... stories
A
- Adventure- Adventure or action-driven
- Animal- Where animals play a major role
- Arthurian- Connected to the legends of King Arthur
B
- Biographical- Explicitly or implicitly biographical
- Boys- More likely to appeal to boys than to girls
C
- Classic- Widely recognised as classic, typically still in print after 50 years
- Coping with- Concerning major characters coping with particular personal situations
D
- Detective- Crime stories involving one character solving the mystery
- Documentary- Non-fiction book documenting something
F
- Family- Dealing significantly with family relationships
- Fantasy- Set in an alternate reality, possibly parallel to ours, possibly not
- Friendship- Dealing significantly with friendships between characters
G
- Girls- More likely to appeal to girls than to boys
- Gritty- Having a more gritty or realistic feel
- Growing-Up- Dealing with youngsters growing to adulthood
H
- Historical- Set partly or wholly in the past
- Horror- Relying on grotesque or gory tension
- Humorous- Whose effect, or some of whose parts, are intended to be comic
M
- Macabre- Relying on the macabre for effect
- Magic- Where magical abilities exist and are used
- Moral Issue- Driven largely by one single issue
- Mythical- In a mythical setting
R
- Romantic- Having one or more major plotlines dealing with romantic relationships
S
- School- Based largely around a school setting
- SciFi- Set in a technological future or where science plays a major role
- Seafaring- Based at sea or with a nautical feel
- Short- A collection of short stories
- Spooky- Ghostly or supernatural happenings
T
- Thought-provoking- Raising issues which repay consideration and discussion
- Time-Travel- Turning on time-travel
W
- War- Set in time or war or dealing closely with wartime issues