1. Science fiction: books about an imagined future, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
2. Satire: books that criticize certain people or ideas in a humorous way
3. Drama: books that are based on realistic characters dealing with emotional themes
4. Action and Adventure: fast - paced books that center on a key character in a dangerous or risky situation.
5. Romance: books that are based on love stories
6. Mystery: books about a puzzling crime, especially a murder.
7. Horror: books that aim to frighten, scare, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.
8. Self help: written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems.
9. Encyclopedia: a book giving information on many subjects, typically arranged alphabetically.
10. Dictionary: a book that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning
11. Comics: a periodical containing short funny stories (strips), intended chiefly for children
12. Biography: an account of someone's life written by someone else.
13. Autobiographies: an account of a person's life written by that person.
14. Fantasy: books that use magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting
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