Book Genres And Examples

For example you can have a book that s a dystopian fantasy novel.

Book genres and examples. We also included a few links to books within that subgenre if you find one that catches your interest in particular. Some examples of science fiction books are frankenstein or the modern prometheus which is also a tragedy by mary shelley the war of the worlds by h g. Examples include the overdue life of amy byler by kelly harms detective mystery one of the toughest genres to write this one centers on a mystery and involves either a professional or amateur sleuth.

Fantasy horror mystery romance science fiction thriller and suspense western fantasy photo by artem sapegin on unsplash alternate history this. Written genres more commonly known as literary genres are those works of prose poetry drama hybrid forms or other literature that are distinguished by shared literary conventions similarities in topic theme style tropes or common settings character types or formulaic patterns of character interactions and events and an overall predictable form. There are more book genres than you might think.

Please note that it is totally possible for the same book to be categorized under many book genres. Wells and the hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy by douglas adams. For example murder on the orient express by agatha christie can come under crime and detective mystery thriller and realistic fiction too.

Historical fiction is also broken up into different time frames and sub categories. Murder on the the orient express by agatha christie. For example religious historical fiction and world war 2 historical fiction are both sub genres.

Books where the plot is set at least thirty years before the time the author writes the book. We will discuss the different genres of books under fiction and non fiction categories. Types of children s books include picture books and chapter books.

In this blog post we ll cover 22 of them however there are upwards for 40 genres and even more if you count sub genres for books.