Q&A for How to Determine the Genre of a Book

You can try searching for the title on WorldCat or Goodreads.This will show you how other readers have categorized the book, giving you a broad idea about the intended age group.

The Maze Runner is typically classified as young adult fiction, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic fiction (three genres). In a library, you'd probably find it in the young adult fiction section.

It is a parable, which can be defined as a story that uses characters to teach a moral to its reader.

You would have to be more specific, as the characters being cartoons isn't enough to define a genre beyond fiction. Depending on the plot, it could be horror, science fiction, fantasy, etc.

If you mean the short story Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan, it is narrative non-fiction.

Inkling is a fantasy story. However, in places like bookstores, it may be classified as children's literature with no other label assigned to it.

Just David, a novel by Eleanor H. Porter, is listed as Children's Literature.

It is listed as Biography and Children's non-fiction literature. You can always consult a librarian for such book information.

It could be Non-Fiction, Self-Help. Or it could be Fiction, Mystery. Further, it could be written for Adult, or Young Adult readers.

Yes, if you put genre author title in Google, you will find the genre(s). You can also ask a librarian.