Women’s fiction continues to dominate the commercial fiction market in the UK.
Often centred on women’s lives, relationships, identity, family, career and transformation, women’s fiction can range from light and uplifting to emotionally layered and complex. It may include romance, but the romantic relationship is not always the sole focus.
Book club fiction sits in that rich middle ground between literary and commercial.
It is character-led but accessible. Emotional but plot-driven. The kind of novel readers press into a friend’s hands and say, “You have to read this.”
If you’re writing contemporary fiction with strong themes, layered relationships and discussion potential, you may be writing book club fiction.