Displaying 25 genres of 38 total.
Genre Name | Genre Usage Note | Entry Count |
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Albums | 8 | |
Anthologies | 7 | |
Armorials | Use for books containing depictions of coats of arms. | 0 |
Artists' books | Use for books intended as works of art in themselves and designed as an artistic whole, integrating binding, text, illustration, etc. Do not use for "Livres d'artistes." | 22 |
Atlases (Geographic) | Use for collections of maps in book form. | 3 |
Biographies | 17 | |
Criticism and interpretation | Use as a topical subdivision under names of individual persons for works of critical analysis or interpretation of the person's artistic works or endeavors without biographical details. | 9 |
Directories | 7 | |
Encyclopedias | 4 | |
Ephemera | Use for transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away. | 2 |
Epistolary | 8 | |
Essays | 16 | |
Essays | 2 | |
Folk Tale | Use for folklore | 5 |
Gothic Romance | 0 | |
Guidebooks | 102 | |
History | Need to decide what distinguishes this from local history / other genres. | 25 |
Itineraries | 9 | |
Literary History | Need to decide what distinguishes this from history and from criticism and interpretation | 10 |
Local histories | Need to decide what distinguishes this from history | 53 |
Manual (Handbooks) | 1 | |
Memorials (Commemorative) | Use for eulogy | 5 |
Merchant manuals | Use for manuals containing information on trade routes, market locations, business practices, merchant ethics, etc. | 1 |
Myths and legends | Use for folklore | 8 |
Narratives | Use for works containing an account of events, experiences, etc., whether true or fictitious. | 14 |