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Categories


Here's an alphabetical listing of the many different categories here at Wilsons Book World. Most category names are self explanatory but we've added some brief examples after a few. Being the anal-retentive types we're broken down a number of broad categories into more specific genres.


ACTION SERIES

Usually numbered mostly men's shoot 'em ups (e.g. The Executioner, Destroyer etc.)

ADVENTURE

Individuals not associated with military or spy agencies also includes natural disasters

AFRICAN AMERICAN/ URBAN

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

ARCHEOLOGY/ PALEONTOLOGY

ARCHITECTURE

ART

Both artist retrospectives and "How-To"

ASTRONOMY

AUDIO BOOKS

CD's only no cassettes

BABY/CHILDCARE

Also includes child raising through the teen years

BEAUTY / GROOMING / FASHION

BIOGRAPHY

Alphabetical by subject

BRIDAL / WEDDINGS

BUSINESS / FINANCE

CHILDREN / YOUNG ADULT

CLASSICS

Writings prior to 1900 CE but including: Hemingway, Steinbeck & Joyce

COMICS BACK ISSUES

All for $1.00 with a special discount section of 3 for $1.00

COMICS GRAPHIC NOVELS

Both New & Used

COMPUTERS

CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Danielle Steel & such

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Romances set after 1900 CE

COOKING & ENTERTAINING

CONSTRUCTION

Building larger structures, codes, welding etc.

CRAFTS

Includes woodworking

DAILY AFFIRMATIONS

Religious or Secular Day-by-Day

DICTIONARIES

English language only others found in Foreign Languages

EDUCATION

ENTERTAINMENT

Music, Movies TV , Pop-Culture

EROTICA / SEX-EDUCATION

ESSAYS

ETIQUETTE

FANTASY

Urban & Sword & Sorcery usually where no specific planet is named (e.g.. Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings etc)

FLORIDA FACT & FICTION

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

GAMES

Role Playing & Strategy- D&D Vampire the Masquerade, Shadow Run, Traveller

GARDENING

GAY & LESBIAN STUDIES

GENEALOGY

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

Fiction written after 1900 CE usually of a more substantial nature than general fiction award winning

HEALTH / MEDICAL

HISTORICAL FICTION

Fiction set prior to 1900 CE

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Romance set prior to 1900 CE

HISTORY

Arranged by geographical location, also general, medieval

HEALING / HOLISTIC

Alternative medicine, reiki, massage, reflexology, crystal healing, holistic

HOBBIES / GAMES

HOME SCHOOLING

HORROR

Usually includes some form of a supernatural scare

INSPIRATIONAL GENERAL

INSPIRATIONAL CHRISTIAN

INTERIOR DESIGN

INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE

Political, spy, economic thrillers ex.Robert Ludlum, Brad Thor, David Baldacci, Vince Flynn

JOURNALS & CORRESPONDENCE

JOURNALISM

LARGE PRINT BOOKS

LAW

LEGAL THRILLER

John Grisham etc.

LIBRARY / MUSEUM SCIENCE

LINGUISTICS

MATH

LITERATURE CRITICISM

MEDICAL THRILLER

Robin Cook

MILITARY FICTION

All conflicts

MILITARY NONFICTION

NATIVE AMERICAN

MYSTERY

MYTHOLOGY

NATURAL SCIENCE

NOVELTY BOOKS

METAPHYSICS GENERAL

METAPHYSICS / Dreams

METAPHYSICS / Angels

METAPHYSICS / Yoga / Meditation

METAPHYSICS

Death / Reincarnation

METAPHYSICS / Ghosts / Haunting

METAPHYSICS / Prophecy

METAPHYSICS / Unexplained

METAPHYSICS / UFO's

METAPHYSICS / Divination

METAPHYSICS / Astrology

NATURAL SCIENCE

NOVELTY BOOKS

OUTDOORS

Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Hiking, etc.

PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Romantic Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, etc.

PETS & ANIMALS

PHILOSOPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY

PLAYS & THEATRE

With a special shelf just dedicated to Shakespeare

POETRY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

From both the right & left

PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE

Stalkers, Serial Killers & Forensic cases (e.g.. Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, John Sandford, etc.)

PUBLIC SPEAKING

QUOTATIONS

READING

RELIGION CHRISTIANITY

RELIGION EASTERN

Includes Judaism & Islam

RELIGION / THEOLOGY / General

MYSTICISM / GNOSTICISM / ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

SCIENCE

SCIENCE FICTION

SEASONAL

All seasons but mostly Christmas

SHORT STORIES

Various authors

SOCIOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY

SPORTS

THESAURUS / WORD FIND

TRANSPORTATION

Auto, Train, Air, Sea

TRAVEL/ GEOGRAPHY

Both travel journals and guides

TRUE CRIME

TRUE STORIES

All Subjects

WESTERN

WIT & HUMOR

WOMEN'S STUDIES

WRITING GUIDES / GRAMMAR