JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="genres"> <a title="90 items" href="?genre=absurdism"><span>absurdism</span></a>
 <a title="83 items" href="?genre=action"><span>action</span></a>
 <a title="322 items" href="?genre=adult"><span>adult</span></a>
 <a title="2974 items" href="?genre=adventure"><span>adventure</span></a>
 <a title="106 items" href="?genre=about+comics"><span>about comics</span></a>

</div>

CSS

a {
    display: block;
}

JavaScript

var sorted = $('.genres a').sort(function(a, b){
    return a.innerHTML < b.innerHTML ? -1 :
            a.innerHTML === b.innerHTML ? 0 :
            1;
});
$('.genres').empty('');
sorted.each(function(i, a){
    $('.genres').append(a);
});