a romance or a mystery, but what about those books that are more than one thing? We’ve made a list of a few of our very favorite genre-bending books and described them using other books or shows you might be familiar with.
Neverworld Wake =
Groundhog Day (film with characters stuck in a time loop)
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The Good Place (show featuring characters facing ethical and philosophical dilemmas)
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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (YA book about a friend group bound together by a terrible tragedy)
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Big Brother (reality TV show with some high-stakes voting)
House of Salt and Sorrows =
“Twelve Dancing Princesses” (fairy tale about sisters who sneak out of the house to dance at night)
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Nancy Drew (show about strange happenings and supernatural visions in a spooky seaside town)
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (classic novel about a tight-knit group of sisters navigating life’s tribulations)
LIFEL1K3 =
Mad Max (postapocalyptic movie)
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Blade Runner (movie featuring androids that hide among humans)
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Dark Matter (science fiction comic/series about characters with amnesia)
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Star Wars (everyone needs a feisty droid sidekick!)
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (forbidden romance)
Wildfire =
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (memoir about a woman who, reeling from grief, sets off on a challenging outdoor journey)
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My Girl (movie about a boy and a girl with a heartwarming friendship)
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127 Hours (movie about a hiking trip that turns into a struggle for survival)
