Genres

media type="custom" key="923007" media type="custom" key="922983" What are the different types of genres? Some people may argue Young Adult lit is a genre, and while it does encompass an age group, but YA lit spans many genres. [|Young-adult fiction, Wikipedia]

In case you're curious about what is in a different genre, here are some quick explanations, with a title that falls in. Want a book that chills, thrills, and causes your heart to race and jump at shadows? [|Blood and Chocolate]by Annette Curtis Klause
 * //Horror//**

Books that clearly deal with subject matter not of this earth. Think werewolves, fairies, trolls, dragons, and other things that go bump in the night. And robots. And time travel machines. [|Twilight] by Stephenie Meyer
 * //Science Fiction/Fantasy//**

Humorous books make you laugh at the bizarre inanities of life. [|No More Dead Dogs] by Gordon Korman.
 * //Humor//**

[|Spud] by John van de Ruit
 * //Realistic//** Books about ordinary kids in either ordinary and extraordinary circumstances.

Clearly pandering to the female crowd, these books tackle the concerns of being female. [|Vegan Virgin Valentine] by Carolyn Mackler
 * //ChickLit//**

Want to figure out whodunit? Or why? Be the detective when reading a mystery! [|King Dork] by Frank Portman
 * //Mystery//**

Graphic novels are that: graphic. Instead of relying on just words to relay the story, artists and authors construct a story with images and text. Graphic novels cover a whole range of dramas, such as a memoir (Like __Persepolis__) to dark fantasy/humor/cyberpunk (like [|Transmetropolitan]). [|Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood] by Marjane Satrapi
 * //Graphic Novels//**

Immerse yourself in the past, and experience history through the characters. [|The Book Thief] by Markus Zusak
 * //Historical Fiction//**

A genre that devotes itself solely to books about school, books about sports, and books about school sports. [|The Chocolate War] by Robert Cormier
 * //School and Sports//**

Kissing, unrequited love, first kisses, dating, and crushes. [|I Capture the Castle] by Dodie Smith
 * //Romance//**

Actually a hybrid of genres, techno-thrillers draw upon spy novels, war novels, and science fiction, with a lot of technical jargon. These are //anything// but boring! [|(ref.)] [|Artemis Fowl] by Eoin Colfer
 * //Techno-thrillers//**

[|Slam] by Nick Hornby
 * //Social Issues//** Oh wow. Social issues are books that focus on, you got it, social issues. Think of books that deal with heavy subjects, teen pregnancy, suicide, depression, death, dating, rape, homosexuality, running away, homelessness, drugs, abuse, sexual abuse, family, and oh yeah. Being a teen.