Recommendations

So far my book collection consists of:

Carroll - Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Crowley - The Book of the Law
Henderson - The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
King - The Eyes of the Dragon
King - On Writing
LaVey - The Satanic Bible
Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Lovecraft & Others - Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Lovecraft & Others - Dreams of Terror and Death
Matheson - I am Legend & Other Short Stories
Sach - The Everything Buddhism Book
Tsunetomo - Hagakure

I've read all of them besides the 2 Lovecrafts (1/2 through Cthulhu Mythos)and I am Legend (reading now).

Recommendations?

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The word "genre," does, as you have said, have the denotative meaning of "a kind of literature (or painting, or music, etc.)."  But, see, in the English language, words have denotative meanings, which are outlined in the dictionary, and they have connotative meanings, which are implied based on, guess what? Context.

By and large, when someone uses "genre" as a criticism, it means "Tired out, hackneyed, and/or boring."  That's the meaning used here.

As such, 1984, the novels of Vonnegut, et alii are not "genre fiction" because, well, they're not hackneyed or boring. Learn to live in the world of implied meaning. Think outside the box. Have fun with language.