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Types of Fiction

Action and Adventure
Action and Adventure

In the Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction, Critic Don D'Ammassa defines the genre as follows: .. An adventure is an event or series of events that happens outside the course of the protagonist's ordinary life, usually accompanied by danger, often by physical action.

Drama
Drama

Books shelved as fiction-drama: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Life...

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General Cross-Genre
General Cross-Genre

A cross-genre (or hybrid genre) is a genre in fiction that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres. As opposed to the (literary and political) conservatism of most genre fiction, cross-genre writing offers opportunities for opening up debates and stimulating discussion.

Horror
Horror

Horror fiction. Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

Mystery
Mystery

Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved. In a closed circle of suspects, each suspect must have a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime.

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Romance
Romance

Romance novel. The romance novel or romantic novel discussed in this article is the mass-market literary genre. Novels of this type of genre fiction place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.".

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Satire
Satire

Satire is loosely defined as art that ridicules a specific topic in order to provoke readers into changing their opinion of it. By attacking what they see as hu

Science Fiction
Science Fiction

Science fiction. Science fiction (often shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

Self Help
Self Help

Books shelved as self-help-fiction: The Magic Story by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey, Dieu voyage toujours incognito by Laurent Gounelle, Per dieci minuti...

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Suspense Fiction
Suspense Fiction

Suspense is the element of both fiction and some nonfiction that makes the reader uncertain about the outcome. While most obvious in mystery stories such as those published in Ellery Queen”s Mystery Magazine or Alfred Hitchcock”s Mystery Magazine, suspense is present in all good fiction.

Thriller Mystery Fiction Legal Thriller Medical Thriller
Thriller Mystery Fiction Legal Thriller Medical Thriller

The thriller genre includes many sub-genres, such as crime, spy, legal, medical and psychological. Thrillers typically involve a hero or heroine battling a villain or villains in order to achieve a goal, rescue someone or find the truth about something.

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Tragedy Melodrama
Tragedy Melodrama

Tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. By extension the term may be applied to other literary works, such as the novel.

Urban Fiction
Urban Fiction

Urban fiction, also known as street lit or street fiction is a literary genre set in a city landscape; however, the genre is as much defined by the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters as the urban setting. The tone for urban fiction is usually dark, focusing on the underside of city living.

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Westerns
Westerns

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid 20th century.

Women's Fiction Class S Femslash Matron Literature
Women's Fiction Class S Femslash Matron Literature

a brief work of fiction, ... medical thriller, tragedy, Melodrama, urban fiction, westerns, women's fiction, class S Femslash, Matron ... A piece of literature is ...

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Workplace Tell-all
Workplace Tell-all

Literary fiction vs. genre fiction Literary fiction is a term used to distinguish certain fictional works that possess commonly held qualities to readers outside genre fiction. Literary fiction has been defined as any fiction that attempts to engage with one or more truths or questions, hence relevant to a broad scope of humanity as a form of expression.