Genres
Genres are assigned by our editors, not copied from catalog subject headings, so a book appears only where a reader would expect to find it. Only genres with at least three reviewed books are listed.
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Classic Literature
Novels and prose that have stayed in print for a century or more.
44 books
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Romance
Courtship, marriage and the social rules around them.
6 books
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Gothic & Horror
Haunted houses, monsters, and the fears of the age that produced them.
9 books
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Mystery & Detective
From the first consulting detective to the golden age of the puzzle plot.
6 books
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Science Fiction
Time machines, Martians and submarines from before the term existed.
4 books
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Adventure
Pirates, prisoners, castaways and journeys against the clock.
13 books
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Philosophy
Foundational texts in ethics, politics and the nature of knowledge.
8 books
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History & Politics
Essays, pamphlets and treatises that changed how societies were governed.
6 books
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Poetry
Collections and long poems in English and in translation.
3 books
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Children's Classics
Books written for children that adults keep returning to.
10 books
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Fairy Tales & Folklore
Collected tales from oral tradition and the authors who reshaped them.
3 books
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Short Stories
Complete stories you can finish in one sitting.
4 books
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Satire & Humor
Books that are funny on purpose, two or three centuries later.
6 books
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Social Novel
Fiction written to expose a social wrong.
12 books