| Formas compostas: |
| Inglês | Português |
| bonkbuster n | (novel with explicit sex) (livro) | romance com sexo explícito loc sm |
| chain novel n | (story authored collectively) (estória escrita por vários autores) | romance a várias mãos loc sm |
| crime fiction n | (detective, police stories) | romance policial loc sm |
| crime novel n | (fiction about detectives) | romance policial loc sm |
| detective novel n | (book: crime fiction) | romance policial loc sm |
| I love to read detective novels, especially those old ones by Agatha Christie. |
| erotic novel n | (sexually arousing fiction) (novela literária que utiliza o erotismo) | romance erótico loc sm |
| One person's erotic novel is another person's pornography. |
| graphic novel n | (comic book) (livro em quadrinhos) | narrativa gráfica loc sf |
| romance gráfico loc sm |
| The artwork in this graphic novel is colorful and intricate. |
| historical novel n | (book of fiction set in a past era) (romance que mistura história e ficção) | romance histórico loc sm |
| Writing a decent historical novel requires a great deal of research. |
| murder mystery n | (detective story, thriller) | romance policial sm |
| The British author Agatha Christie is best-known for her murder mysteries. |
whodunit,
whodunnit n | informal (detective story, murder story) | história de detetive loc sf |
| romance policial loc sm |
| novela policial loc sf |
| Agatha Christie is famous for writing whodunits. |
