Literature Genres

Some common types of literature.

Types of Books

 * Anthology
 * Light Novels
 * Web Serial Novel
 * Prose Fiction - index

Genres

 * Absurdism
 * Adventure
 * Planetary Romance
 * Swashbuckler
 * Sword and Sorcery
 * Two-Fisted Tales
 * Bizarro Fiction
 * Chick Lit
 * Chivalric Romance
 * Crime Novel
 * Dime Novel
 * Erotic Literature
 * Fables, Fairy Tales, and Folklore
 * Historical Fiction
 * Horror
 * Gothic Fiction
 * Psychological Horror
 * Lit Fic
 * Magic Realism
 * Military and Warfare
 * Military Science Fiction
 * Misery Lit
 * Mystery Fiction
 * Nonfiction
 * Philosophical Novel
 * Picaresque
 * Romance Novel
 * Paranormal Romance
 * Queer Romance
 * Sea Stories
 * Speculative Fiction
 * Alternate History
 * Fantasy
 * Dark Fantasy
 * Heroic Fantasy
 * High Fantasy
 * Historical Fantasy
 * Low Fantasy
 * Magical Land
 * Supernatural Fiction
 * Thud and Blunder
 * Urban Fantasy
 * Wuxia
 * Mundane Fantastic
 * New Weird
 * Ontological Mystery
 * Science Fantasy
 * Science Fiction
 * Slipstream
 * Speculative Documentary
 * Xenofiction
 * Thriller
 * Conspiracy Thriller
 * Psychological Thriller
 * Spy Fiction
 * Sports Stories
 * Tragedy
 * Western
 * Small Genres and Unclassified Literature