Podcast Episode 116: Micro Genres We Love with Susie (@NovelVisits)

Micro Genres We Love

In Episode 116, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) joins me to talk about niching down from traditional genre categories into the micro genres we love.  Over the past year, I have picked up on some key themes and types of books that I can generally count on for successful reading. Today, we’re putting them all in one special episode as Susie and I bring you a delightfully overflowing list of the micro genres that work for us, books from each, and why we love them.

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Introducing Summer Shelves (a companion to my Summer Reading Guide)…

  • In addition to my annual 2022 Summer Reading Guide, I’m introducing Summer Shelves, a companion exclusively for Superstars Patrons ($7/mo).
  • Summer Shelves features BACKLIST summer reading recommendations from over 25 former podcast guests and our team members.
  • The Summer Shelves design is clean, crisp, and unique and you’ll receive it in a PDF file format via Patreon.
  • If you’d like to get the Summer Shelves companion guide, you can sign up to be a Superstars patron here. You’ll also get access to a monthly bonus podcast series called Double Booked (where Catherine or Susie and I share our own book recommendations in the same format as the big show) and my Rock Your Reading Tracker.
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Micro Genres We Love  [2:41]

Books by Former or Current Attorneys [3:20]

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Frenzied but Favorable Family Dynamics [7:19]

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Suspenseful Books That Are Not Truly Thrillers,
But That Publishers Market as Thrillers  [11:09]

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Hell No! Women’s Stories  [16:22]

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Historical Fiction About Women Breaking the Stereotypes and Limitations of Their Time  [19:19]

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Literary Angst  [22:41]

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Oral Histories  [28:13]

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Trust No One  [33:45]

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Badass Female Athlete Fiction / Competition Novels  [38:09]

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Faithful Friends / Ensembles [44:05]

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Other Books Mentioned

About Susie Boutry

Susie Boutry of Novel Visits

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Susie has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Some of her fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, she began journaling about the books she read and turned that passion into writing about books. Her first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend’s blog, but she soon realized she wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of her own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, she loves being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish.

Next Episodes

In two weeks on July 13, author Annie Hartnett will be joining me on the podcast to discuss her latest novel, Unlikely Animals.

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4 Comments

  1. L wrote:

    Another badass Athlete book: “Furia” by Yamile Saied Mendez

    Loved this episode!

    Posted 6.29.22 Reply
  2. Lia wrote:

    Loved this episode! A micro genre I’ve been loving this year is “memoirs in essays” (This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, These Precious Days, and Bomb Shelter to name a few).

    Posted 6.29.22 Reply
  3. A wrote:

    Recently finished Still Life by Sarah Winman, which has such a wonderful friend group/found family… looking forward to digging into your recs for this micro genre!

    Posted 7.2.22 Reply
  4. Melissa wrote:

    I absolutely love your podcast and how thoroughly you detail the notes for each episode so I can easily go back and replay certain parts and can find the books and their links. Micro genre ep was a gem! I remember in one previous ep you and Susie (I think) mentioned nature thrillers as a possible sub genre in regards to Paula McLain’s When The Stars Go Dark (one of my all time faves!) so hope you do you another micro genre ep and maybe you can add that as one… Thanks for all the hard work. It’s obvious all that goes into this and I appreciate it & the wonderful books I have found from it.

    Posted 7.31.22 Reply

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