THE DIFFERENT GENRES OF BOOKS ARE

4. The different genres of books are: children’s book – a book written specially for children; fantasy – a book

featuring plots and characters that would not be possible in the real world; romance – a love story; science fiction –

a book with a plot about how the future could be; fiction – a book which is not true, but has been made up by the

author, e.g. a novel; thriller – a book with a fast-moving plot about crime; biography – somebody’s life story –

usually a famous person; literature – this word describes books written many years ago that have been accepted as

classics, e.g. “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens; autobiography – this is somebody’s life story – usually a famous

person – that has been written by the person whose life it describes; non-fiction – a book which is true, and has not

been made up, for example on a topic such as wildlife, history, geography, politics, cookery, etc.