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Books Genres Every Author and Reader Must Know

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Ashley Sperry
Books Genres Every Author and Reader Must Know

Are you a reader looking for new books to read? Or are you are a writer looking forward to expanding your horizons and diving in to a different genre of writing? Either way knowing the different genres of writing can help you finding or writing a best-selling book on the top of the shelf.

So if you are looking forward to sharpening your knowledge as an author or just trying to find a good amazon kindle books on sale, this article can help you specifically with what you need. Here are some genres that you might want to dive into as a writer and a reader.

  1. Fantasy

Living in an imaginative world can be a little too disappointing when facing reality, but writing or reading one can make you explore a whole new perspective of life. Fantasy, in simple words, is a genre of possibility. You can write about magic, like "The Savior's Champion" by Jenna Moreci or something with forefront plot such as the world-renowned Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. The genre itself is dub categorized in genres and can highly differentiate in style and choice of words.

  1. Adventure

An adventure novel is based on a trip or journey or some sort of quest that drives the plot to its conclusion. It focuses on the characters' journey physically as well as emotionally. The greatest example of this book is the Gulliver's Travel, who travels across various lands narrating the adventures that happen him on these voyages.

  1. Romance

A book that comes with a specific goal: to make you fall in love with the characters just as much as the characters are in love with each other. In this genre, "romance" as an idea is the focal point that narrates the plot. It revolves around a relationship throughout the story. A classic example of this genre is the book by Nicholas Sparks, "The Notebook." This genre can also be used as an idea for the plot—using a different focus but adding to the conflict in the book.

  1. Dystopian

This is more of a modern idea that was picked in the 20th century. This genre basically focuses on the ugliness of the world and how society has been destroyed by humans or the development of the world. It gives the author the freedom to comment on society while keeping the idea of the book fictitious. This can also be known as the sci-fi or fantasy genre but more towards the reality of the world. A great example of the dystopian novel is Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" or Suzanne Collin's "The Hunger Games."

  1. Mystery

The mystery is one of the most-read genres among all and for a good reason. It focuses on the character solving the mystery impacting the main characters' point of view and building the plot gradually around every character's experience while solving the mystery. An amazing example of the book is "The Hounds of Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle or "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

  1. Horror/Thriller

 Horror novels can be characterized by the fact that the main plot is based on something scary and terrifying. Thrillers, on the other hand, is a genre that builds around suspense with an action-packed plot. Both the genres are considered as similar but are different in essence. Thrillers come with a high emotional impact that involves fear, but horrors often contain a fictitious element in it. Some examples of such books are "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson, "It" by Stephen King, and more.

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