READING COMPASSES

Here is a list of all the reading compasses on enCompassCulture and the genres they contain.

Adult Reading Compasses

General fiction – Adventures, Anthologies, Contemporary Life, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Humour, Poetic Prose, Political, Relationships, Rural Life, Short Stories, Urban Life. 

Auto/biography – Contemporary Figures, Contemporary Writers, Fact to Fiction, Historical Figures, Historical Literary Figures, Personal Memoirs, Science Figures.

Crime Fiction – Adventures and Romps, Comic Crime, Gangsters and the Underworld, Historical Novels, Mysteries, Police Procedural's and Police Detectives, Private Detective Novels, Psychological Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Thrillers.

Drama – Adaptations, Collections and Selections, Comedy and Farce, Crime and Thriller, Historical, Love and Romance, Politics and Society, Science Fiction, Tragedy

Love and Romance – Angst and Pain, Anthologies, Chick Lit , City Life, Family Life, Happy Endings, Historical Novels, Humorous, Lager Saga, Other Lives, Rural Life.

Management (Teaching Management through Literature – 100 novels, poems and plays with an explanation of how to use them to teach management principles) – Business ethics; Communication strategies; Complexity; Entrepreneurship; Human resource management; Leadership; Managing change; Managing diversity; Marketing; Organisational behaviour; Strategy. For more information about how to do this take a look at Management Teaching for Reading Groups.

Poetry – Anthologies, Humorous Verse, Nature Poetry, Novels in Verse, Languages and Dialects, Relationships and Love Poetry, Science and Philosophy, Selections and Collections, Social and Political, Themed Collections.

Science (Science fact, Science fiction, Fantasy, Novels themed around science, Poetry, Hunting Down the Universe) – Astronomy, Brian, Cyberspace and Artificial Life, Design and Engineering, Ecology, Biodiversity and Natural History, Evolution, General, Geology and Earth Sciences, Health and Medicine, History and Biography, Literature and Poetry, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Travel – Adventures and Romps, Epic Journeys, Fictional Accounts, Humorous Travels, In-depth Explorations, Living Abroad, Political and Social Observations, Self-discovery Through Travel, Travel Memoirs, Travelling the UK, Travelling the World.

UK Diversity – Examining Regions, Literature in Translation, Multicultural UK, UK Dialects, UK Languages, World Book Day 2003, Writing from England, Writing from Northern Ireland, Writing from Scotland, Writing from Wales.

Women's Writing – Adventures and Mysteries, Contemporary Lives, Crime, Families, Friendships, Historical, Humour, Love and Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short Stories, Women in Society.

World – Africa, Arctic and Antarctic, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Canada, Europe, General, Middle East, New Zealand and Oceania, North America, South Asia, South and Central America, South-East Asia, UK.

Coming Soon – Page to Screen: Contemporary novels, poems, plays and auto/biographies that are also films (feature, shorts, documentaries and animations).

Teenage Reading Compasses

Reality – Adventure and Mystery, Crime and Thrillers, Family Life, Friendships, Historical, Humour, Love, Romance and Relationships, School, Social Issues, Sport, Struggles and Self-Discovery

Imaginative – Adventure and Mystery, Animal, Contemporary Life, Fantasy, Ghost and the Supernatural, Graphic Novels, Historical, Humour, Magic, Myths and Legends, Science Fiction

Pot Luck – Classics, Graphic Novels, Poetry, Short Stories

Children's Reading Compasses

Reality – Adventure and Mystery, Animal Stories, Contemporary Life, Family Life, Friendships, Historical, Love and Romance, Relationships and Friendships, School Stories

Imaginative – Adventure and Mystery, Animal Stories, Contemporary Life, Family Life, Fantasy, Friendships, Ghost and Horror, Historical, Magic,  Relationships, School Stories, Science Fiction 

Pot Luck – Comic Books, Myths and Legends, Picture Books, Poetry, Science, Short Stories, Summer Reading Challenge

You can search for Prizewinners on every Reading Compass. The Children's Reading Compasses can all be searched by Reading Level and Interest Level. The Teenage Reading Compasses can be searched by Interest level.