Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/GenreHierarchy
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| Overall | genre | description | category | stub template |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "can be used in the text and infobox to describe the novel" | "Use to categorise the article" | "Use to mark short and incomplete articles as stubs" | ||
| General Novels | [[Novel]] | Those that cannot be described by categories below |
[[Category:Novels]] | {{novel-stub}} |
| Specific Genres | [[Adventure]] | High adventure, action based narrative often with travel | [[Category:Adventure novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) |
| [[Alternate history]] | "What If, history had developed differently?" | [[Category:Alternate history novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Anti-war]] | "War novels, but the message is clearly anti" | [[Category:Anti-war novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Autobiographical]] or [[Biographical]] | Autobiographical - gives some of the author's life story | [[Category:Autobiographical novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Biographical]] | Biographical - gives another's life story | [[Category:Biographical novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Comedy]] | Comedy or comic - with humorous content | [[Category:Comedy novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Crime]] | Crime novel - without the whodunit | [[Category:Crime novels]] | {{crime-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Detective]] | main character is a Detective | [[Category:Detective novels]] | {{mystery-novel-stub}} or {{crime-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Dystopian]] | Dystopian - of hopeless or pessimistic character | [[Category:Dystopian novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Epistolary]] | Epistle like - written as a series of documents | [[Category:Epistolary novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Erotic]] | Erotic literature of novel length | [[Category:Erotic novels]] | {{erotic-novel-stub}} (sorts to novel-stub category) | |
| [[Family saga]] | Family saga literature of novel length | [[Category:Family saga novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Fantasy]] | Based on magic, ancient myths and legends | [[Category:Fantasy novels]] | {{fantasy-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Feminist]] | Feminist literature of novel length | [[Category:Feminist novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Gothic]] | The dark and horrific (see genre) | [[Category:Gothic novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[Southern Gothic]] | The dark and horrific (see genre) - based in the Southern U.S. | [[Category:Southern Gothic novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Historical]] | Set among historical events, prior to author | [[Category:Historical novels]] | {{hist-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Horror]] | with Horrific, scary subject matter | [[Category:Horror novels]] | {{horror-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Jacobin]] | novels that espouse ideals of the French revolution | [[Category:Jacobin novels]] | {{hist-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Legal thriller]] | Subgenre of the thriller novel is the Legal thriller | [[Category:Legal thriller novels]] | {{thriller-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Mystery]] | Subgenre of the crime or detective novel is the whodunit | [[Category:Mystery novels]] | {{mystery-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Paranormal romance]] | Subgenre of the Speculative fiction and Romance novel | [[Category:Paranormal romance novels]] | {{romance-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Parody]] | with a character of parodies | [[Category:Parody novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Philosophical]] | Novels where philosophical ideas form the main crux of the narrative. | [[Category:Philosophical novels]] | {{philos-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Political]] | set in the political environment or politically themed | [[Category:Political novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Psychological]] | Novels where psychological issues are prominent factors in the story or characterisation. | [[Category:Psychological novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Romance]] | Romance themed, or based novels | [[Category:Romance novels]] | {{romance-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Satirical]] | Satire based novels | [[Category:Satirical novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Sentimental]] | Novels based in sentimental themes | [[Category:Sentimental novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Science fiction]] | Science advancement, or contact scientifically advanced civilizations | [[Category:Science fiction novels]] | {{sf-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Speculative fiction]] | Speculation about worlds - alternatives to the normal Sci-Fi,Alt-Hist,Fantasy, Horror have their own sub-genre (categories and stubs) |
[[Category:Speculative fiction novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) or individual spec fiction genre | |
| [[Sports]] | Sports themed novels | [[Category:Sports novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Spy]] | Spying and espionage | [[Category:Spy novels]] | {{spy-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Techno-thriller]] | Thrillers with a technical or modern science element | [[Category:Techno-thriller novels]] | {{thriller-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Thriller]] | Fast paced, action packed suspense | [[Category:Thriller novels]] | {{thriller-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Utopian]] | Utopian - of hopeful, optimistic or idealistic character | [[Category:Utopian novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[War]] | Warfare (mainly modern) | [[Category:War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[American Revolutionary War]] | Warfare (American Revolutionary War) | [[Category:American Revolutionary War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[French Revolutionary Wars]] | Warfare (French Revolutionary Wars) | [[Category:French Revolutionary War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[American Civil War]] | Warfare (American Civil War) | [[Category:American Civil War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[Napoleonic Wars]] | Warfare (Napoleonic Wars) | [[Category:Napoleonic War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[First World War]] | Warfare (World War One) | [[Category:World War I novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[Second World War]] | Warfare (World War Two) | [[Category:World War II novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[Korean War]] | Warfare (Korean War) | [[Category:Korean War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[Vietnam War]] | Warfare (Vietnam War) | [[Category:Vietnam War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[Anti-war]] | "War novels, but the message is clearly anti" | [[Category:Anti-war novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Western]] | American west, with cowboys, gunslingers, settlers and 'native Americans' |
[[Category:Western novels]] | {{western-novel-stub}} | |
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