Looking for GENRE : What Genres are: Zen and the Art of MotorCycle Maintance; Daniel Quinn: Ishmael

Trying to find Genres that fit my style and interest.

I'm working on a Philosophical Novel called DESIDERATA: Dante's Lost Paradise, in the vein of Zen and the Art of MotorCycle Maintenance by Pirsig
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The Story of B, and Ismael by Daniel Quinn.

What Genre listed here would these guys fit in?

I shift between Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy to make realistic points and bring awareness.


Thanks for the Advice.


Roland

Thank You, Bunny-Gypsy for Your Thought-Full and Comprehensive Answer.

So, I wonder why Philosophic Novels, or something of that ilk, do not Exist here in the Forums as a Genre. They seem to be very popular.

Take Friedrich Nietzsche's, Thus Spake Zarathustra, for instance. And, that is from the 1880's.

Of course, I would like to think that my Desiderata is Literary. I may have to get a cardigan sweater and library with a fireplace. Oddly it does get a bit chilly here in the Mountains. Sometimes its down to 62F.

Pura Vida and Thanks Again

Roland
Santiago de Puriscal
Costa Rica