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| 9th Dec 2019, 8:38 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | tiggerhans Member since Dec 2013 1682 Points Moderator | Why is Nature no genre in books? Animals, Flowers, Landscapes, etc. can not be placed under any other genre. Science doesn't cover it, hobby doesn't. Flowers only fit Gardening when it is about gardening, not when it is about Flora. Or we should use "Flora and fauna" as genre in stead of Nature |
| 10th Dec 2019, 1:39 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | JimEss SUBS Member since May 2015 2155 Points | As well as Nature, these book genres would also be useful: Western, Military, Puzzles and Games, Drama. |
| 12th Dec 2019, 9:46 AM | #3 REPORT | |
 | Orbiting Cat Member since Jan 2008 1168 Points Administrator | Thanks, suggestions for new genres are welcome. When we started Book World, we decided to limit the number of genres to keep things manageable. Our plan is to expand them when there is an obvious and urgent need. We will revisit this later. Meanwhile you can use the Class Numbers (Dewey Decimal) to add specific categorisation. |
| 3rd Jun 2020, 7:39 PM | #4 REPORT | |
| 23skidoo Member since Jul 2014 4061 Points | I would hope sooner rather than later otherwise all the War and Western books being added are going to require someone going back to add the genres. I can understand not wanting to have a huge number of genres (with respect to the original poster, Nature could fall under Science), but Western and War, to name two, are standard genre terms. Philosophy is also missing; books I've uploaded I've used "Society" as a default genre and I'm not sure if that's the correct one to use. |
| 3rd Jun 2020, 8:52 PM | #5 REPORT | |
 | OldMod67 "..all the cats, you know who they are.. " Member since Nov 2010 946 Points | Just so they're not forgotten, I've also previously mentioned Graphic Novels, along with Manga. Still amazingly popular in my shop (well, not during lockdown and staff furlough!) |
| 29th Dec 2023, 6:25 PM | #6 REPORT | |
 | starshinesquirrel Member since Jul 2020 1865 Points | I was just about to post a topic about this myself. A category for Animals would indeed be a helpful addition, and possibly Nature as well although it is true that could go under Science. From the available categories, I've only been able to place the animal books I've added in Non-Fiction. |
| 17th Apr 2024, 4:17 PM | #7 REPORT | |
| 23skidoo Member since Jul 2014 4061 Points | Reviving this old thread (which dates back to 2019) are there any plans to add more categories? I index a lot of books and I definitely run into a lot of cases where it's hard to properly categorize. For example I have to use Art and Design for graphic novels and comic strip books so Charlie Brown and The Hulk are listed next to books on Da Vinci. And there definitely needs to be categories for Western and Military/War, at the very least as those are two major genres of fiction. One for Plays would also be good as otherwise one cannot properly categorize, say, Shakespeare or Eugene O'Neill or George Bernard Shaw books. |
| 5th Aug 2024, 12:23 PM | #8 REPORT | |
 | Juke Jules SUBS Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow Member since Jan 2011 4135 Points Moderator | I'd like to see Technology as a genre |
| 13th Aug 2024, 2:37 PM | #9 REPORT | |
| alexlincs Member since Aug 2020 2949 Points |
23skidoo wrote:
Reviving this old thread (which dates back to 2019) are there any plans to add more categories? I index a lot of books and I definitely run into a lot of cases where it's hard to properly categorize. For example I have to use Art and Design for graphic novels and comic strip books so Charlie Brown and The Hulk are listed next to books on Da Vinci. And there definitely needs to be categories for Western and Military/War, at the very least as those are two major genres of fiction. One for Plays would also be good as otherwise one cannot properly categorize, say, Shakespeare or Eugene O'Neill or George Bernard Shaw books.
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| 16th Aug 2024, 4:57 PM | #10 REPORT | |
| Juke Jules SUBS Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow Member since Jan 2011 4135 Points Moderator |
alexlincs wrote:
I've just been marking plays and graphic novels as fiction
..and I've just been marking Technology as non-fiction  |
| 17th Aug 2024, 3:28 AM | #11 REPORT | |
 | annaloog Member since Sep 2012 6419 Points Moderator |
JimEss wrote:
As well as Nature, these book genres would also be useful: Western, Military, Puzzles and Games, Drama.
Modified from an earlier list of 'missing' book genres: - Adventure - Cartoons / Comics (includes underground comix) - Erotic / Esoteric / Exploitation (including porn) - not to be confused with "Romance" - Gothic - Guides (such as field guides, movie guides, etc.) - Historical Fiction (to avoid confusion with non-ficton 'History') - Juvenile / Teen (distinct from 'Kids', which I view as pre-teen) - Juvenile Delinquency - Suspense (as distinct from 'Thriller') |
| 18th Aug 2024, 7:20 PM | #12 REPORT | |
 | Pedro45rpm Member since Oct 2012 605 Points | By the way, should English Title be Original Title (of the book) since we are fully international site with many non-English books added? |
| 18th Aug 2024, 9:32 PM | #13 REPORT | |
| Juke Jules SUBS Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow Member since Jan 2011 4135 Points Moderator |
Pedro45rpm wrote:
By the way, should English Title be Original Title (of the book) since we are fully international site with many non-English books added?
AIUI, 'original title' is in the language of the author; English title only applies if the book was translated and published in English |
| 25th Aug 2024, 10:41 PM | #14 REPORT | |
| 23skidoo Member since Jul 2014 4061 Points |
alexlincs wrote:
I've just been marking plays and graphic novels as fiction
Plays, yes. But Graphic Novels cover so many different genres from straight fiction to historical to sci-fi. Of course I use those as applicable but Art & Design still feels a bit broad. Plays - Fiction of course but there is a difference between a 70-page play script and a 500-page novel. There is a Cinema category; one on Drama would be good. (And not just for the scripts, but also books on the topic of Drama.) Literature could qualify though with the exception of Shakespeare and a few others there may be those objecting to stage plays (especially recent ones) being categorized as Lit. That said, Literature is an extremely subjective category, just like I have seen 300-page books referred to as "short novels" and "novellas" because of one's subjective opinion of what constitutes a novel. I have seen some people define novel as high literature only so, say, one of George RR Martin's fantasy door stoppers does not qualify, nor would Lord of the Rings, but Dickens would. (Needless to say, novel and novella are two categories I do NOT mind excluding.) |
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