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As a general rule books are only classified into one basic genre category - for example if a book falls into the historical fiction category it won't be listed as a novel as well; on the same basis a book may have both mystery and thriller characteristics but will be listed as one or the other.
Books for children and teens are cross-referenced by time period, setting and theme but not to the other genres - in other words you will not find a match for Children's Book + Novel, because the novels category only lists titles for adults.
The categorization of each book is not exhaustive. For example, a book may be set in various countries but will have been cross-referenced to the one (perhaps two) major location(s), or placed in the "globe-trotting" category. Equally, a book can contain countless themes - we have attempted to pick out the key themes and classify accordingly.
Our books are categorized about 70 different ways (by genre, time period, country of setting and by a wide variety of themes - that means that there are about 4,000 possible different combinations (assuming some combinations won't produce a result (e.g. novels & memoir). We have not checked each combination rigorously! If you find a result which seems wrong to you, please let us know.
One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character.
In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. The Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their...
The acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a roar with this gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author— "an immensely gifted writer and a magical prose stylist" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)—offers his first major work of nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful, and powerful as his acclaimed, award-winning fiction.
Like Robin Hood, Zorro is a story that almost everyone knows, but few have read. The original book by Johnston McCulley is out of print and ...
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I'm 13 years old and my teacher handed me this book and told me to read and do a report on it. I looked at the cover, saw the title (which made no ...
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I'm 13 years old and my teacher handed me this book and told me to read and do a report on it. I looked at the cover, saw the title (which made no ...
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The 2009 National Book Award Winners(Nov 19 2009) The winners of the 2009 National Book Awards have been announced at the National Book Foundation's 60th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit...
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Google Settlement Filed(Nov 13 2009) After two delays, attorneys for the AAP, Authors Guild and Google filed an amended settlement agreement today in an effort to end litigation brought by the...
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