Displaying 25 genres of 31 total.
Name | Description | Titles |
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Biography | A narrative, account, or anecdote about a specific individual. |
140 |
Business/Economics | Titles in this category address financial management, trading goods and services, exchange rates, etc. |
5 |
Catalogue/Advertisement/Prospectus | An address, publication proposal, or promotional material for members of the general public. |
21 |
Domestic | Titles in this category include household management, cookery, midwifery, etiquette etc. |
304 |
Drama | Scripts intended to be acted or read aloud, often accompanied by costumes when performed on stage. |
549 |
Education | Includes grammatical texts, dictionaries, conduct manuals, addresses, essays, instructions, strictures, or letters addressed to youth and educators. |
193 |
Essays | Prose compositions, remarks, critical reflections, or guides on any particular subject. |
178 |
Fiction | A general narrative that pertains to imaginary events. Works in the subcategory of fiction are often derived from the genre designation on the title page, i.e. includes texts that are not novels, romances, stories, or tales. |
1193 |
Fiction Novel | A narrative that pertains to imaginary events. Works in this subcategory have “novel” listed as the genre designation on the title page. |
1136 |
Fiction Romance | A narrative that pertains to romantic imaginary events. Works in this subcategory have “romance” listed as the genre designation on the title page. |
231 |
Fiction Story | A narrative that pertains to imaginary events. Works in this subcategory have “story” listed as the genre designation on the title page. Often shorter than a novel and longer than a tale. |
93 |
Fiction Tale | A narrative that pertains to imaginary events. Works in this subcategory have “tale” listed as the genre designation on the title page. |
492 |
History | A composition, memoir, or anecdote, or record of a place, event, or individual. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page. |
72 |
Juvenile Literature | A collection, history, companion, manual, journal, print, story, allegory, fable, anecdote, introduction, or chapbook concerned with the narration of events pertaining to, or addressed to, children or youth. |
1992 |
Legal | A trial, appeal, accusation, defence, execution, last speech, or confession relating to the law. |
68 |
Letters | Epistolary communication addressed to a person or group of people. |
262 |
Memoirs | Record, memory, experience, account, apology, or history about one’s own life or another’s. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page. |
183 |
Military | Texts about armies, corps, accounts of battles, or military history. |
1 |
Miscellany | Gathered poems, letters, maxims, aphorisms, journals, literary exercises, travels, sketches, or prose in one volume. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page. |
70 |
Music | Songs, symphonies, psalms, choruses, or lessons related to music and written by a composer. |
69 |
Poetry | Composition, elegy, epistle, or canto in verse. |
1251 |
Poetry Collection | A number of poems gathered together. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page. |
46 |
Poetry Dramatic | Composition, elegy, epistle, or canto in verse, often emotional and recited. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page. |
6 |
Poetry Epic | Lengthy composition, elegy, epistle, or canto in verse pertaining to a heroic journey, event, or individual. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page. |
5 |
Poetry Lyric | Elegy, ballad, or elegiac sonnet in verse. |
61 |