“So there’s nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who’s cool hates – and then making it cool.” ~Lady Gaga

Genre’s have branches on branches on branches with leaves  fluttering in all directions. I just listed a few of those genres.

The sky is the limit on types of Genre.

• Adventure
• Chit lit
• Classics
• Contemporary fiction
• Diaries
• Dystopian
• Family
• Horror
• Historical fiction
• Mystery
• Poetry
• Paranormal
• Romance
• Science Fiction
• Steampunk -is a sub-genre of science fiction
• Verse novels
• Ya –young Adult

“My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.” ~Neil Gaiman

• Middle-Grade
• Women’s fiction
• Afro-American
• Christian
• LGBT

“To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness” ~The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde

The list of Genre’s has blown up.  Here are just a few of the ‘Humor’ genres:

• Alternative comedy:
• Anecdotal Comedy”
• Anti-humor
• Dark comedy
• Blue comedy
• Character Comedy
• Cringe Comedy
• Deadpan Comedy
• Heritage Comedy
• Improvisational comedy
• Insult comedy (which nowadays can get you fired)
• Mockumentary
• Musical
• Obersavational
• On-line-joke
• Physical
• Prop
• Sketch
• Spook
• Surreal
• Satire
• Word play

“But when I hear a great song, I can’t help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.”~ Taylor Swift

Genre links -Here is a  few more

https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/rl/litrlgenres.asp

https://reelrundown.com/animation/Anime-Genre-List