Different Types of Genres

Different Types of Genres

Adventure : Excitement/sense of danger

Angst : Dark Theme/Violence/Pain/Death

BDSM: is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics.

Contemporary : social and cultural contexts

Comedy : Funny/Humorous/Inducing Laughter

Drama : Performance-oriented

Epic : A lengthy narrative poem about extraordinary humans and gods.

Erotic : Passionate/Romantic/Sexual Fantasies/Taboo Subjects

Fan-Fiction: Established characters/intellectual properties from original creators.

Fantasy : fictional universe/myth/folklore

Fluff: Lighthearted/cute/happy

Historical Romance: Plot takes place in a setting located in the past mainly written in the romance genre.

Horror : frighten / scare / disgust / startle

Lyric : Poetry expressing emotions and is written in the first person.

Mythology : Legends/Historical events/Gods/Myths

Mystery/Crime : detective story/murder mystery/police novel/crime

Romance : Romance/Love/happy-ending

RomCom: Comedy/Humorous/Romantic/Lighthearted

Sci-Fi : Science Fiction

Self-Help : solving personal problems

Sports : sport backdrop/sporting events/athlete

Supernatural : Paranormal / witches / vampires / ghosts / werewolves / shape shifters / demons / angels

Thriller/Suspense : mental uncertainty/anxiety/undecided/ doubtful/Adrenaline/Cliffhanger/Conflict

Tragedy : Suffering/Sad Ending

Tragicomedy: A sad story that contains comic moments.

Young Adult Fiction : Teen Fictions/for 12-18 years readers

Others

M/M : Male/Male: Suggest that the story has a story about a male couple

F/F : Female/Female: Suggest that the story has a story about a female couple

M/F/M : Male/Female/Male: Suggest that the story has a story about a polyandrous relationship

F/M/F : Female/Male/Female: Suggest that the story has a story about a polygynous relationship

Compilation by : Koeli_Appy, iridescence., MsChandlerBong