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Genres of Contemporary, Popular and Emergent Literature

Romance
 A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)

Science Fiction
 Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)

Suspense/Thriller
 The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)

Play
 Ms. Saigon

Flash Fiction
 Midnight Collector (Alma Anonias Carpio)

Short Story
 Friend of my Youth (Alice Munro)

Biographies/Autobiographies
 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings-autobiography (Maya Angelou)
 Diana: Her True Story (Andrew Morton)

Spoken Word Poetry


 Straight People (Maya Greenhill)
 Walang Tayo (Lhynethedreamer)

Historical Fiction
 My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)

Reality-based Stories
 God’s Will (James Patterson)

Mystery
 The Thief (Gregg Hurwitz)

Blog
 Are You with the Right People? (Sha Nacino)

Literary Journalism
 Trial by Twitter (Holly Millea)

Action/Adventure
 Life of Pi

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