BISAC Subject Headings List

Literary Collections

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LITERARY COLLECTIONS

Use subjects in this section for collections that include two or more literary forms (e.g., fiction and poetry) or consist of a literary form that does not have its own section (e.g., essays). Collections of works in a literary form that has its own section (drama, fiction, juvenile fiction, juvenile nonfiction, poetry) should be assigned subjects in the appropriate section.

Because the FICTION section is arranged by genre, if a geographic breakdown is desired for a collection of fiction, an exception to the above rule can be made and subjects may be assigned in both the FICTION and LITERARY COLLECTIONS sections.

LCO000000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
LCO001000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / African
LCO002000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
LCO002010	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American & Black
LCO002020	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander *
LCO002030	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / Hispanic & Latino *
LCO003000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical
LCO004000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / General
LCO004010	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese
LCO004020	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Indic
LCO004030	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Japanese
LCO005000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Australian & Oceanian
LCO006000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Canadian
LCO007000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Caribbean & Latin American
LCO015000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals
LCO008000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / General
LCO008010	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Eastern (see also Russian & Soviet)
LCO009000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
LCO008020	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / French
LCO008030	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / German
LCO008040	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Italian
LCO008050	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Scandinavian
LCO008060	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Spanish & Portuguese
LCO010000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
LCO013000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
LCO020000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Interviews
LCO011000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters
LCO016000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / LGBTQ+
LCO017000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Medieval
LCO012000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern
	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Native American see Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
LCO021000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Prisoners’ Writings *
LCO014000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Soviet
LCO018000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Speeches
LCO022000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Subjects & Themes / General *
LCO022010	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Subjects & Themes / Animals & Nature *
LCO022020	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica *
LCO022030	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Subjects & Themes / Places *
LCO022040	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Subjects & Themes / Religious & Inspirational *
LCO022050	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Subjects & Themes / War *
LCO019000	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area. NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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