Types of Novels
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| 6223898368 | Bildungsroman | A genre of fiction that deals with the maturation process and whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character; a "coming of age" story. |  | 0 |
| 6223898369 | Epistolary | A genre of fiction in which the story unfolds (usually and substantially) through the medium of letters written by one or more of the characters; other possible media include diary entries, newspaper clippings, e-mails, etc. |  | 1 |
| 6223898370 | Roman à clef | A genre of fiction in which actual persons and events are disguised as fiction, with the "key" being the relationship between the fictional characters and their real-life counterparts; a novel with a "key". |  | 2 |
| 6223898371 | Dystopian | A genre of speculative fiction that explores the implications of current social and political structures usually through the lens of a "nightmarish" future that has somehow "gone wrong". |  | 3 |
| 6223898372 | Post apocalyptic | A genre of speculative fiction set in a world or civilization AFTER an apocalyptic catastrophe has happened, with the setting often being a non-technological future world or a world where only scattered elements of technology remain. |  | 4 |
| 6223898373 | Picaresque | A genre of fiction whose elements include a roguish protagonist and his misadventures as he travels from one place to another, making his way in life through the use of cunning and trickery rather than virtue or industry. |  | 5 |
| 6223898374 | Speculative fiction | A genre of fiction that explores how the "real world" we live in today might be different if historic events had unfolded differently; an "alternative history". |  | 6 |
| 6223898375 | Gothic | A genre of fiction whose elements include wild and desolate landscapes; ancient buildings (ruined monasteries, cathedrals, and castles); secret doors and passages; apparitions; an atmosphere of brooding gloom; and a powerful, threatening, and somehow damaged male figure juxtaposed with a virtuous, possibly naive, female character. |  | 7 |
| 6223898377 | Science fiction | A genre of fiction whose elements include speculative technology, time travel, alien races, intelligent robots, gene-engineering, space travel, experimental medicine, or altered scientific principles. |  | 8 |
| 6223898378 | Fantasy | A genre of fiction whose elements include "unrealistic" settings, the use of magic or the presence of magical elements, and mythical beings or supernatural forms as a primary element of the plot, theme, or setting. |  | 9 |
| 6223898376 | Magical realism | A genre of fiction in which elements of fantasy, myth, and/or the supernatural are juxtaposed in a narrative that is otherwise objective and realistic, (usually) creating dreamlike and bizarre effects and events. |  | 10 |
| 6223920717 | Cyberpunk | A sub-genre of science fiction that tends to focus on a society that features advanced technological and scientific achievements juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order |  | 11 |
| 6223921602 | Epic (poem) | A long, narrative poem (usually) recounting the adventures of a hero whose deeds and actions reflect the ideals and values that are significant to a particular nation or group of people. |  | 12 |
| 6223921603 | Memoir | A collection of memories about the moments or events, both public or private, that occurred in a writer's life, with the understanding that the events presented are, in fact, factual. |  | 13 |
| 6223923069 | Novel of manners | A genre of fiction which deals with the behavior, language, customs and values characteristic of a particular class of people in a specific historical context. |  | 14 |
| 6223930512 | Pastoral | A genre of fiction that primarily deals with life and living in a rural context which (at times) idealizes its portrayal of that bucolic (country) life. |  | 15 |
| 6223930513 | Psychological | A genre of fiction in which the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of the characters are of equal or greater interest than is the external action of the narrative itself. |  | 16 |
| 6223931558 | Roman Fleuve | A series of novels, with each one complete in and of itself, that deals with one central character, an era of national life, or successive generations of a family. |  | 17 |
| 6223931559 | Travelogue | A genre of non fiction in which the writer details the elements, and his observations, of his travels through a particular region of the world. |  | 18 |
| 6223931911 | Western | A genre of fiction set in the American West, typically from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century, that details the lives and concerns of cowboys, ranchers, and settlers in the Western frontier. |  | 19 |
