Home›Detective and Crime Fiction›GenreBrowse ByGenreGenre sorts a literary work by the kind of story it tells. Wikipedia describes Pride and Prejudice as "a novel of manners" following Elizabeth Bennet's "character development," a genre built around social behavior rather than adventure or the supernatural. This dimension groups works that tell the same broad kind of story.FactsGenreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1850 1GenreFilter Results17 entriesAuthorAllAgatha Christie (4)Alexander McCall Smith (1)Andrea Camilleri (2)Andrey Kurkov (1)Arnaldur Indriðason (2)Arthur Conan Doyle (2)Boris Akunin (1)Dan Brown (3)Daphne du Maurier (4)Dashiell Hammett (3)Dorothy L. Sayers (1)Edgar Allan Poe (1)Fred Vargas (1)Gaston Leroux (1)Georges Simenon (1)Jim Thompson (1)Jo Nesbø (2)Keigo Higashino (2)Leonardo Sciascia (2)Maj Sjöwall (2)Mario Puzo (1)Mark Twain (1)Maurice Leblanc (1)Natsuo Kirino (2)Patricia Highsmith (1)Per Wahlöö (2)Peter Hoeg (1)Qiu Xiaolong (2)Raymond Chandler (3)Richard Condon (2)Stephen King (1)Stieg Larsson (2)Thomas Harris (2)Wilkie Collins (6)Composition YearAll1841 (1)1859 (4)1868 (2)1887 (1)1896 (1)1902 (2)1905 (1)1907 (2)1915 (1)1926 (2)1929 (1)1930 (1)1931 (1)1934 (3)1936 (1)1938 (4)1939 (5)1951 (1)1952 (1)1953 (1)1955 (2)1959 (2)1961 (2)1965 (2)1969 (1)1978 (2)1988 (2)1989 (1)1992 (1)1994 (2)1996 (3)1997 (2)1998 (2)2000 (3)2001 (1)2003 (3)2005 (2)Original LanguageAllDanish (1)English (15)French (3)German (1)Icelandic (2)Italian (3)Japanese (3)Norwegian (1)Romanian (2)Russian (1)Swedish (3)Country of OriginAllBelgium (1)China (2)Denmark (1)France (3)Iceland (2)Italy (3)Japan (3)Norway (1)Russia (1)Sweden (3)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (10)United States (9)AudienceAllChildren's (4)General (17)AwardAllAnthony Award for Best First Novel (2)Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (2)Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (2)British Book Award (3)Crotone Prize (2)Edgar Award (1)Glass Key award (2)Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (1)Honkaku Mystery Award (2)Naoki Prize (2)Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (1)Rusty Dagger Award (1)Setting Country or PlaceAllDenmark (1)England (2)Kyiv (1)Los Angeles (3)Sicily (2)Yugoslavia (1)Defining TraitAllCharacter Focus (1)Form and Technique (3)Mood and Effect (5)Purpose and Message (1)Setting and World (1)Subject Matter (5)Origin YearAll1764 (1)1800 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareConspiracy FictionGenre1 entryCrime FictionGenre21 entriesDetective FictionGenre15 entriesEpistolary NovelGenre1 entryGothic FictionGenre3 entriesHardboiledGenre2 entriesHistorical MysteryGenre1 entryHorror FictionGenre2 entriesMystery FictionGenre15 entriesThe NovelGenre5 entriesPolitical ThrillerGenre1 entryPsychological HorrorGenre1 entryPsychological ThrillerGenre1 entryRomance NovelGenre1 entrySatireGenre1 entrySensation NovelGenre1 entryShort FictionGenre1 entrySources1. Detective fiction (Wikipedia)Detective fiction, lead section, genre origin sentenceQuote, Detective fiction, lead section, genre origin sentenceThe detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.