Writing is a process of thinking and doing research. While writing research papers, a researcher undergoes a huge deal of reasoning, adding information, checking for clarity, checking for originality, checking for plagiarism, etc.
So, writing a book can solve this issue.
What kind of book you may write? You may think
reference book
text book
monograph
But, here is the full list of type of books that you can write.
- almanac a book published every year that tells you about what happened in a particular subject or activity (note that this terminology is mostly used for astronomy. recently it is adopted for all fields)
- annual a book or magazine published once every year
- anthology a book containing poems, stories, or songs written by different people. Someone who produces an anthology is called an anthologist.
- authority something such as a book that people respect because it contains a lot of knowledge about a particular subject
- autobiography a book about your life that you write yourself
- bible a book that is considered the most important one for a particular subject
- biography a book that someone writes about someone else’s life.
- booklet a small thin book that gives you information about something
- catalogue a book , website or other resource containing pictures and information about things you can buy
- coffee table book a large expensive book with a lot of pictures in it
- collection poems, stories, or other pieces of writing that are published together in a book or on a website or other resource
- companion used in the titles of books for showing that they are about a particular subject
- compendium formal a detailed collection of information on a particular subject, especially in a short book
- cookbook a cookery book
- cookery book british a book that contains recipes (=a list of the things you need and instructions for preparing and cooking food)
- coursebook british a book that is designed to be used in class by students taking a particular course of study
- dictionary a book, website or other resource which deals with a particular subject, providing the words, phrases, and terms used in that field, with information about their meaning and use
- directory a book, website or other resource that lists information in alphabetical order
- e-book or electronic book a book published on the Internet
- encyclopedia a reference resource which provides information about many different subjects or about one particular subject. An encyclopedia may be published as a single book, a series of books, or as a digital product such as a website or an app.
- folio a book made with very large pages
- graded reader one of a series of books of various levels of difficulty containing pieces of writing, exercises etc, used by people who are learning to read or learning a language
- grammar a book explaining the rules of a language
- guide a book about a city, country, or area. This also means a book about a particular subject or type of activity
- hagiography formal a book about a person’s life that deliberately includes only good things about them
- handbook a small book that gives information about a subject or instructions about how to use something
- hymnal a hymn book or a collection of hymns
- instruction manual a book that tells you how to use a piece of equipment
- literature books or other printed information about a subject
- literature academic books and articles published about a particular subject
- manual a book containing instructions for doing something, especially for operating a machine
- memoir a written account of the life of someone who you knew well
- memoirs an account of someone’s experiences written by that person, especially the experiences of someone who has taken part in important political or military events (academics too)
- miscellany formal a book containing short pieces written by different people
- monograph a formal piece of writing, or a short book on a particular subject
- omnibus a book containing several stories that have already been printed separately
- page-turner informal a book that is very interesting or exciting
- pharmacopoeia a book, website or other resource that lists medicines and drugs used for treating medical conditions, and describes how to prepare and use them
- picture book a book for children that consists mainly of pictures with little or no writing
- presentation copy a copy of a book given to someone by the person who wrote or published it
- primer a book that gives very simple instructions or basic information about something
- prospectus a small book describing a school, university etc, and giving details of its courses
- pullout a thin book that you can pull out of a magazine
- quarto a book with pages that are quarto size
- reader education a book containing simple pieces of writing, exercises etc, used by people who are learning to read or learning a language
- reference book a book that is intended to be used when you need a fact or piece of information, for example a dictionary
- rulebook a book that contains all the rules of an organization or a game
- songbook a book that contains the words and music of a lot of songs
- storybook a book containing one or more stories for children
- symposium formal a collection of articles on a particular subject that are published together in a book
- textbook or text a book containing information about one subject
- thesaurus a book, website or other resource that contains lists of words that have similar meanings
- title a book that is produced by a publisher
- tome literary a large heavy book, usually about a serious subject
- tutorial a book or a computer program that gives instructions on how to do something
- yearbook a book containing pictures of people and details of the activities that they did at school or college during one particular year
- yearbook american a book containing information about what happened in a particular business or community during a particular year
