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crime fiction

genre of fiction focusing on crime, encompassing literature, film and theatre
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crime fiction

Summary

crime fiction is a fiction genre[1]. It draws 1,812 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #21 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • crime fiction is the creator of crime fiction writer[3].
  • crime fiction's instance of is recorded as fiction genre[4].
  • crime fiction is a type of fiction[5].
  • crime fiction's Commons category is recorded as Crime fiction[6].
  • crime fiction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crime fiction[7].
  • crime fiction's main subject is crime[8].
  • crime fiction's different from is recorded as crime literature[9].
  • crime fiction's different from is recorded as crime novel[10].
  • crime fiction's different from is recorded as Detective Story[11].

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Definition and Type

crime fiction's instance of is recorded as fiction genre[4]. It is a type of fiction[5].

Why It Matters

crime fiction draws 1,812 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #21 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01710564-a, 02172269-a, 10631129-n +1
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  2. 20d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → crime fiction writer
    Subclass of → fiction
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8814]]: 01710564-a"
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