Genre Guide
We keep a short, consistent list of genres. Subgenres and stylistic descriptors live in Tags and Moods so filters stay focused. This page is generated directly from the same mapping rules our catalog is built on.
Our Genres
Where did my genre go?
These terms are recognised and mapped — they just live under a parent genre with a tag qualifier rather than being a top-level genre of their own.
Adventure
Action & Adventure → Adventure
Adventure Stories → Adventure
Biography
Biographies & Memoirs → BiographyMemoir
Biography & Autobiography → BiographyMemoir
Biography Memoir → BiographyMemoir
Business
Buisness → Business
Business & Economics → Business economics
Money → Business
Childrens
Children → Childrens
Children's Fiction → Childrens
Children's Literature → Childrens
Children's Stories → Childrens
Juvenile → Childrens
Juvenile Fiction → Childrens
Kids → Childrens
Comics
Comic Book → Comics
Comics & Graphic Novels → Comics graphic-novel
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes → Comics superheroes
Comics Manga → ComicsManga
Graphic Novels → Comics graphic-novel
Graphic Novels Comics → Comics graphic-novel
Dystopian
Dystopia → Dystopian
Erotica
Smut → Erotica
Fantasy
Cozy Fantasy → Fantasy cozy
Dark Fantasy → Fantasy dark
Epic Fantasy → Fantasy epic
Fantasy Fiction → Fantasy
Fantasy Romance → FantasyRomance
High Fantasy → Fantasy epic
Litrpg → Fantasy litrpg
Paranormal & Urban → Fantasy paranormalurban
Progression Fantasy → Fantasy progression
Romantasy → FantasyRomance
Steampunk → Fantasy steampunk
Urban Fantasy → Fantasy urban
Fiction
African Fiction → Fiction african
Apocalyptic → Fiction apocalyptic
Canadian Fiction → Fiction canadian
Humorous Stories → Fiction humor
Humour → Fiction humor
Literature & Fiction → Fiction
Post Apocalyptic → Fiction apocalyptic
Post-apocalyptic → Fiction apocalyptic
Short Stories → Fiction anthology
Southern Gothic → Fiction gothicsouthern
Historical Fiction
Alternate History → Historical Fiction alternate
Alternative Histories (fiction) → Historical Fiction alternate
Alternative History → Historical Fiction alternate
Historical → Historical Fiction
Historical Fantasy → Historical FictionFantasy
Historical Romance → Historical FictionRomance
Regency Romance → Historical FictionRomance regency
History
American History → History american
Ancient History → History ancient
European History → History european
Military History → HistoryWar
World History → History
World War II → HistoryWar wwii
Horror
Ghost Stories → Horror ghosts
Gothic Horror → Horror gothic
Horror Comedy → Horror comedy
Horror Tales → Horror
Horror Thriller → HorrorThriller
LGBTQ
Gay → LGBTQ
Lesbian → LGBTQ
LGBT → LGBTQ
LGBTQ+ → LGBTQ
M M Romance → LGBTQRomance
MM Romance → LGBTQRomance
Queer → LGBTQ
Literary Fiction
Literary → Literary Fiction
Literary Criticism → Literary Fiction
Literature → Literary Fiction
Manga
Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Action & Adventure → MangaAdventure
Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General → Manga
Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Media Tie-in → Manga
Memoir
Autobiography → Memoir
Mystery
Cozy Mystery → Mystery cozy
Detective → Mystery detective
Detective And Mystery Stories → Mystery
Murder Mystery → Mystery murder
Mystery & Detective → Mystery
Mystery Fiction → Mystery
Mystery Thriller → MysteryThriller
Nonfiction
Juvenile Nonfiction → Nonfiction
Non-fiction → Nonfiction
Philosophy
Faith → Philosophy
Poetry
Epic Poetry → Poetry epic
Politics
Political → Politics
Political Science → Politics
Romance
Chick Lit → RomanceContemporary
Contemporary Romance → Romance
Dark Romance → Romance dark
Hockey Romance → Romance hockeysports
Paranormal Romance → Romance paranormal
Rom Com → Romance comedy
Romantic Suspense → RomanceThriller
Sports Romance → Romance sports
Science
Computer Science → Science programming
Neuroscience → Science neuroscience
Popular Science → Science
Science & Engineering → Science
Software → Science programming
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk → Science Fiction cyberpunk
Hard Science Fiction → Science Fiction hard-scifi
Military Science Fiction → Science FictionWar
Sci-fi → Science Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy → Science FictionFantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy → Science FictionFantasy
Space Opera → Science Fiction space
Self-Help
Professional Development → Self-Help
Self Help → Self-Help
Thriller
Espionage → Thriller espionage
Psychological Thriller → Thriller psychological
Spies & Politics → ThrillerPolitics
Spy Thriller → Thriller espionage
Suspense → Thriller suspense
Thriller & Suspense → Thriller
Thrillers → Thriller
War
Military Fiction → WarFiction
Young Adult
Teen → Young Adult
Teen & Young Adult → Young Adult
Young Adult Contemporary → Young AdultContemporary
Young Adult Fantasy → Young AdultFantasy
Young Adult Fiction → Young Adult
Young Adult Romance → Young AdultRomance
Tags & moods
Abduction → abduction
Abuse → abuse
Africa → african
African Americans → african-american
African Literature → african
Aliens → aliens
American → american
American Literature → american
Animals → animals
Anthropology → anthropology
Architecture → architecture
Art → art
Artificial Intelligence → ai
Asia → asian
Asian Literature → asian
Assassins → assassins
Australia → australian
Australian Literature → australian
BDSM → bdsm
Bitcoin → bitcoin
Books About Books → meta
Brazil → brazilian
Britain → british
British Literature → british
Canada → canadian
Canadian Literature → canadian
China → chinese
Chinese Literature → chinese
Christian → christian
Christmas → christmas
Comedy → comedy
Comedy & Humor → humor
Coming Of Age → coming-of-age
Computers → programming
Cooking → cooking
Cosmology → astronomy
Cozy → cozy
Danmei → danmei
Dark → dark
Dark Academia → dark-academia
DC Comics → dc
Death → death
Demons → demons
Design → design
Disability → disability
Dragons → dragons
Drama → drama
Ecology → ecology
Economics → economics
Education → education
Enemies To Lovers → enemies-to-lovers
England → british
Entrepreneurship → entrepreneurship
Epic → epic
Epistolary → epistolary
Essays → essays
Europe → european
Fae → fae
Fairy Tales → fairytale
Fake Dating → fake-dating
Family → family
Family & Relationships → family
Feminism → feminist
Finance → finance
Food → food
Forced Proximity → forced-proximity
France → french
French Literature → french
Friends To Lovers → friends-to-lovers
Friendship → friendship
Gender → gender
German Literature → german
Germany → german
Ghosts → ghosts
Gothic → gothic
Greece → greek
Health → health
Health & Fitness → health
Hockey → hockey
Holocaust → holocaust
Humor → humor
India → indian
Inspirational → inspiring
Internet → technology
Iran → iranian
Ireland → irish
Irish Literature → irish
Israel → israeli
Italian Literature → italian
Italy → italian
Japan → japanese
Japanese Literature → japanese
Korea → korean
Latin American Literature → latin-american
Latinx → latinx
Leadership → leadership
Legal → legal
Linguistics → linguistics
Magic → magic
Magical Realism → magical-realism
Management → management
Marple → miss-marple
Marvel → marvel
Mathematics → mathematics
Medical → medical
Mental Health → mental-health
Mental Illness → mental-illness
Mexico → mexican
Military → military
Mind & Spirit → spirituality
Missing Persons → missing-persons
Monsters → monsters
Murder → murder
Music → music
Mythology → mythology
Native Americans → native-american
New York → new-york
Noir → noir
Novella → novella
Paranormal → paranormal
Paris → french
Physics → physics
Pirates → pirates
Plays → plays
Poirot → poirot
Police → police
Productivity → productivity
Programming → programming
Psychology → psychology
Race → race
Reference → reference
Regency → regency
Relationships → relationships
Religion → religion
Retellings → retelling
Reverse Harem → harem
Royalty → royalty
Russia → russian
Russian Literature → russian
Satire → satire
Scandinavian Literature → scandinavian
Scotland → scottish
Shapeshifters → shapeshifters
Shonen → shonen
Slow Burn → slow-burn
Social Justice → social-justice
Social Science → social-science
Sociology → sociology
Southern Literature → southern
Space → space
Spain → spanish
Spanish Literature → spanish
Speculative Fiction → speculative
Spicy → spicy
Sports → sports
Sports & Recreation → sports
Star Wars → star-wars
Superheroes → superheroes
Supernatural → paranormal
Technology → technology
The United States Of America → american
Theology → theology
Time Travel → time-travel
Travel → travel
Vampires → vampires
Western → western
Witches → witches
Women → women
Zombies → zombies