書籍
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小說： |
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| 通俗小說：popular novel | 偵探小說：detective novel |
| 歷史小說：historical novel | 愛情小說：love novel (= romance) |
| 懸疑小說：mystery novel | 推理小說：whodunit |
| 冒險小說：adventure novel (= saga) | 武俠小說：kung- fu novel |
| 幽默小說：humorous novel | 科幻小說：science fiction |
| 短篇小說：short story | 極短篇：short short story |
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戲劇： |
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| 戲劇：drama | 短劇：short play | 喜劇：comedy |
| 悲劇：tragedy | 鬧劇：farce | 通俗劇：melodrama |
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雜文： |
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| 雜文：miscellanies | 短論：essay | 評論：review | 書評：book review |
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學科： |
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| 星相學：physiognomy | 考古學：archeology | 生物學：biology |
| 大氣生物學：aero- biology | 語言學：linguistics | 動物學：zoology |
| 天文學：astrology | 氣象學：meteorology | 地震學：seismology |
| 心理學：psychology | 醫學：medicine | 藥學：pharmacy |
| 昆蟲學：entomology | 新聞學：journalism | 財政學：finance |
| 經濟學：economics | 整形外科：plastic surgery | 魔術：magic |
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故事書： |
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| 故事書：storybook | 傳奇故事：legendary |
| 民間故事：folklore | 童話：fairy tale (= nursery story) |
| 童謠：carol | 寓言：fable |
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傳記： |
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| 傳記：biography | 回憶錄：memoirs | 名人錄：a who's who |
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雜誌： |
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| 新聞雜誌：news magazine | 大眾雜誌：popular magazine |
| 評論雜誌：review magazine | 文藝雜誌：literary magazine |
| 期刊：periodical ; journal | |
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詩： |
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| 詩：poem | 詩集：poetry | 散文詩：prose poem | 抒情詩：lyric |
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畫刊： |
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| 圖畫書：picture book | 畫刊：pictorial | 漫畫：comic book | 卡通：cartoon |
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文學： |
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| 現代文學：contemporary literature | 古典文學：classical literature |
| 通俗文學：light literature | 大眾文學：popular literature |
| 純文學：pure literature | 諷刺文學：satire |
| 中國文學：Chinese literature | 評論家：critic |
| 作者：author | 作家：writer |
| 自由作家：freelancer | |
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中國古書： |
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| 論語：the Analects of Confucius | 四書：the Four Books |
| 五經：the Five Classics | 三國誌：the History of the Three Kingdoms |
| 水滸傳：All Men Are Brothers | 西遊記：the Journey to the West |
| 西廂記：the West Chamber | 紅樓夢：the Red Chamber Dream |
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其他： |
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| 黃色書：dirty / foul book | 少年讀物：juvenile book |
| 廉價書：bargain / low- priced book | 通俗讀物：popular book |
| 有聲書：talking book | 百科全書：encyclopedia |
| 精裝書：hardbound book | 平裝書：paperback book |
| 食譜：recipe | 手冊：handbook |
| 紀念冊：graph book | 地圖：map |
| 笑話集：jestbook | 旅行指南：traveler's manual |
| 神話：myth | 遊記：travels |
| 古書：classic | 參考書：reference book |
| 教科書：textbook | 暢銷書：bestseller |
資料來源：康軒國中英語三上教師手冊