Books are works recorded on certain forms of materials with words or other information symbols for the purpose of spreading knowledge. Books are the product of human social practice, and they are a specific and developing tool for knowledge dissemination.
Books still have broad and narrow meanings. In real life, we are often late for some interesting phenomena: for the concepts of "library" and "library and information work", "book" is a broad sense, which refers to all kinds of reading materials, including Oracle Bone Inscriptions, epigraphy rubbings, hand-scrolls, contemporary publications, newspapers, and even audio-visual materials, simple emblem films (volumes), machine-readable catalogues and other new technology products; In the practical work of library and information institutions, people should compare books with periodicals, newspapers, scientific and technological reports, technical standards, audio-visual materials, microforms and so on. , but there are differences. When the former is different from the latter, the scope of the book is greatly reduced, which is the narrow sense of "book".
According to the contents of this book
novel
readings for children
Non-fiction
Professional books
reference book
guidebook
book list
drama
report
diary
collect books
Photography and painting collection
So it can be said that novels are a kind of books, but if they are separated here, then the books here should be a synthesis of other types except novels, magazines and comics. Of course, it will also include some.