The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (ALA Readers' Advisory Series)

About this book

This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres providingKey authors and themes within 15 genresAn explanation as to how the different genres overlapThe elements of fiction most likely to entice readersProvocative and spirited The Readers Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction 2nd Edition offers hands-on strategies for librarians who want to become experts at figuring out what their readers are seeking and how to match books with those interests.