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It should probably say “modern American cop novel.”
I agree. Sort of like how Clint Eastwood redefined Westerns from the cleancut western hero to a more morally ambiguous unshaven guy with a different sort of charisma.
You know it's funny; I've seen probably four or five HN submissions about "cop novels" over the years but for all my time spent in book stores and on the internet I have never seen one in person or heard someone talk about one outside of HN.
You haven't seen anybody talk about one of the most popular genres of fiction?
You know it's funny; I've seen probably four or five HN submissions about "cop novels" over the years but for all my time spent in book stores and on the internet I have never seen one in person or heard someone talk about one outside of HN.
You haven't seen anybody talk about one of the most popular genres of fiction?
You know it's funny; I've seen probably four or five HN submissions about "cop novels" over the years but for all my time spent in book stores and on the internet I have never seen one in person or heard someone talk about one outside of HN.
You haven't seen anybody talk about one of the most popular genres of fiction?
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I agree. Sort of like how Clint Eastwood redefined Westerns from the cleancut western hero to a more morally ambiguous unshaven guy with a different sort of charisma.
Sergio Leone and the writers of his movies (Leone, Vincenzoni, Di Leo etc.) redefined Westerns, Clint Eastwood acted in the movies that redefined the Western genre.
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You haven't seen anybody talk about one of the most popular genres of fiction?
I've literally never heard of it either? I feel like your claim can't possibly be true
"In the western world, crime fiction – mystery, thrillers, suspense, whodunnits, etc. – makes up somewhere between 25 and 40 percent of all fiction book sales."
Famous figures in cop novel fiction include:
Alex Cross (from author James Patterson, huge best sellers and several Hollywood movies made).
Harry Bosch (Michael Connelly), over 20 best selling books and a TV series.
Harry Hole (fictional cop) by Joe Nesbo, "More than 3 million copies of his novels had been sold in Norway as of March 2014; his work has been translated into over 50 languages, and by 2021 had sold some 50 million copies worldwide, making him the most successful Norwegian author of all time" - and a movie made with Fassbender as Hole.
"In death" series, following policewoman Eve Dallas. dozens of books, estimated hundreds of millions books sold (seems a lot, but it's mentioned here: https://wordsrated.com/nora-roberts-statistics/ huge sales either way, including best-selling Kindle author)
Jack Reacher by Lee Child (not a street cop, but ex-US Army Military Police investigator), huge sales, several movies.
and many other series, including hugely popular non-english authors and their star cops like Inspector Salvo Montalbano, Commissioner Erlendur Sveinsson, Inspector Emilio Rico, Commissioner Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, and at least 2-3 very popular series in every country (translated and sold internationally). Even the Chinese have their star cops (e.g. Chief Inspector Chen Cao).
https://wordsrated.com/thriller-book-sales-stats/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/apr/12/myst....
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I've literally never heard of it either? I feel like your claim can't possibly be true
Huh? "In the western world, crime fiction – mystery, thrillers, suspense, whodunnits, etc. – makes up somewhere between 25 and 40 percent of all fiction book sales." Famous figures in cop novel fiction include: Alex Cross (from author James Patterson, huge best sellers and several Hollywood movies made). Harry Bosch (Michael Connelly), over 20 best selling books and a TV series. Harry Hole (fictional cop) by Joe Nesb…
Nobody refers to it as "cop fiction". Its "mystery, thrillers" or "crime fiction". if you really needed to crowbar an investigator into it it would be a "detective novel" etc