: Re: What genre is a book in an imaginary world but no other fantasy element? I'm trying to figure out what genre the following is, if any. (I asked a similar question, but this is different now,

It's "fantasy." Note that genre is mostly useful as a tool for book sellers to know where to shelve your work and for the marketing campaign.

For authors, it's not as important. In fact, there are lots of examples which don't really fit into their genre - the books just ended up there because they have to have one. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (D. Adams) is a parody or maybe fantasy, not science fiction (since it's not based on hard scientific facts, theories or findings). Yet most people think "space ship == science fiction."

More genres: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Literary_genres

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