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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.

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	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Signet Classics by Jules Verne, translated by Mendor Brunetti, with an introduction by Stephen Baxter and an afterword by Walter James Miller from Signet Classics Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Bantam Classics by Jules Verne, translated by Anthony Bonner with an introduction by Ray Bradbury from Bantam Books Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.99
	Agnes Grey Penguin Classics by Anne Bronte from Penguin Classics Realistic Romantic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $16.00
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Penguin Classics by Lewis Carroll from Penguin Classics Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00
	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
	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) $6.99
	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
	Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Signet Classics by Oscar Wilde from Signet Classics Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Cricket on the Hearth and Other Christmas Stories Dover Thrift Editions by Charles Dickens from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	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) $6.00
	David Copperfield Signet Classics by Charles Dickens from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95
	David Copperfield Signet Classics by Charles Dickens from Dover Publications Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Dracula by Bram Stoker from Signet Classics for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Dracula Puffin Classics by Bram Stoker from Puffin Books for 10th-Adult in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $9.99
	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)
	Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy from Signet Classics for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott from Dover Publications for 10th grade-adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00
	Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott from Penguin Books for 10th grade-adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Frankenstein Dover Thrift Editions by Mary Shelley from Dover Publications for 7th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in Poetry (Location: POET-GEN) $4.00
	Great Expectations Signet Classics by Charles Dickens from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95
	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
	Hound of the Baskervilles Signet Classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from Penguin Classics Mystery for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.80
	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
	Hunchback of Notre Dame Dover Classics by Victor Hugo, translated by A. Langdon Alger from Dover Publications Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Ideal Husband Dover Thrift Editions by Oscar Wilde from Dover Publications Drama for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00
	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) $4.00
	Importance of Being Earnest and other plays Signet Classics by Oscar Wilde, with an introduction by Sylvan Barnet and an afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer from Signet Classics Drama/Comedy for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, with an introduction by W. Warren Wagar and an afterword by Scott Westerfeld 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) $5.00
	Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells from SeaWolf Press Speculative Fiction for 9th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $6.95
	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) $13.00
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte from Dover Publications Realistic Romantic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.00 $4.50 (2 in stock)
	Jungle Books Signet Classics by Rudyard Kipling from Signet Classics Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade 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) $9.99
	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.00
	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
	Mayor of Casterbridge Signet Classics by Thomas Hardy from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Middlemarch by George Eliot from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.99
	Mysterious Island Signet Classics by Jules Verne from Signet Classics Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.95
	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
	Notre-Dame de Paris Penguin Classics by Victor Hugo, translated by John Sturrock from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult 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
	Picture of Dorian Gray Dover Thrift Editions by Oscar Wilde from Dover Publications Mystery and Suspense for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	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) $7.00 $3.50 (2 in stock)
	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen from Bantam Books for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy from Bantam Books Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Other Poems Dover Thrift Editions by Samuel Taylor Coleridge from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in Poetry (Location: POET-GEN) $4.00
	Rob Roy Penguin Classics by Sir Walter Scott from Penguin Classics Historical Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $15.00
	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
	Shirley Penguin Classics by Charlotte Bronte from Penguin Classics for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Silas Marner Signet Classics by George Eliot from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	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) $7.00 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens from Ignatius Press for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Tenant of Wildfell Hall Penguin Classics by Anne Bronte from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $14.00
	Tess of the D'Urbervilles Signet Classics by Thomas Hardy from Signet Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Three Musketeers Signet Classics by Alexandre Dumas from Signet Classics Historical Fiction/Adventure for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.95
	Through the Looking-Glass Puffin Classics by Lewis Carroll from Puffin Books for 10th-Adult in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99
	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
	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Vintage Classics by Jules Verne, translated by Henry Frith from Vintage Classics Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $10.00
	War of the Worlds Signet Classics by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells from Scholastic Inc. Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Woman in White Dover Giant Thrift Editions by Wilkie Collins from Dover Publications Mystery for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Woman in White Dover Giant Thrift Editions by Wilkie Collins from Penguin Classics Mystery for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00

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