I’m conducting a poll of is sorts to research genre tropes and styles, so please! give me your favorite book from each of the below categories (I’m looking for your personal favorite, whatever resonated with you the most as being decidedly THAT genre, the one that punched you in the gut and you can’t shake; it really doesn’t need to make you “sound smart”)

• court intrigue
• thriller
• western
• erotica
• mystery
• sea adventure
• pulp fiction
• hard science fiction
• lesbian romance

(I don’t mean “lesbian romance” as in “lesbian literature” but as in “romance that happens to take place between two women” so that can be in any genre, I just want to find out what about it made your heart whole/break)

this is how I’ve decided to do some of my research, since I want each G&K book to be sci-fi PLUS elements of another distinct genre, one apiece. knowing what resonated with people will I do believe give me a good sense of what aspects of a genre are important to include if I wish to convey it