What are the different literary genre?

Question

What are the different literary genre?

Answer 1

Some of the genres are nonfiction, biography,autobiography, realistic fiction, historical fiction, SciFi, fantasy, mystery, myth and legend, folk tails and fairy tales, Fables, short story, poetry,drama, and journalism.  For a more complete list see the link below.

Answer 2

Different literary genres are just the type or category that the writing comes under - such as horror, romance, sci-fi, adventure, thriller, crime etc.

Link below with a longer list and descriptions of each type. Hope that helps.