Cozy Mystery: A low stakes mystery set in a small town.Detective/Private Investigator: Classic mystery novels where the protagonist is either asked to or volunteers to solve a crime or series of crimes.Novels where the plot revolves around solving why something has happened or will happen. Romance Series: Large series of numbered romances by multiple authors that can be read in any order.Best Women’s Erotica of the Year edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel.Paranormal Romance: Contains fantasy elements.Historical Romance: Takes place at least 30 years in the author’s past.Contemporary Romance: Takes place in the author’s contemporary time period.Because this is a category with many sub-genres, the examples listed are by sub-genre. Subcategories are often broken up by time frames.Ī book where the primary plot involves falling in love (of the romantic variety) and has a happy or emotionally satisfying ending. My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsellaīooks that take place at least 30 years before the time the author writes them.Chick Lit: A lighthearted story centered around the personal growth of a female protagonist, usually including a romance and a happy ending.They’re more approachable than Literary Fiction, and contain none of the genre elements in other categories. These books offer fun, engaging stories in a contemporary setting. Graphics are a way of presenting a genre vs a separate genre. Similarly, I don’t include graphic novels, because there can be graphic novels in any category. Young adult books exist for every single one of these book genres, for example. Side notes: These categories apply to all age groups, thus, young adult, middle grade, etc. The following book genres are an amalgamation of these sources. In addition to my 11 years of experience as a book buyer, I looked at the websites of a couple large bookstores, a few publisher websites, and the library of congress categories. I used multiple methods for choosing and defining fiction and nonfiction genres and sub-genres. Be that as it may, book genres are still the most practical and efficient way to tag books for readers. And some people have pet peeves about categories and/or category names. Some authors write across multiple genres, or a single book can be considered multiple genres. But categorizing books also comes with its headaches. Whether it be at a library or bookstore, readers need to know where to find a book, and also find similar types of books they might enjoy.
Categorizing book genres is a necessity with any large collection. Genres are ways of categorizing books to make them more easily found by readers.
0 kommentar(er)
