Subgenres of the thriller, the fiction of suspense and high stakes, including the political thriller, the techno-thriller, the psychological thriller and the financial thriller. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes it as a kind of thriller or a hybrid genre built on the thriller. It excludes the detective story whose main interest is solving a puzzle. The group sits within the Satire and Mystery Fiction subcategory of the genre roster and gathers the genres of this kind that the atlas already records, so that a reader can browse related genres together and compare how each one is defined.
Thriller Subgenres
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Spy Fiction (Wikipedia)
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Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device.
Political Thriller (Wikipedia)
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A political thriller is a thriller that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle; high stakes and suspense are the core of the story.
Techno-thriller (Wikipedia)
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A techno-thriller or technothriller is a hybrid genre drawing from science fiction, thrillers, spy fiction, action, and war novels.
Psychological Thriller (Wikipedia)
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Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres.
Wikipedia: Financial thriller
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Financial thrillers are a subgenre of thriller fiction in which the financial system and economy play a major role.
Thriller (Wikipedia)
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Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving their audiences heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety.
Conspiracy Fiction (Wikipedia)
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The conspiracy thriller or paranoid thriller is a subgenre of thriller fiction.
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