The article examines the works of contemporary writers of the Amur region, which use the topos of such popular genres as detective, science fiction, adventure, the sentimental melodrama, romance novel, historical fiction. The author shows that the appeal of the writers of the Amur region to the topos of the mass literature genres typical for the whole period of the existence this local literature and explores the novels of the early twentieth century and Soviet literature. However, on the border of XX-XXI centuries, the appeal to the topos of the mass literature genres becomes more intense. Due to this Amur writers update the structure of their texts, expanding readership, using new channels of distribution of books, seeking recognition of literary institutions