Our categories:
Detective Stories:
Usually they involve a detective, a case of murder (in most cases) and they are set in a place mostly cut off from the outside world, which leads to a limited amount of suspects.
As the story develops, the detective interviews the suspects and investigates the crime scenes to collect informations that either confirm his suspicion or prove him wrong.
Not every detective story includes every point mentioned, but you will find at least some of them.
As the story develops, the detective interviews the suspects and investigates the crime scenes to collect informations that either confirm his suspicion or prove him wrong.
Not every detective story includes every point mentioned, but you will find at least some of them.
Dystopia:
Originally, dystopia is a word for a portrait of a dangerous future society that is meant to criticise the contemporary society by showing where current developments could lead.
Dystopian literature is pretty much the same. It often involves a totalitarian system and focuses on one or more current tendencies in society that are exacerbated to a negative maximum. There are rebels that fight against the system.
All in all, dystopian literature has to be seen as a warning of dangerous changes in society.
Dystopia is often mixed up with science fiction. The difference is that dystopia is focused on society, and science fiction is focused on - well, on science. We might talk about science fiction at some point where you believe that it has to be dystopia or the other way round - there is a smooth transition.
Dystopian literature is pretty much the same. It often involves a totalitarian system and focuses on one or more current tendencies in society that are exacerbated to a negative maximum. There are rebels that fight against the system.
All in all, dystopian literature has to be seen as a warning of dangerous changes in society.
Dystopia is often mixed up with science fiction. The difference is that dystopia is focused on society, and science fiction is focused on - well, on science. We might talk about science fiction at some point where you believe that it has to be dystopia or the other way round - there is a smooth transition.
German Books:
German authors are great! They have an amazing sense of humor - just as every other German. If you are not German you might not believe this (I've heard that the stereotype is that we are very serious... ), but it is true. And many books of German authors that we share with you are available in English as well. So check this category! And no, the content of the German books is not only German. It is not only about beer and sauerkraut and World War II. The German books all fit into another category as well.
Love Stories:
There is one in almost every popular book. It's hard to explain what it is other than a love story, which makes me believe that it is pretty much self-explaining. There are two protagonists (can be more, but mostly there are only two) that fall in love with each other (or one falls in love with the other and one doesn't) and there are some circumstances avoiding an overhasty end of the book. In most of the good books, there is at least one more story other than the love story.
Novels:
I don't know where this category came from. I hope it is self-explaining.
Science-Fiction:
So, this was replaced by Dystopia, but now I need it, so here it is: Science-Fiction deals with fictious scientific inventions (like, in the future), and it's really focused on science. There is no story that is only science-fiction, but sometimes, when it's about the future and not critical or anythink and there is science in it, you can tell that it is more science-fiction than for example dystopia or utopia. Good example: Star Wars. No one cares about wether lightsabers are a positive invention or not. No one is talking about the ethical aspects of the destruction of planet what-do-I-know.
Smart Stories:
We made this category up. Actually, Nicole did. Smart stories are about smart people, they offer fascinating facts and unusuals ways of thinking. As both of us are very smart, we can identify with the smart protaginists of these books. I don't know if dumb people can identify with them as well. So if you read a book about smart people and consider yourself stupid, please contact us!
Thriller:
There is a crime (sometimes, the crime is not in the focus of the story and you get to know about it at some point at the end of the book). And the criminal, who is not suspected to be the criminal at all, has some mental disorder that makes him think that what he is doing is totally right. At the same time, he has an above-average intelligence that makes it even harder to find him guilty of something.
Some thrillers are about detectives or people investigating on their own, but sometimes they are about random people are involved in the crime by incident. Thrillers are often written from different perspectives, most likely from the perspective of the psychopath and the perspective of the investigator.
Some thrillers are about detectives or people investigating on their own, but sometimes they are about random people are involved in the crime by incident. Thrillers are often written from different perspectives, most likely from the perspective of the psychopath and the perspective of the investigator.
Many books fit into more than one category. If you have any other categories that we should consider, let us know s'il vous plaît.