Project : Book genres- Exercise 2

Exercise : Form and genre

I will take 4 different books and divide them in to Non-Fiction and Fiction genre. My next step will be creating the table that is helpful to see the differences between the books in simply and clear way. 

Fiction Genre List

• Action and Adventure,
• Chick Lit,
• Children’s,
• Commercial Fiction,
• Contemporary,
• Crime,
• Erotica,
• Family Saga,
• Fantasy,
• Dark Fantasy (probably still a major sub-genre!)
• Gay and Lesbian,
• General Fiction,
• Graphic Novels,
• Historical Fiction,
• Horror,
• Humour,
• Literary Fiction,
• Military and Espionage,
• Multicultural,
• Mystery,
• Offbeat or Quirky,
• Picture Books,
• Religious and Inspirational,
• Romance,
• Science Fiction,
• Short Story Collections,
• Thrillers and Suspense,
• Western,
• Women’s Fiction,
• Young Adult.

Non-Fiction Genre List

• Art & Photography,
• Biography & Memoirs,
• Business & Finance,
• Celebrity & Pop Culture,
• Music, Film & Entertainment,
• Cookbooks,
• Cultural/Social Issues,
• Current Affairs & Politics,
• Food & Lifestyle,
• Gardening,
• Gay & Lesbian,
• General Non-Fiction,
• History & Military,
• Home Decorating & Design,
• How To,
• Humour & Gift Books,
• Journalism,
• Juvenile,
• Medical, Health & Fitness,
• Multicultural,
• Narrative,
• Nature & Ecology,
• Parenting,
• Pets,
• Psychology,
• Reference,
• Relationship & Dating,
• Religion & Spirituality,
• Science & Technology,
• Self-Help,
• Sports,
• Travel,
• True Adventure & True Crime,
• Women’s Issues.

Non- Fiction Genre:

 

• Reference book:” The Knitting book “by Vikki Haffenden and Frederica Patmore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Religion and Spirituality : “ Milosc I odpowiedzialnosc czesc 1 –Czlowiek I moralnosc“ by Karol Wojtyla ( Jan Pawel II )

 

 

 

• Art and Photography: „ Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture “

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiction Genre:

 

• Religious and Inspirational: „ Manual of the Warrior of Light” by Paulo Coelho

 

 

 

How each book’s form reflects its function?

 

	“The Knitting book”	“ Milosc i odpowiedzialnosc”	Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape …”	“Manual of the Warrior…”
Front cover	Plane and simple	Plane and simple	Simple with images	Settle and calm
Type of paper	Thick ,shiny and white	Thick, matt and white	Thin, matt and more yellow	Thick, matt and yellow
Page extent	400	255	886	278
Typeface	Courier New	Arial	Georgia	Courier New
The weight of the book	Very heavy	Medium	Heavy	Light
Imagery	None	A lot	None	A lot
Illustrations/ Pictures	A lot	None	A few	None