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Gateway B1 Unit 9 Bestsellers

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  • making you think a lot about a subject
    thought-provoking
  • A daily or weekly publication of current events.
    newspaper
  • light and humorous drama with a happy ending
    comedy
  • difficult to forget
    haunting
  • an illustrated story that aims to be longer and more developed than a comic book
    graphic novel
  • writing that tells about imaginary events that involve science or technology
    science fiction
  • difficult to read
    heavy-going
  • The time and place of a story
    Setting
  • a long written story with crime as its theme
    crime novel
  • making you feel sad
    depressing
  • the text of a play, movie, or broadcast
    script
  • relating to farm areas and life in the country
    rural
  • A person in a story
    character
  • able to persuade somebody to believe that something is true or to act
    convincing
  • a book of recipes and cooking directions
    cookbook
  • a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
    play
  • unlikely; unbelievable
    implausible
  • fascinating
    intriguing
  • pleasant, friendly and easy to like
    likeable
  • a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
    textbook
  • lacks the complicated personality of a real person
    two-dimensional
  • the author of a play
    Playwrite
  • a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
    encyclopedia
  • a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending
    Tragedy
  • a story with a lot of pictures and not many words
    comic
  • closely resembling real life
    realistic
  • a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
    poem
  • A type of folktale that features supernatural elements such as spirits, talking animals, and magic
    fairy tale
  • boring
    dull
  • giving a lot of information with many details
    detailed
  • a book of information for tourists
    guidebook
  • the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
    back cover
  • A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
    poetry
  • A periodical containing a collection of articles, stories, pictures, or other features.
    magazine
  • a person who writes novels
    novelist
  • the front of the book
    front cover
  • a person who writes poems
    poet
  • someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
    scriptwriter
  • relating to a city
    urban
  • exciting or interesting in a way that keeps your attention
    gripping
  • A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
    fantasy
  • complicated in structure
    complex
  • a story about love
    romance
  • story of a person's life written by that person
    autobiography
  • developing or changing very quickly
    fast-moving
  • Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
    colloquial
  • someone who spends a great deal of time reading
    bookworm
  • causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy
    moving
  • short publicity article on book jacket or brochure to promote book
    blurb
  • confusing
    puzzling
  • extremely modern and unusual in appearance, as if belonging to a future time
    futuristic
  • interesting and enjoyable
    entertaining
  • A story in which the focus is on creating a feeling of fear
    horror
  • well known or easily recognized
    familiar
  • A fictional narrative written in prose, which is shorter than a novel.
    short story
  • a turned down corner of a page
    dog-eared
  • A written account of another person's life.
    biography
  • a book-length fictional prose narrative
    novel
  • a book or film with an exciting story, often about crime
    thriller
  • the sequence of events in a literary work
    Plot
  • fiction that involves an event in history. Contains historical facts, events, or people, but is not true.
    historical fiction
  • book of maps
    Atlas
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