Adventure/thriller

Allegorical adventure

Coming-of-age narrative

Docu-history (fictional narratives presented as accurate history)

Espionage narrative

Experimental novel

Fable (focus on moment of epiphany about learning, faith, or belief)

Fairy tale

Family drama (focus on functioning of family unit)

Family saga (inter-generational family story, less psychological than above)

Fantasy

Farce

Horror

Human condition (author's view of h.c, often features multiple protagonists)

Humor

Immigrant experience

Legend (re-told account of classic stories, e.g., Arthurian legend)

Life story (differs from S-K/PG because lacks self-awareness of protagonist)

Minority experience

Modern relationship

Morality tale

Mystery

Police story

Postmodern life (incorporates literary style)

Psychological thriller

Romance

Science fiction

Sensationalism (explicit or exploitive sex, crime, consumerism, scandal)

Self-knowledge/personal growth (story of growing self-understanding)

Slice of life (description of lesser known culture or subculture, e.g., energy industry)

Spiritual exploration

Tragedy

War experience (describes effects, good or bad, of war on people involved)

War scenario (posits war scenarios, often focusing on weapons systems and deployment)

Western

Woman's success story (e.g., the first woman president's story)