Action

act = action
adv = adventure
trav = travel
mar art = martial arts
esp = espionage, spy

Erotica

ero = erotica
porn = pornography

General

fic = fiction [default, unmarked]
nf  = nonfiction [exceptional, marked]

gen = general fiction
bio = biographical fiction
con = contemporary fiction

com = comedy
hum = humor
par = parody

bir = birth
dea = death
dis = disability
ill = illness
mem = memory loss
sav = savant
tra = tragedy

com age = coming of age
fam = family
fnd = friendship
mid cri = midlife crisis
rev = revenge
riv = rivalry

ant = anthology of short stories
poe = poetry
dra = drama

col = college
md = middle school
hs = high school

Historical, futuristic

his = historical
  alt his = alternative history
fut = futuristic
rev his = revisionist history

c = century

Horror, gothic, occult

hor = horror
got = gothic
occ = occult

Inspirational, religious

ins = inspirational
new age = new age

Juvenile

juv = juvenile, adolescent, teen
pic = picture books for children

Romance

rom = romance
rom com = romance comedy
rom fan = romance fantasy
rom med = medical romance
rom med nur = medical romance, nurses
rom sus = romantic suspense
rom thr = romantic thriller
con rom = contemporary romance
his rom = historical romance
mix rom = mixed (faith, class, race) romance
wes rom = western romance

Science fiction, fantasy

sci = science fiction
fan = fantasy fiction
his fan = historical fantasy

Triller, suspense

thr = thriller
cri thr = crime thriller
leg thr = legal thriller
med thr = medical thriller
pol thr = political thriller
psy thr = psychological thriller
rom thr = romantic thriller
sus = suspense

War

war = war
WW1 = World War I
WW2 = World War 2
war cri = war crimes
1SJ war = First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
2SJ war = Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
RJ war = Russo-Japanese War
EA war = East Asian War
Pac war = Pacific War
Kor war = Korean War
Viet war = Vietnam War

cld war = cold war
civ war = civil war, revolutionary war, separatist war
gue war = guerrilla war, war of resistance
nuc war = nuclear war

war fut = future war
war alt his = alternative history of war

bru = brutality, atrocities
int = internment [and camps]
inv = invasion
occ = occupation
pow = prisoner of war
sur = survival
vet = veteran
hib = hibakusha: Hiroshima, Nagasaki,
        and other atomic bomb survivors
  cf: nuc sur = nuclear survival

Western

wes = western
wes rom = western romance
cow wes = cowboy western
ind wes = indian western

Afr= Africa
Asi = Asia
Ban = Bangkok
Bei = Beijing
DC = District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
HK = Kongkong
Kyo = Kyoto
Lon = London
LA = Los Angeles
Man = Manila
Mel = Melbourne
Mid = Mid East
Mos = Moscow
NEA = Northeast Asia
NY = New York
Sai = Saigon
Sea = Seattle
SEA = Southeast Asia
Syd = Sydney
SF = San Francisco
SH = Shanghai
Shi = Shibuya
Tok = Tokyo
Tor = Toronto
Yok = Yokohama

Ct = Chinatown
Jt = Japan town, Little Tokyo
Kt = Korea town, Little Seoul

Manz = Manzanar

PH = Pearl Harbor

Alp = Alps
And = Andes
Him = Himalayas
Rok = Rockies

Aus = Australia
Bra = Brazil
Bur = Burma, Myammar
Cal = California
Can = Canada
Cam = Cambodia, Kampochea
Chi = China
Fra = France
Ger = Germany
Gre = Greece
Haw = Hawaii
Hir = Hiroshima
Ind = India
Indo = Indonesia
Indchi = Indochina
Ita = Italy
Jam = Jamaica
Jpn = Japan
Kor = Korea
Lao = Laos
Mal = Malaysia
Man = Manchuria
Mon = Mongolia
Nag = Nagasaki
Nep = Nepal
Pak = Pakistan
Per = Persia, Persian Gulf
Phi = Philippines
Rus = Russia / USSR
Sing = Singapore
Spa = Spain
Sri = Sri Lanka
Sum = Sumatra
Swe = Sweden
Tai = Taiwan
Thai = Thailand, Siam
Tib = Tibet
UK = United Kingdom, Britain
US = United States
Viet = Vietnam

Crime and delinquency

bla = black mail
des = destiny
  his des = historical destiny
dru = drugs
ext = extortion
for = forensic medicine
fra = fraud
gam = gambling
kid = kidnapping
law = law
mur = murder
nuc = nuclear
  nuc bla = nuclear blackmail
  nuc sur = nuclear survival
    cf: hib = hibakusha
  nuc war = nucelar war
org = organized, gangs
porn = pornography
pro = prostitution
rob = robbery
sla = slavery, human trafficing
  blk sla = black slavery
  whi sla = white slavery
  yel sla = yellow slavery
smug = smuggling, drugs, guns, money
traf = trafficking, humans

Fields and professions

art = art
bio = biology
dra = drama
eng = engineering
lit = literature
mat = mathematics
mus = music

Philosophy, religion, belief, faith

bud = Buddhism
chr = Christianity
jew = Judaism
isl = Islam
hin = Hinduism
new = new religion

mis = missionaries, evangelists, evangelism

new age = new age
uto = utopia

Politics, ideology, peril

aut = autonomy
cap = capitalism
col = colonialism, plantations
com = communism
dem = democracy
fan = fanaticism
int = international
  int rel = international relations
rev = revisionism
  his rev = historical revisionism
soc = socialism

dom = domination
inv = invasion
per = peril
  Chi per = China(ese) peril
  Jpn per = Japan(ese) peril
  red per = red (communist) peril
  whi per = white (race) peril
  yel per = yellow (race) peril
ter = terrorism
  bio ter = biological terrorism
  nuc ter = nuclear terrorism
ven = vengeance, revenge

Race, ethnicity, status, minorities

caste = caste, as in India
eth = ethnicity, raciality; ethnic, race
exp = expatriation, expats
soj = sojourners
for = foreigners, aliens
imm = immigration, immigrants
min = minorities
mix = mixed ethnicity, faith, nationality, race
mix eth = person of mixed ethnicity and/or race
rel = ethnic, faith, national, race relations
  eth rel = ethnic, race relations

Afr = Africa
Afr Am = African American
Ainu = Ainu
Am = America
Asi, As = Asia
As Am = Asian American
blk = black
buraku = buraku issues,  eta, hinin, "burakumin"
Chi, Cn = Chinese
Ch Am = Chinese American
Imp Fam = Imperial Family
Ind = Indian (South Asian Indians)
Jew = Jews
Jpn, Jp = Japanese
Jp Am = Japanese American
Kor, Kr = Korean
Kr Am = Korean American
nat = native(s), aboriginal(s), indigneous (people[s])
Nat Am = Native American
whi = white
yel = yellow

Sex and romance

mix rom = mixed, interracial, interethnic, interfaith,
          international, and other such romance,
          (including "interracial" when ethnicity
          or nationality vary within a similar race)
gay = homosexual males
les = homosexual females

Sports, leisure, entertainment

arch = archery
basb = baseball
bask = basketball
go = igo
rug = rugby
soc = soccer