Book Genres And Examples

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.

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. Types of children s books include picture books and chapter books. All 86 books in oprah s book club the best halloween books for a spooky night in but when you re a major reader it s easy to get caught up in what seems to be an endless array of genres that sometimes seem to box you in.

Murder on the the orient express by agatha christie. Please note that it is totally possible for the same book to be categorized under many book genres. 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.

Historical fiction is also broken up into different time frames and sub categories. 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. We will discuss the different genres of books under fiction and non fiction categories.

Seuss books like green eggs and ham are examples of children s fiction. For example religious historical fiction and world war 2 historical fiction are both sub genres. For example you can have a book that s a dystopian fantasy novel.

For example murder on the orient express by agatha christie can come under crime and detective mystery thriller and realistic fiction too. From fantasy to western and everything in between we cover the major genres and subgenres available to readers today. 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.

Books where the plot is set at least thirty years before the time the author writes the book.