Women's fiction is a wide-ranging genre that includes various types of novels one expects would appeal more to women than men. (Note that this stereotype doesn't always hold true. There are exceptions to the rule.) It is an umbrella term that covers mainstream novels, romantic fiction, Chick lit and other subgenres. A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... This article concerns how a man differs from women. ... For the term used in Computing, see Stereotype (computing). ... This article refers to the wide variety of writing called romantic. For literature from the European Romantic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, see Romanticism: Art and Literature. ... Chick lit is a slightly uncomplimentary term used to denote popular fiction written for and marketed to young women, especially single young women in their 20s, working in the business world. ...

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• Some differences between mainstream, romance and chick lit novels. (http://curvynovels.com/Romance101.htm)