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Fiction
1

-- See Also the narrower term Action and adventure fiction


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-- See Also the narrower term Adventure stories


3

-- See Also the narrower term Allegories


Here are entered collections of allegories. Works on allegory as a literary form are entered under the heading Allegory.
4

-- See Also the narrower term Alternative histories (Fiction)


Fiction in which the plot or setting assumes an alternative outcome of an historical event. For nonfiction that presents alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history see Counterfactual histories.
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-- See Also the narrower term Alternative histories (Fiction)


Here are entered collections of fiction in which the plot or setting assumes an alternative outcome of an historical event. Speculative works of history that present alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history are entered under Imaginary histories.
6

-- See Also the narrower term Animal fiction


Fiction whose main characters are animals that may be anthropomorphized.
7

-- See Also the narrower term Bildungsromans


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-- See Also the narrower term Bildungsromans


Fiction depicting the development of a character from youth to adulthood.
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-- See Also the narrower term Biographical fiction


Fiction that depicts the lives of real people interspersed with fictional characters and events. For fiction in which real persons, places, or events are depicted under invented names see Romans à clef.
10

-- See Also the narrower term Biographical fiction


11

-- See Also the narrower term Campus fiction


Fiction that is set on and around a college or university campus and focuses on the lives and interactions of students, faculty, administrators, and staff.
12

-- See Also the narrower term Chick lit


13

-- See Also the narrower term Children's stories



--subdivision Juvenile fiction under names of countries, cities, etc., names of individual persons and corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, names of deities and mythological or legendary figures, individual and groups of fictitious and legendary characters, and topical headings
14

-- See Also the narrower term Choose-your-own stories


Fiction in which the reader chooses from a number of possible options for developing the story.
15

-- See Also the narrower term Christmas fiction


16

-- See Also the narrower term Christmas stories


17

-- See Also the narrower term Code and cipher stories


18

-- See Also the narrower term College stories


19

-- See Also the narrower term Cryptologic fiction


Fiction that features codes, ciphers, and/or cryptograms.
20

-- See Also the narrower term Detective and mystery fiction


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-- See Also the narrower term Detective and mystery stories


22

-- See Also the narrower term Diary fiction


Here are entered works of fiction written in diary form. Works of fiction written wholly or partially in the form of letters, telegrams, electronic mail messages, instant messages, etc. are entered under Epistolary fiction.
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-- See Also the narrower term Diary fiction


Fiction written in diary form. For fiction written wholly or partially in the form of letters, telegrams, electronic mail messages, instant messages, etc., see Epistolary fiction.
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-- See Also the narrower term Didactic fiction


Fiction that is intended to be instructional.
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-- See Also the narrower term Didactic fiction


26

-- See Also the narrower term Dime novels


27

-- See Also the narrower term Domestic fiction


Here are entered collections of fiction that focus on home and family life.
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-- See Also the narrower term Domestic fiction


Works of fiction that feature home and family life.
29

-- See Also the narrower term Easter stories


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-- See Also the narrower term Ecofiction


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-- See Also the narrower term Epic fiction


Fiction depicting action on a broad scale and often characterized by grandiose treatment of individual and/or national destiny.
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-- See Also the narrower term Epistolary fiction


Here are entered works of fiction written wholly or partially in the form of letters, telegrams, electronic mail messages, instant messages, etc. Works of fiction written in diary form are entered under Diary fiction.
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-- See Also the narrower term Epistolary fiction


Fiction written wholly or partially in the form of letters, telegrams, electronic mail messages, instant messages, etc. For fiction written in diary form see Diary fiction.
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-- See Also the narrower term Erotic fiction


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-- See Also the narrower term Erotic stories


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-- See Also the narrower term Experimental fiction


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-- See Also the narrower term Experimental fiction


Fiction that emphasizes innovative or unconventional technique at the time they were created.
38

-- See Also the narrower term Fables


39

-- See Also the narrower term Fan fiction


Here are entered collections of fiction written by fans of specific authors, books, films, television series, etc., and incorporating the characters and/or settings of those authors or works.
40

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy fiction


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-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy fiction


Fiction in which magic and extraordinary characters are integral to the story.
42

-- See Also the narrower term Feminist fiction


43

-- See Also the narrower term Feuilletons


44

-- See Also the narrower term Fiction genres


Here are entered works on the theory of fiction genres and works discussing fiction genres collectively. Works on a specific fiction genre are entered under the heading for the genre, e.g. Science fiction.
45

-- See Also the narrower term Fishing fiction


Fiction that features fishing and fishers.
46

-- See Also the narrower term Folk tales


Short narratives of uncertain origin that are based on oral tradition.
47

-- See Also the narrower term Frame stories


Stories that contain other stories.
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-- See Also the narrower term Ghost stories


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-- See Also the narrower term Gothic fiction


Fiction that depicts gloomy and antiquated settings, characters that are haunted by secrets and unresolved conflicts, psychological and physical terror, and elements of the supernatural.
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-- See Also the narrower term Hanukkah stories


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