# FictionBook 2.1 genres

_The following is the list of genres as defined in FictionBook 2.1:_

## Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Tag | Definition |
| :--------------: | :------------------- |
| **sf_history** | Alternative history |
| **sf_action** | Action |
| **sf_epic** | Epic |
| **sf_heroic** | Heroic |
| **sf_detective** | Detective |
| **sf_cyberpunk** | Cyberpunk |
| **sf_space** | Space |
| **sf_social** | Social-philosophical |
| **sf_horror** | Horror & mystic |
| **sf_humor** | Humor |
| **sf_fantasy** | Fantasy |
| **sf** | Science Fiction |

## Detectives & Thrillers
| Tag | Definition |
| :---------------: | :-------------------- |
| **det_classic** | Classical detectives |
| **det_police** | Police Stories |
| **det_action** | Action |
| **det_irony** | Ironical detectives |
| **det_history** | Historical detectives |
| **det_espionage** | Espionage detectives |
| **det_crime** | Crime detectives |
| **det_political** | Political detectives |
| **det_maniac** | Maniacs |
| **det_hard** | Hard-boiled |
| **thriller** | Thrillers |
| **detective** | Detectives |

## Prose
| Tag | Definition |
| :--------------------: | :--------------------- |
| **prose_classic** | Classics prose |
| **prose_history** | Historical prose |
| **prose_contemporary** | Contemporary prose |
| **prose_counter** | Counterculture |
| **prose_rus_classic** | Russial classics prose |
| **prose_su_classics** | Soviet classics prose |

## Romance
| Tag | Definition |
| :-------------------: | :------------------- |
| **love_contemporary** | Contemporary Romance |
| **love_history** | Historical Romance |
| **love_detective** | Detective Romance |
| **love_short** | Short Romance |
| **love_erotica** | Erotica |

## Adventure
| Tag | Definition |
| :--------------: | :----------------- |
| **adv_western** | Western |
| **adv_history** | History |
| **adv_indian** | Indians |
| **adv_maritime** | Maritime Fiction |
| **adv_geo** | Travel & geography |
| **adv_animal** | Nature & animals |
| **adventure** | Other |

## Children's
| Tag | Definition |
| :-----------------: | :--------------------- |
| **child_tale** | Fairy Tales |
| **child_verse** | Verses |
| **child_prose** | Prose |
| **child_sf** | Science Fiction |
| **child_det** | Detectives & Thrillers |
| **child_adv** | Adventures |
| **child_education** | Educational |
| **children** | Other |

## Poetry & Dramaturgy
| Tag | Definition |
| :------------: | :--------- |
| **poetry** | Poetry |
| **dramaturgy** | Dramaturgy |

## Antique literature
| Tag | Definition |
| :------------------: | :------------------- |
| **antique_ant** | Antique |
| **antique_european** | European |
| **antique_russian** | Old russian |
| **antique_east** | Old east |
| **antique_myths** | Myths. Legends. Epos |
| **antique** | Other |

## Scientific-educational
| Tag | Definition |
| :----------------: | :------------------ |
| **sci_history** | History |
| **sci_psychology** | Psychology |
| **sci_culture** | Cultural science |
| **sci_religion** | Religious studies |
| **sci_philosophy** | Philosophy |
| **sci_politics** | Politics |
| **sci_business** | Business literature |
| **sci_juris** | Jurisprudence |
| **sci_linguistic** | Linguistics |
| **sci_medicine** | Medicine |
| **sci_phys** | Physics |
| **sci_math** | Mathematics |
| **sci_chem** | Chemistry |
| **sci_biology** | Biology |
| **sci_tech** | Technical |
| **science** | Other |

## Computers & Internet
| Tag | Definition |
| :------------------: | :-------------- |
| **comp_www** | Internet |
| **comp_programming** | Programming |
| **comp_hard** | Hardware |
| **comp_soft** | Software |
| **comp_db** | Databases |
| **comp_osnet** | OS & Networking |
| **computers** | Other |

## Reference
| Tag | Definition |
| :-----------: | :------------ |
| **ref_encyc** | Encyclopedias |
| **ref_dict** | Dictionaries |
| **ref_ref** | Reference |
| **ref_guide** | Guidebooks |
| **reference** | Other |

## Nonfiction
| Tag | Definition |
| :----------------: | :------------------ |
| **nonf_biography** | Biography & Memoirs |
| **nonf_publicism** | Publicism |
| **nonf_criticism** | Criticism |
| **design** | Art & design |
| **nonfiction** | Other |

## Religion & Inspiration
| Tag | Definition |
| :--------------------: | :--------------- |
| **religion_rel** | Religion |
| **religion_esoterics** | Esoterics |
| **religion_self** | Self-improvement |
| **religion** | Other |

## Humor
| Tag | Definition |
| :----------------: | :----------------------- |
| **humor_anecdote** | Anecdote (funny stories) |
| **humor_prose** | Prose |
| **humor_verse** | Verses |
| **humor** | Other |

## Home & Family
| Tag | Definition |
| :----------------: | :--------------- |
| **home_cooking** | Cooking |
| **home_pets** | Pets |
| **home_crafts** | Hobbies & Crafts |
| **home_entertain** | Entertaining |
| **home_health** | Health |
| **home_garden** | Garden |
| **home_diy** | Do it yourself |
| **home_sport** | Sports |
| **home_sex** | Erotica & sex |
| **home** | Other |

_The genres are grouped in themes (this classification is absolutely conventional and realized only in software). Every genre correspond with its abbreviation (for example **sf_history**), which is provided in the book file, and its interpretation (for **sf_history** being "Alternative history")._