Types of Book Genres - YOP

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Types of Book Genres
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Types of Book Genre

• 1. Fiction Genre
• A book which falls in the fiction genre is the
  one whose main theme and the idea is derived from
  the imaginary world or non-real world, a world
  which does not exist in reality. In day to day
  life people refer fiction book genre as Novel.
• a. Classics
• They are those fiction books that have achieved
  cult status in book history for its content and
  popularity. They are used as reference by every
  author at some given point of time in their
  writing career. They are taught in schools and
  colleges too. Examples of Classic Fiction Book
  genres are Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, etc.

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• b. Sci-Fi (Science Fiction)
• It is one of the most popular sub genres of the
  fiction book genre and is characterized by
  scientific and technology themes. It has events
  and characters which are associated with time
  travel, space exploration, artificial
  intelligence, cybernetics, etc. Examples of
  Sci-Fi book genre are The Dune Chronicle,
  Frankenstein, Solaris, The Midnight Library,
  Project Hail Mary, etc.
• c. Fantasy
• As the name suggests this category of fiction
  book genre is based around the theme of mafic,
  supernatural powers, witchcraft, mythology, etc.
  They are larger than life and have elements which
  show fantasies, fairy tales, demons and Gods,
  etc. Examples of the Fantasy category of the
  Fiction book genre are Harry Potter series, The
  Chronicles of Narnia, The Alchemist, The Dark
  Tower, etc.

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• d. Tragedy
• This category of the fiction book genre belongs
  to the drama sub genre which involves and centers
  the sufferings and tragedies of humans. But the
  characters involved are not real, they are
  imaginary and are created by the author. Examples
  are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark,
  The Shack, etc.
• e. Romance
• This is an all time favorite category of the
  readers who love reading fiction. This category
  of book genre usually focuses on the feelings,
  emotions, dilemmas, and social differences
  between the two main protagonists of the story.
  Some have happy endings and some dont. Examples
  are The Notebook, Pride and prejudice, Love
  Story, It Ends With Us, etc.

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2. Non-Fiction Genre

• a. Biography and Autobiography
• A biography is a very detailed, intricate
  expression of someones extremely personal and
  intimate moments of their life in the book
  format. If the narrator is writing about himself
  then it becomes Autobiography. This genre talks
  about the achievements, failures, emotions, and
  experiences of the person.
• b. Memoirs
• Memoirs are somewhat similar to autobiographies
  but in memoirs the focus is on a particular life
  Changing event or experience of the author. This
  genre also talks about the human emotion,
  behavior, success and failure of a person. Some
  great memoirs which one should read includes Just
  kids, Men We Reaped, The Glass Castle, and Just
  As I Am.

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• c. Lifestyle Books
• This category of nonfiction book genre includes
  many sub genres like cookbooks, travel, art and
  photography, religion and spirituality, health
  and fitness, music, fashion, language, parenting,
  etc. This category deals with the common and both
  uncommon things which humans do as a regular job
  or as a hobby. There are so many popular
  lifestyle books like 100 Home-style Recipes For
  Health and Weight Loss.
• d. True Stories
• It includes true incidents that have occurred.
  This category may include events from history,
  life stories, crime stories, etc. The style and
  narration is similar to the fiction book genre of
  this nonfiction category but the only difference
  is that in the fiction genre the story is
  imaginary not real. Examples of true stories are
  The Good People, If You Tell, Spilled Milk,
  Without A Country, etc.

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• e. Self Help
• As the name suggests, this book talks about
  helping people around us by talking about the
  struggle they faced in their lives to overcome
  some extreme situation or emotion. This usually
  includes issues like addiction, relationship,
  fear, health issues, etc. Examples of self help
  book genre are How To Win Friends and Influence
  People, The Power Of Now, The Four Agreements,
  Rich Dad Poor Dad, etc.

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