Gesaku is roughly classified into Sharebon book (a gay-quarter novelette), Kokkeibon (humorous book), Dangibon (humorous sermons), Ninjobon (sentimental fiction), Yomihon (books for reading), Kusazoshi (illustrated story books), and so on.
戯作は、洒落本、滑稽本、談義本、人情本、読本、草双紙などに大きく分けられる。