Literary genres. Types of books

1. LITERARY GENRES

{ TYPES OF BOOKS

2.

DRAMA
POEMS
COMEDY
LITERATURE
STORIES
TRAGEDY
NOVELS

3. FICTION

NON-FICTION
• Novels
• Mystery novels/detective
stories
• Science-fiction novels
• Thrillers/horrors/suspense
stories
• Humorous stories
• Love stories
• Adventure stories
• Drama
• Comedy
• Fairytale
• Legend
• Myth
• Comics
Encyclopedia
Biography
Textbooks
Dictionary
Magazines
Newspapers

4. NOVEL

A book that tells
a story

5. MYSTERY NOVEL/DETECTIVE STORIES

A story where the reader has to
solve a puzzle

6. SCINECE-FICTION NOVEL

A story about future, technology,
space travel or time travel

7. THRILLER/SUSPENSE

horror stories about crime, murder

8. HUMOUROUS STORY

A funny story with a happy
ending

9. LOVE STORY

A romantic story about love
and relationship

10. ADVENTURE STORY

A story about an exciting journey of the
main character

11. DRAMA

A serious and emotional play for
theatres or TV

12. COMEDY

A funny and humorous play for
theatres or TV

13. FAIRYTALE

A story about fantastic events and
magic creatures

14. MYTH

A traditional story about gods and
heroes

15. LEGEND

A traditional story about heroes of the
past

16. COMICS

picture stories about superheroes

17. ENCYCLOPEDIA

a reference book of knowledge

18. BIOGRAPHY

A story about someone’s life

19. TEXTBOOK

a book for studying a subject

20. DICTIONARY

a book that tells what words mean

21. MAGAZINE

contains articles and advertising

22. NEWSPAPER