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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Shelved as General Fiction

Genres always have blurry lines between them. Here is a list of fifty books that contain sci-fi or fantasy elements that are often shelved with general fiction - sometimes because they're considered classics, sometimes because the SFF element is minimal, sometimes because of the writing style, or sometimes just because the author or the publishing house has stated that that's where it belongs! Alternate history, dystopia, and magical realism abound - how many have you read?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
All My Friends Are Superheroes (Andrew Kaufman)
All My Friends Are Superheroes
2
Andrew Kaufman
American Royals (Katharine McGee)
American Royals
3
Katharine McGee
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
The Bedlam Stacks (Natasha Pulley)
The Bedlam Stacks
5
Natasha Pulley
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night (Jen Campbell)
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
6
Jen Campbell
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
The Binding (Bridget Collins)
The Binding
8
Bridget Collins
The Blazing World (Margaret Cavendish)
The Blazing World
9
Margaret Cavendish
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
10
Angela Carter
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
11
Aldous Huxley
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
12
Joanne Harris
Circe (Madeleine Miller)
Circe
13
Madeleine Miller
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
14
David Mitchell
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
15
Bram Stoker
The End We Start From (Megan Hunter)
The End We Start From
16
Megan Hunter
Every Day (David Levithan)
Every Day
17
David Levithan
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
18
Jasper Fforde
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
19
Mary Shelley
Frankissstein (Jeanette Winterson)
Frankissstein
20
Jeanette Winterson
The Gracekeepers (Kirsty Logan)
The Gracekeepers
21
Kirsty Logan
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
22
Margaret Atwood
The History of Bees (Maja Lunde)
The History of Bees
23
Maja Lunde
How to Stop Time (Matt Haig)
How to Stop Time
24
Matt Haig
The Humans (Matt Haig)
The Humans
25
Matt Haig
I Still Dream (James Smythe)
I Still Dream
26
James Smythe
The Last Children of Tokyo (Yoko Tawada)
The Last Children of Tokyo
27
Yoko Tawada
Machines Like Me (Ian McEwan)
Machines Like Me
28
Ian McEwan
Maddaddam (Margaret Atwood)
Maddaddam
29
Margaret Atwood
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
30
Kazuo Ishiguro
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
31
Virginia Woolf
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
32
Margaret Atwood
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (Andrea Lawlor)
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
33
Andrea Lawlor
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
34
Oscar Wilde
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
35
Philip Roth
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
36
Naomi Alderman
Red Clocks (Leni Zumas)
Red Clocks
37
Leni Zumas
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
38
Cormac McCarthy
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton)
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
39
Stuart Turton
The Signalman (Charles Dickens)
The Signalman
40
Charles Dickens
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