As co-owner of Bickerton & Ripley Books in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard for 21 years, I read almost every genre. As a retired English teacher, I still prefer to write "literary" novels, whether generational and serious or escapist crime capers. I like good characters struggling with violent situations; I am particularly interested in flawed human beings who are simply trying to do the right thing, whatever that is.
Writing style and "voice" come with the content. And I like to leave room for a reader to fill in the blanks.