Classifications

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I looked in the tags and couldn't find anything about this, but forgive me if we've discussed this before.

How do you classify our beloved books?
kulai_raito said they were found under "good fantasy books" but I hesitate to use "fantasy" when describing them to people because they tend to jump to generic fantasy book assumptions.

I like to classify them as "Historical/fantasy fiction"... but I don't know if that works either.
Maybe its because the genre of fantasy has broadened so much that it encompasses almost anything you want.
Is it just me or do the books somehow defy classification norms?

thank you for letting me ponder.