Bored of your usual romances? Yawning over overdone fantasy plots? Sick of reading the same dystopian story over and over again? Trends come and go, but sometimes, trends can go so far beyond the norm that they stay under wraps. If you’re bored of the usual trendy genres, maybe try looking for these ones instead.

Slam poet and self-proclaimed geek Ernest Cline became a best-selling author in 2011 with his homage to the ’80s, Ready Player One.

Some people may think of women as accessories to a story. They are the damsels in distress who have to be saved by the heroes. They’re the ones who make the guys look good. However, we beg to differ: women are just as badass as men in literature. Here’s a list to prove it.