Different Types or Genres of Books With Examples

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

23. Suspense/Thriller
This genre of book is characterized and defined by the moods they evoke among the readers, giving them heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, thrill, surprise, anticipation, and anxiety. Literary devices such as plot twists and cliffhangers are extensively used in this genre.
Some popular examples of suspense/thriller books are:

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  Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  
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  The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
  
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  Deception Point by Dan Brown
  

Above genres of books were under FICTION category. Now, following is the list of different genres of books under NON-FICTION category:
24. Biography/Autobiography
Biography is a narrative on someone’s life written by someone else. When a person himself writes about his life, then the book is called an autobiography.
Some examples are:

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  Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
  
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  Edison: A Biography by Matthew Josephson
  
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  The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
  

25. Essay
An essay is usually a short literary composition that reflects an author’s outlook or point of view on a particular topic.
Examples of some popular essays are:

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  A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
  
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  On The Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt
  
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  As a White Slave by Nellie Bly
  

26. Memoir
A memoir is basically a collection of memories that an individual writes on moments or events that he experiences in his life. These writings are taken to be factual.
Sometimes a Memoir is taken to be an autobiography, but they are actually different. An autobiography is an account of the person’s entire lifetime, but a memoir is an account of only a narrower set of the author’s experience.
Some example of memoirs are:

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