What genre (or subgenre) would you classify J.D. Salinger's writing?

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answer:According to wikipedia “novel” in and of itself is a genre, and it is the genre that Catcher in the Rye falls into. I’d go so far as to say “proto-young adult,” but I’ve never read any of his other works.

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