List of literary genres
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Literary genres are determined by literary technique, tone, content and by critic definitions of the genres.
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Fiction genres
These are genres belonging to the realm of literary fiction. Some genres listed may reappear throughout the list, indicating cross-genre status.
- Dystopian
- Absurdist fiction
- Adventure novel
- Epic
- Imaginary voyage
- Lost World
- Men's adventure
- Milesian tale
- Picaresque novel (picaresco)
- Robinsonade
- Apocalyptic robinsonade
- Science fiction robinsonade
- Sea story
- Brit lit
- Children's literature
- Comic novel
- Education fiction
- Experimental fiction
- Erotic fiction
- Erotic romance
- Picaresque novel (picaresco)
- Women's erotica
- Historical fiction
- Memoir
- Metafiction
- Nonfiction novel
- Occupational fiction
- Philosophical fiction
- Political fiction
- Pulp fiction
- Religious fiction
- Saga
- Speculative fiction
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- Speculative Cross Genre fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Westerns
- Women's Fiction
- Workplace tell-all
- Tragedy
- Urban fiction
- Thriller
- General Cross Genre
Nonfiction genres
These are genres belonging to the realm of literary nonfiction. Some genres listed may reappear throughout the list, indicating cross-genre status.
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