Genres

Genres are categories in which people divide literature into, “literature” meaning forms of entertainment such as books, movies, and music, though there are others. A genre is typically how the book is written, and is pretty vague. Examples of genres include Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Horror, and Comedy, though there are hundreds of others, and some are specific to certain literature groups, like Rock belongs to music, and you can’t exactly find a Rock book that doesn’t talk about geology. Whereas Action belongs to books and movies while there are no action songs, though there are “Hardcore” or just plain loud equivalents. Fantasy has a definition of “the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable” which I think is rather stupid because that means that Sci-Fi (which is traditionally the genre advanced technology goes under) would be included in Fantasy, even though they’re traditionally opposites, since fantasy typically covers magic, dragons, and is often placed in medieval-like times. Examples of Fantasy include Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson, Ranger’s Apprentice, and my favorite book series, Skulduggery Pleasant. In case you didn’t notice, I like Fantasy. My other favorite genre is Comedy, which is also in Skulduggery Pleasant, Rangers Apprentice, a bit in Percy Jackson, is a more general genre, in that it can pair with most genres, though it can’t with Horror. Realistic Fiction is pretty large because everything from Robinson Crusoe to Michael Crichton books. Michael Crichton’s books are rather famous for their use of Sci-Fi and/or Realistic Fiction. There are a great many genres, and I didn’t talk about a fraction of them, though they were extremely common ones, so sorry if I didn’t cover your favorite genre.