Book Genres

WHAT IS GENRE?• “Genre” is a French word that means

“type or kind”– 1: a kind of literary or artistic work – 2: a style of expressing yourself in

writing [syn: writing style, literary genre] – 3: a class of artistic endeavor having a

characteristic form or technique

Two major categories, or genres, of books: nonfiction and fiction. Fiction can be further divided based on content and theme into more-specific categories.