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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	Metaphor	10,803
2	Novel	10,685
3	Irony	7,966
4	Literature	6,697
5	Short story	6,399
6	Fairy tale	5,666
7	Character (arts)	5,408
8	Genre	4,861
9	Fiction	4,793
10	Narrative	4,393
11	Epic poetry	3,908
12	Theme (literature)	3,669
13	Narrative mode	3,604
14	Anachronism	3,572
15	Grammar	3,276
16	Children's literature	3,270
17	Plot (narrative)	3,040
18	Dramatic structure	3,036
19	Screenplay	2,500
20	Dialogue	2,289
21	Literary technique	2,258
22	MacGuffin	2,208
23	Self-fulfilling prophecy	2,206
24	Parable	2,102
25	Monologue	1,797
26	Parallel universe (fiction)	1,792
27	Narrator	1,763
28	First-person narrative	1,680
29	Twist ending	1,643
30	Exposition (literary technique)	1,603
31	Epiphany (feeling)	1,300
32	Foreshadowing	1,258
33	Writing style	1,256
34	Second-person narrative	1,238
35	Poetics (Aristotle)	1,171
36	Literary genre	1,147
37	Characterisation	1,138
38	Flash fiction	1,092
39	Cliffhanger	1,069
40	Stock character	1,054
41	Setting (fiction)	1,020
42	Tone (literature)	1,012
43	Suspension of disbelief	987
44	2012 in fiction	948
45	Eavesdropping	911
46	Genre fiction	906
47	Prologue	892
48	Epilogue	887
49	Third-person omniscient narrative	881
50	Fictional crossover	851
51	Frame story	804
52	Story arc	792
53	Fictional universe	773
54	Lists of books	721
55	Quest	719
56	Predestination paradox	672
57	Climax (narrative)	609
58	Plot device	603
59	Story within a story	594
60	Tragicomedy	574
61	Purple prose	561
62	Vignette (literature)	555
63	Gene Wolfe	543
64	Narrative structure	539
65	Anagnorisis	515
66	Imagery (literature)	463
67	Happy ending	454
68	Subplot	402
69	Back-story	385
70	The Book of the New Sun	361
71	Style (fiction)	344
72	Worldbuilding	341
73	Fantasy world	336
74	Fiction writing	335
75	Plot twist	305
76	Length of a novel	303
77	Floating timeline	299
78	Plot hole	281
79	Storyline	280
80	Writer's voice	272
81	Subtext	263
82	Framing device	242
83	Show, don't tell	237
84	Fictional location	229
85	Third-person limited narrative	225
86	Verisimilitude (literature)	220
87	Origin story	195
88	Captivity narrative	185
89	Shared universe	179
90	Alternative universe (fan fiction)	162
91	Balanced sentence	161
92	Setting tone	139
93	Dream world (plot device)	138
94	Scene (drama)	137
95	Narrative hook	135
96	Paranoid fiction	122
97	Blog fiction	118
98	Character sketch	113
99	Mode (literature)	110
100	Deathtrap (plot device)	94
101	Plot generator	92
102	Side story	91
103	Antinovel	86
104	Formula fiction	82
105	The Book of the Long Sun	80
106	Severian	78
107	Narrative thread	68
108	Dialogue (fiction)	67
109	Paranormal fiction	67
110	Children's literature criticism	60
111	A-Plot	59
112	The Wizard Knight	53
113	The Book of the Short Sun	50
114	Main Street (novel series)	49
115	The Urth of the New Sun	47
116	Maternal mortality in fiction	44
117	Fictional fictional character	42
118	Escapist fiction	36
119	Karl Taro Greenfeld	33
120	Three-volume novel	30
121	Film à clef	28
122	Scruples (novel)	27
123	Petrifaction in mythology and fiction	26
124	Short prose	25
125	Problem novel	24
126	Foreign Words	22
127	Pirate Freedom	21
128	Johnny Diaz	20
129	Action (literature)	19
130	Outline of fiction	19
131	Fiction-absolute	17
132	The Secret Book Club	17
133	Female epic	14
134	Detective dénouement	13
135	Meditation in popular culture	11
136	Authoritarian literature	9
137	Bible fiction	9
138	Action! (novel)	8
139	Saga novel	8
140	Cliffhanger endings	less than 5 views
141	Mighty Avengers story arcs	less than 5 views
142	History of fiction topics	less than 5 views
143	Adventures With Rebbe Mendel	less than 5 views