Introduction: appeal and genre: gateway frameworks for working with readers
The adrenaline genre
Adrenaline
Adventure
Thrillers
Suspense
The intellect genres
Psychological suspense
Mystery
Private investigator
Police detective
Amateur detective
A non-investigator type subgenre
Literary fiction
Science fiction
Hard/soft (or social)
Space opera
Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic/utopian/dystopian
Time travel/alternate history
Cyberpunk/steampunk
First contact/military
The landscape genres
Fantasy
Epic fantasy
Sword and sorcery
Urban fantasy
Historical
Legends/myths/fairy tales
Western
Historical fiction
The emotion genres
Relationship fiction
Romance
Contemporary romances
Historical romances
Romantic suspense
Paranormal romances
Horror
Appendix: hack this book and the five-book challenge
Author/title index
Subject/appeal index.