Literature



"What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbours, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."

- Voltaire

Many tropes originated in literary works. Literature being nearly as old as writing itself, most of The Oldest Ones in the Book date to the classics, most Public Domain Characters appeared in print well before the first TV broadcasts, and even today, with the supposedly dwindling popularity of books in favor of more modern mediums, there are books with enough cultural impact to spawn TV Tropes.

Also see the Web Serial Novel page for works that started online.

See also:
 * Authors
 * Light Novels
 * Lit Class Tropes
 * Literary Tropes
 * Literature Genres
 * Poetry
 * School Study Media
 * Text Tropes

By Era:

 * Classic Literature: Where by "classic" we mean "pre-19th century". For now.
 * Nineteenth Century Literature

By Genre:

 * Absurdism
 * Adventure Literature
 * Bizarro Fiction
 * Chick Lit
 * Children's Literature
 * Comic Literature
 * Crime Fiction
 * Erotic Literature
 * Fairy Tale
 * Gay and Lesbian Fiction
 * Historical Fiction Literature
 * Horror Literature
 * Gothic Fiction
 * Works By Stephen King
 * Lit Fic
 * Military and Warfare Literature
 * Mystery Literature
 * Philosophical Novel
 * Romance Novel
 * Speculative Fiction
 * Alternate History Literature
 * Fantasy Literature
 * Kir Bulychev Works
 * Science Fiction Literature
 * Superhero Literature
 * Thriller Literature
 * Conspiracy Literature
 * Spy Literature
 * Western Literature (literature in The Western genre)
 * Xenofictional Literature
 * Young Adult Literature
 * Small Genres and Unclassified Literature
 * Non Fiction Literature
 * Magazines

By Region of Origin:

 * African Literature
 * Caribbean Literature
 * Latin American Literature
 * Literary Works By African American Authors

By Language:

 * Non English Literature
 * French Literature
 * Japanese Literature
 * German Literature
 * Russian Literature
 * Spanish Literature