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Since Aristotle, man has been busy classifying things. Adam was the classification pioneer (naming the animals), but it was the Greek philosopher who turned it into an art form, an obsession, and an intellectual sport. We've had 2300 years to get better at it, and today a book isn't just a "book": it's a novel, or a treatise, or a poem, or a drama. But it isn't even just a novel, anymore—it's a satire, or historical fiction, or science fiction, or a philosophical novel, or an autobiographical collection of short stories set in a dystopian near-future.

There may be no examples of the last type, but genres (rather than being confusing, as some claim) are invaluable guides to navigating the endless stream of books that flows through our bookstores, libraries, and online distribution centers. For instance, you know just by hearing the phrase "romance novel" there won't be much quality in any section so named, and if the normal romance novel is to be shunned, you can be certain the growing field of paranormal romance fiction will be even more useless.

I will not take this opportunity to describe each and every genre we've included in our selection; that's what the sidebar is for. However, before you dismiss the genre distinctions as useless generic terminology, consider what they can do. If you've just finished a book by Jane Austen, or Tim O'Brien, or Rudyard Kipling, and want to read similar books but don't know where to start, you could start by looking at other books included in their respective genres.

Some of the genres are pretty basic. Obviously, if you want to read poetry you aren't going to look under Novels. Well, you might, but you'd be mostly out of luck. Others, like Epic & Saga, can be much more helpful for more specific searches—our Epic & Saga category includes 42 items; our Literature & Adult Fiction includes 2,397.

Most of the books found here are for older students or adults (though that doesn't mean younger readers can't enjoy most of them as well, as long as you preview and discuss each title with them). For kid-oriented reading, check out our Fiction category. The genres there are even more specific, partly because there are more obvious distinctions beween different kinds of children's literature, and partly because we've spent more time bringing in specifc titles for young readers. That in no way means we've ignored our selection for adults and high schoolers.

In fact, we're pretty proud of it. Not every book is worth reading; we've tried to limit those on our shelf to ones that are. To make it easier for you to find the sort of book you want to read, we've given most of the titles genres. Sure, it's often fun to lazily browse bookstore shelves or websites, but let's face it—somtimes you just need to find the next book that's going to provide your fiction fix, and you don't have time to research the whole broad genre that happens to be your favorite. Reader, we salute you, and offer you: Literature by Genre.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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	Adventures of Tom Sawyer Dover Thrift Editions by Mark Twain from Dover Publications for 6th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.00
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer Puffin Classics by Mark Twain from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $10.00
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll from Bantam Books for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Apologia Pro Vita Sua Dover Giant Thrift Editions by John Henry Newman from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.00
	Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.00
	Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ Signet Classics by Lew Wallace from Signet Classics Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.95
	Black Arrow Dover Evergreen Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson from Dover Publications Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $5.99
	Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch from Dover Publications for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch from Dover Publications for 6th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $10.00
	Charge of the Light Brigade & Other Poems Dover Thrift Editions by Alfred Tennyson from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in Poetry (Location: POET-GEN) $4.00
	Civil War Stories by Ambrose Bierce from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.00
	Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand from Bantam Books Drama for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.50 (2 in stock)
	Cyrano de Bergerac Dover Thrift Editions by Edmond Rostand from Dover Publications Drama for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00 $2.00 (2 in stock)
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Emma Penguin Classics by Jane Austen from Penguin Classics Romantic Realistic Fiction for 8th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.00 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Fifty Great Short Stories by Milton Crane from Bantam Books for 9th-Adult in Short Stories (Location: LIT-ANTH) $7.99
	Frankenstein Dover Thrift Editions by Mary Shelley from Dover Publications for 7th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	Great American Short Stories by Wallace & Mary Stegner, editors from Dell Publishing Realistic Fiction for 9th-12th grade in Short Stories (Location: LIT-ANTH) $8.99
	Great Expectations (abridged) Puffin Classics by Charles Dickens from Puffin Books Realistic Fiction for 7th-10th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99
	Hound of the Baskervilles Signet Classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from Signet Classics Mystery for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.96
	House of the Seven Gables Signet Classics by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Signet Classics Fantasy for 9th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Hunchback of Notre Dame Signet Classics by Victor Hugo from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Ideal Husband Dover Thrift Editions by Oscar Wilde from Dover Publications Drama for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.50
	Importance of Being Earnest Dover Thrift Editions by Oscar Wilde from Dover Publications Drama/Comedy for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.00
	Importance of Being Earnest Dover Thrift Editions by Oscar Wilde from Signet Classics Drama/Comedy for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Inheritance Penguin Classics by Louisa May Alcott from Penguin Classics Realistic Romantic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $15.00
	Innocents Abroad Signet Classics by Mark Twain from Signet Classics Travel books/Social Commentary for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.95
	Invisible Man by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Science Fiction for 7th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Island of Dr. Moreau Signet Classics by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Speculative Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Island of Dr. Moreau Signet Classics by H. G. Wells from Dover Publications Speculative Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00
	Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells from SeaWolf Press Speculative Fiction for 9th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from Bantam Books Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Ivanhoe Signet Classics by Sir Walter Scott from Signet Classics Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Ivanhoe Penguin Classics by Sir Walter Scott, edited by Graham Tulloch from Penguin Classics Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $12.00
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte from Dover Publications Realistic Romantic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.00
	Journals of Lewis & Clark Signet Classics by John Bakeless, editor from Signet Classics Primary Source Documents for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.95
	Last of the Mohicans Leatherstocking Tales #2 by James Fenimore Cooper Reprint from Signet Classics Realistic Action/Adventure Novel for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Les Miserables Signet Classics by Victor Hugo, translated by Lee Fahnestock & Norman MacAfee from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.99
	Les Miserables (abridged) by Victor Hugo, supplementary materials written by Margaret Brantley from Simon and Schuster Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.99
	Lewis and Clark Expedition - 3-volume Set by Meriwether Lewis from J.B. Lippincott Co. Primary Source Documents for 9th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $32.00 (1 in stock)
	Life on the Mississippi Signet Classics by Mark Twain from Signet Classics Autobiography for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Looking Backward Dover Thrift Editions by Edward Bellamy from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.00
	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.50 $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Mansfield Park Penguin Classics by Jane Austen from Penguin Classics Romantic Realistic Fiction for 8th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.00
	Middlemarch by George Eliot from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.99
	Moby-Dick Signet Classics by Herman Melville from Signet Classics Realistic Nautical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Northanger Abbey Penguin Classics by Jane Austen from Penguin Classics Romantic Realistic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.00
	On Slavery and the Civil War Selections from His Writings Dover Thrift Editions by Frederick Douglass from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.00
	Pathfinder The Inland Sea Leatherstocking Tales #3 by James Fenimore Cooper from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 9th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $15.00
	Persuasion Penguin Classics by Jane Austen from Penguin Classics Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.00
	Pioneers Leatherstocking Tales #4 by James Fenimore Cooper from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 9th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.95
	Pride and Prejudice Penguin Classics by Jane Austen from Penguin Classics Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.00
	Pride and Prejudice Dover Thrift Editions by Jane Austen from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	Prince and the Pauper Signet Classics by Mark Twain from Signet Classics Historical Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Pudd'nhead Wilson Signet Classics by Mark Twain from Signet Classics Mystery for 8th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane from Bantam Books Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Roughing It by Mark Twain from Penguin Classics for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Pocket Books Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.99
	Scarlet Letter Dover Thrift Editions by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Dover Publications Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00 $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Self-Reliance and Other Essays Dover Thrift Editions by Ralph Waldo Emerson from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00
	Sense and Sensibility Penguin Classics by Jane Austen from Penguin Classics Romantic Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.00
	Short Stories of Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Silas Marner Signet Classics by George Eliot from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in Poetry (Location: POET-GEN) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of King Arthur and His Knights Signet Classics by Howard Pyle from Signet Classics Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 7th-9th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95
	Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Revised from Penguin Classics Mystery/Suspense for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.00
	Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Signet Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson from Signet Classics Mystery/Suspense for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Study in Scarlet & The Sign of Four Dover Thrift Editions by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from Dover Publications Mystery for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00 $2.40 (1 in stock)
	Tale of Two Cities Signet Classics by Charles Dickens from Signet Classics Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95
	Tale of Two Cities Dover Thrift Editions by Charles Dickens from Dover Publications Victorian Novel for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	Time Machine by H. G. Wells from Dover Publications for 7th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Time Machine by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Science Fiction/Dystopian Literature for 7th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Treasure Island by Sir Robert Louis Stevenson from Bantam Books for 6th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Walden Or, Life in the Woods Copper Lodge Library by Henry David Thoreau, annotated by Stephanie B. Meter from Classical Conversations for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $14.95
	Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau, edited and an introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch from Bantam Books for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	When I Was a Slave Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection Dover Thrift Editions by Norman Yetman (editor) from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00 $3.00 (1 in stock)

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