25 Genre-Bending Novels for Your Literary Adventurousness

While reading a book that promises the best of its genre is perfect, there is something more exciting: what if the book you pick perfectly mixes all the best aspects of historical fiction, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic fiction? Or what about accidentally stumbling upon a read that blends surrealism, magical realism, and mystery to create a unique narrative? Or think about this: you’ve found a novel that combines contemporary fantasy with mythology and Americana, how does that feel like? Merging science fiction and social commentary in a groundbreaking exploration of gender and identity? Mixing fantasy, science fiction, and literary fiction across different time periods? Not hooked yet? Merging historical fiction with elements of death as a narrator and a unique narrative style? Oh no, I got you, perfectly. This: What about combining horror, mystery, and experimental fiction in a complex narrative structure with unconventional typography?

The Maddened Mother – A Short Story

It was the fourteenth day and the boy was still sickly. For the first nine days, when the boy had been burning with fever, as he still was in the fourteenth, Ranjeeth, the boy’s father, and the village’s main doctor, sat beside him, day, and night. He tried all the medical potions he could think of, used all his experience, and contacted his previous friends, whom he thought were superior to him in the field of medicine, but were not. No one could help. No one could understand what was happening to the boy, except that slowly life started to drain away from him.