Hello everyone. I'm Brad and I'm new here. I'm querying for my debut novel (getting used to the sounds of silence) and working on my second. As a recovering reporter, my natural way of getting to know people is by asking a question or seeking advice. So I'd like to ask you about book club fiction as a genre.
My story explores the question of whether there are two sides to every story in the age of misinformation. It's about two reporters who've picked up evidence that a mysterious illness is causing some children to be paralyzed. It has elements of a mystery (the illness), a thriller (the chase to get the story), and romance (the two reporters are opposites, from different websites, but circumstances have thrown them together), but it's not strictly in any of those genres. It touches on climate change, vaccine skepticism, science denialism, misinformtion, and the precarious condition of the news business.
I've been calling it contemporary fiction but I haven't seen it (or upmarket) listed as an option in many placers. I've queried agents who are seeking mysteries and/or thrillers if their previous sales feel adjacent to my work.
Does it sounds like it might qualify as bookclub fiction?
My story explores the question of whether there are two sides to every story in the age of misinformation. It's about two reporters who've picked up evidence that a mysterious illness is causing some children to be paralyzed. It has elements of a mystery (the illness), a thriller (the chase to get the story), and romance (the two reporters are opposites, from different websites, but circumstances have thrown them together), but it's not strictly in any of those genres. It touches on climate change, vaccine skepticism, science denialism, misinformtion, and the precarious condition of the news business.
I've been calling it contemporary fiction but I haven't seen it (or upmarket) listed as an option in many placers. I've queried agents who are seeking mysteries and/or thrillers if their previous sales feel adjacent to my work.
Does it sounds like it might qualify as bookclub fiction?
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