EMMA IN THE BOOK is the second part of the trilogy MULTILAYERED REALITY also belongs to the contemporary speculative fiction genre, which emphasizes combining the following sub-genre features: metafiction, fantastic fiction, mystery, and psychological thriller.

Contemporary speculative fiction is a broad literary term that includes genres such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopia, and utopia. Unlike classical literature, which is often based on a realistic depiction of the world, speculative fiction explores possible futures, alternative presents, or pasts, often including elements beyond our current science and technology limits.

Metafiction is a literary genre or technique in which a narrative explicitly draws attention to its nature as fiction. Instead of keeping the illusion of fiction intact, metafiction breaks the "fourth wall," reminding the reader that they are reading fiction. This can be achieved through various stylistic procedures, such as a narrator commenting on the writing process, characters becoming aware of being in the book or inserting the author as a character within the work.