Books shelved as action-adventure: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, The Lightning Th...
Books shelved as drama: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Othello by William Shakes...
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.
Each of these novels and novellas created an enduring icon of horror seen in modern re-imaginings on the stage and screen. Horror in the 20th century The ...
Since matron lit first began, it increased in scope; there are now industry publishing houses devoted solely to matron literature. Authors of matron literature tend to themselves be women of similar age to their heroines, but are not exclusively so. Works by authors such as Larry McMurtry also are part of the genre.
Part novel of intrigue, part mystery, part love story, The Quiet American remains as powerful today as when it was first written. 10. Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg - Hailed by the New York Times as the best novel of its kind in 10 years, Cutter and Bone is the story story of one man’s obsession with another man’s crime, in this case, a murder.
Romance novels began to contain more humor beginning in the 1990s, as Julie Garwood began introducing a great deal of humor into her historical romances. The romance novel began to expand in other ways as well.
Books shelved as satire: Animal Farm by George Orwell, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Candide by Voltaire, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Gulliver...
Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas".
The books take their name from Self-Help, an 1859 best-seller by Samuel Smiles, but are also known and classified under "self-improvement", a term that is a modernized version of self-help. Self-help books moved from a niche position to being a postmodern cultural phenomenon in the late twentieth century.
Books shelved as suspense-fiction: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg...
Culinary Mystery; Legal Mystery; Medical ... we bring you a list of the Top 25 Best Mystery Thriller books ... who is Pattersons detective throughout many novels, ...
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.
Books shelved as urban-fiction: The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah, True to the Game by Teri Woods, Addicted by Zane, Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree, and...
Before there were Westerns, there was the Western, a novel called Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey, that is often credited for truly kick-starting the Western as a genre. It is the story of Jane Withersteen, a Utah rancher whose livelihood is threatened by a proposed marriage she does not want, until a lone cowboy named Lassiter comes to town.
Growing up, I liked to imagine what it would be like to work in a library. What little I knew about them was what I’d gleaned from movies and TV because my conservative parents never took us to any and only let me read books they purchased from the Bible Book Store.