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Literary Genres Word List

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This is an alphabetical word list of literary genres. There’s a type of book for everyone, from absurdist to YA!

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Table of Contents
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
A
Absurdist
Action
Adventure
Adventure Romance
Aesop's Fables
Afrofuturism
Allegory
Alternate History
Animal Fantasy
Autobiography
B
Bildungsroman
Biographical Fiction
Biography
Bizarro Fiction
Black Comedy
C
Campus Novel
Chick Lit
Children's Literature
Choose Your Own Adventure
Christian
Classic
Comedy
Coming-of-Age
Contemporary
Cozy Mystery
Crime
Cyberpunk
D
Detective Fiction
Diary Fiction
Dime Novel
Drama
Dystopian
E
Epic
Epistolary
Espionage
Essay
Existentialist Literature
Experimental
F
Fable
Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale Retelling
Family
Family Saga
Fan Fiction
Fantasy
Feminist
Fiction
Flash Fiction
Folklore
Found Footage
G
Ghost Story
Gothic
Gothic Romance
Graphic Novel
H
Heroic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical Romance
History
Horror
Horror Comedy
Humor
I
Inspirational
Inspirational Fiction
Interactive Fiction
J
Journal/Diary
Journalism
Jungle Adventure
Juvenile fiction
K
Künstlerroman
L
Legal Drama
Legal Thriller
Literary Fiction
Lovecraftian
Low Fantasy
M
Magical Realism
Medieval Romance
Memoir
Middle-Grade Fiction
Military
Military Science Fiction
Multiverse
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Mythology
N
Nature Writing
New Adult
Noir Fiction
Non-fiction
Novel
Novelette
O
Occult Fiction
Outlaw Literature
P
Paranormal
Paranormal Mystery
Paranormal Romance
Period Drama
Philosophical
Philosophical Fiction
Picaresque
Picture Book
Plays
Poetry
Political
Political Fiction
Post-apocalyptic
Psychological Horror
Psychological Thriller
Q
Quest
Quest Romance
Quixotic Fiction
R
Regency Romance
Religious
Romance
Romantic Comedy (Rom-Com)
S
Saga
Satire
Satirical Fiction
Science Fantasy
Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)
Scripts
Self-help
Shakespearean
Short Story
Social Commentary
Space Opera
Space Western
Speculative Fiction
Spy Fiction
Steampunk
Supernatural
Suspense
Sword and Sorcery
T
Techno-thriller
Thriller
Time Travel
Tragedy
Travelogue
True Crime
U
Urban Fantasy
Utopian
V
Victorian Novel
Visionary Fiction
W
War
War Romance
Western
Women's Fiction
X
Xianxia
Y
Young Adult (YA)
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