- Adventure novel
- Romance – Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
- Historical romance – The Witch of Willow Hall, by Hester Fox
- Contemporary romance
- Historical fiction – The Scarlet Letter
- Historical Mystery
- Holocaust Novels
- Prehistoric fiction
- Literary fiction – Room
- Mathematical fiction
- Metafiction
- Slave narrative – Washington Black
- Occupational Fiction
- Legal thriller
- Medical fiction
- Philosophical fiction
- Existentialism
- Absurdism
- Political fiction – Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
- Pulp fiction
- Christian fiction
- Christian science fiction / fantasy
- Contemporary Christian fiction
- Historical Christian Fiction – Apothecary’s Daughter, by Julie Klassen
- Islamic fiction
- Jewish fiction
- Saga – The Conqueror’s Saga, by Kiersten White
- Fantasy
- Epic / high fantasy
- Prehistoric fantasy
- Ancient History fantasy
- Medieval fantasy – The Ranger’s Apprentice, by John Flannagan
- Low fantasy – The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
- Urban fantasy
- Paranormal romance
- Comic fantasy – Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
- Contemporary fantasy – The Tale of Emily Windsnap, by Liz Kessler
- Dark fantasy
- Magic realism
- Retelling myth/fairy tale
- Paranormal fantasy
- Superhero fantasy – The Black Panther: Nation Under Our Feet, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Horror
- Gothic fiction – The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks
- Supernatural / paranormal
- Cosmic (Lovecraftian)
- Ghost story
- Monster literature
- Vampire fiction
- Werewolf fiction
- Occult detective – Dresden Files (series), by Jim Butcher
- Science fiction – Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
- Alien invasion
- Post-apocalyptic – The Passage (series), by Justin Cronin
- Cyberpunk
- Biopunk
- Steampunk
- Dystopian
- Hard science fiction
- Military science fiction
- Parallel universe, aka alternative universe
- Alternative history
- Soft science fiction
- Space opera
- Speculative cross-genre fiction
- Climate fiction (cli-fi) – The Overstory, by Richard Powers
- Slipstream
- Weird fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Crime fiction
- Detective fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Thriller
- Legal thriller
- Medical thriller
- Political thriller
- Spy fiction
- Psychological thriller
- Techno-thriller
- Urban fiction
- Westerns
- Women’s fiction
- LGBT fiction