The genre element of title-info
takes one code from a fixed list, defined in the schema file
FictionBookGenres.xsd. A book has one or more, each with an optional
match percentage. The list below is the schema’s current one, 186 codes,
grouped here by subject; the schema itself gives no descriptions, so the meanings are
those the codes are used for in Russian-language libraries. The list grew over time,
and many libraries add codes of their own, which readers show as unknown.
Fiction
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
sf | Science fiction |
sf_action | Action science fiction |
sf_cyberpunk | Cyberpunk |
sf_detective | Science fiction detective story |
sf_fantasy | Fantasy |
sf_heroic | Heroic fantasy |
sf_history | Alternative history |
sf_horror | Horror |
sf_humor | Humorous science fiction |
sf_social | Social science fiction |
sf_space | Space fiction |
city_fantasy | Urban fantasy |
dragon_fantasy | Fantasy about dragons |
fantasy_fight | Combat fantasy |
historical_fantasy | Historical fantasy |
humor_fantasy | Humorous fantasy |
russian_fantasy | Russian fantasy |
popadanec | “Popadanets”: stories of a hero carried into another time or world |
magician_book | Books about magicians and magic |
vampire_book | Vampire fiction |
detective | Detective fiction |
det_action | Action thriller |
det_classic | Classic detective story |
det_crime | Crime fiction |
det_espionage | Espionage |
det_hard | Hard-boiled detective fiction |
det_history | Historical detective story |
det_irony | Ironic (comic) detective story |
det_police | Police procedural |
det_political | Political detective story |
thriller | Thriller |
prose_classic | Classic prose |
prose_counter | Counterculture |
prose_history | Historical prose |
prose_military | War prose |
prose_rus_classic | Russian classic prose |
prose_su_classics | Soviet classic prose |
russian_contemporary | Contemporary Russian prose |
literature_18 | 18th-century literature |
literature_19 | 19th-century literature |
literature_20 | 20th-century literature |
short_story | Short stories |
narrative | Narrative prose (stories, novellas) |
sketch | Sketches |
essays | Essays |
love_contemporary | Contemporary romance |
love_detective | Romantic suspense |
love_erotica | Erotica |
love_fantasy | Romantic fantasy |
love_history | Historical romance |
love_sf | Romantic science fiction |
love_short | Short romance |
adventure | Adventure |
adv_animal | Animal stories |
adv_geo | Travel and geography adventures |
adv_history | Historical adventure |
adv_maritime | Sea adventure |
adv_western | Westerns |
humor | Humour |
humor_anecdote | Jokes and anecdotes |
humor_prose | Humorous prose |
humor_verse | Humorous verse |
poetry | Poetry |
dramaturgy | Drama, plays |
aphorism_quote | Aphorisms and quotations |
beginning_authors | Works by new authors |
Ancient and traditional literature
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
antique | Old literature |
antique_ant | Literature of antiquity (Greek and Roman) |
antique_east | Old Eastern literature |
antique_european | Old European literature |
antique_myths | Myths, legends and epics |
antique_russian | Old Russian literature |
Children
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
children | Children’s books |
child_adv | Children’s adventure |
child_det | Children’s detective stories |
child_education | Children’s educational books |
child_prose | Children’s prose |
child_sf | Children’s science fiction |
child_tale | Fairy tales |
child_verse | Children’s verse |
Foreign (translated) literature
Codes for books translated into Russian, by subject.
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
foreign_action | Action |
foreign_adventure | Adventure |
foreign_antique | Old literature |
foreign_business | Business |
foreign_children | Children’s books |
foreign_comp | Computers |
foreign_contemporary | Contemporary prose |
foreign_contemporary_lit | Contemporary literature |
foreign_desc | Unclear; listed among the foreign codes |
foreign_detective | Detective fiction |
foreign_dramaturgy | Drama |
foreign_edu | Education |
foreign_fantasy | Fantasy |
foreign_home | Home and family |
foreign_humor | Humour |
foreign_language | Language learning |
foreign_love | Romance |
foreign_novel | Novels |
foreign_other | Other |
foreign_poetry | Poetry |
foreign_prose | Classic prose |
foreign_psychology | Psychology |
foreign_publicism | Journalism and essays |
foreign_religion | Religion |
foreign_sf | Science fiction |
Non-fiction, science and reference
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
nonfiction | Non-fiction |
nonf_biography | Biography and memoirs |
nonf_criticism | Criticism |
nonf_publicism | Journalism and essays |
military_special | Military affairs |
science | Science |
sci_biology | Biology |
sci_chem | Chemistry |
sci_culture | Cultural studies |
sci_history | History |
sci_juris | Law |
sci_linguistic | Linguistics |
sci_math | Mathematics |
sci_medicine | Medicine |
sci_philosophy | Philosophy |
sci_phys | Physics |
sci_politics | Politics |
sci_religion | Religious studies |
sci_tech | Technology |
architecture_book | Architecture |
cinema_theatre | Cinema and theatre |
design | Art and design |
music_dancing | Music and dance |
visual_arts | Visual arts |
geography_book | Geography |
geo_guides | Travel guides |
pedagogy_book | Education and teaching |
sociology_book | Sociology |
upbringing_book | Bringing up children |
reference | Reference |
ref_dict | Dictionaries |
ref_encyc | Encyclopaedias |
ref_guide | Guides and manuals |
ref_ref | Reference books |
periodic | Periodicals |
newspapers | Newspapers |
Business and economics
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
economics | Economics |
global_economy | The world economy |
accounting | Accounting |
banking | Banking |
industries | Industries |
job_hunting | Finding work and careers |
management | Management |
marketing | Marketing, PR and advertising |
org_behavior | Organisational behaviour |
paper_work | Office work and paperwork |
personal_finance | Personal finance |
popular_business | Popular business books |
real_estate | Property |
small_business | Small business |
stock | Securities and investment |
Computers
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
computers | Computers |
comp_db | Databases |
comp_hard | Hardware |
comp_osnet | Operating systems and networks |
comp_programming | Programming |
comp_soft | Software |
comp_www | The internet |
Home, family and psychology
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
home | Home and family |
home_cooking | Cooking |
home_crafts | Hobbies and crafts |
home_diy | Do it yourself |
home_entertain | Entertainment |
home_garden | Gardening |
home_health | Health |
home_pets | Pets |
home_sex | Sex and family life |
home_sport | Sport |
auto_regulations | Cars and the highway code |
psy_alassic | Classics of psychology (the code is misspelt in the schema) |
psy_childs | Child psychology |
psy_generic | General psychology |
psy_personal | Personal growth |
psy_sex_and_family | Sex and family psychology |
psy_social | Social psychology |
psy_theraphy | Psychotherapy (spelt this way in the schema) |
Religion and other
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
religion | Religion |
religion_esoterics | Esotericism |
religion_rel | Religious texts |
religion_self | Self-improvement |
unrecognised | Genre not known |