Types of Books

By prof.Abdelhamid Fouda 

1. Science fiction: books about an imagined future, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

2. Satire: books that criticize certain people or ideas in a humorous way

3. Drama: books that are based on realistic characters dealing with emotional themes

4. Action and Adventure: fast-paced books that center on a key character in a dangerous or risky situation.

5. Romance: books that are based on love stories 

6. Mystery: books about a puzzling crime, especially a murder.

7. Horror: books that aim to frighten, scare, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

8. Self help: written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems.

9. Encyclopedia: a book giving information on many subjects, typically arranged alphabetically.

10. Dictionary: a book that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning

11. Comics: a periodical containing short funny stories (strips), intended chiefly for children

12. Biography: an account of someone's life written by someone else.

13. Autobiographies: an account of a person's life written by that person.

14. Fantasy: books that use magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting