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

About this book

Everyones favorite guide to fiction thats thrilling mysterious suspenseful thought-provoking romantic and just plain fun is back-and better than ever in this completely revamped and revised edition. A must for every readers advisory desk this resource is also a useful tool for collection development librarians and students in LIS programs. Inside RA experts Wyatt and Saricks cover genres such as Psychological Suspense Horror Science Fiction Fantasy Romance Mystery Literary and Historical Fiction and introduce the concepts of Adrenaline and Relationship Fiction; include everything advisors need to get up to speed on a genre including its appeal characteristics key authors sure bets and trends; demonstrate how genres overlap and connect plus suggestions for guiding readers among genres; and tie genre fiction to the whole collection including nonfiction audiobooks graphic novels film and TV poetry and games. Both insightful and comprehensive this matchless guidebook will help librarians become familiar with many different fiction genres especially those they do not regularly read and aid library staff in connecting readers to books theyre sure to love.