The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

About this book

Navigating what at she calls the extravagantly rich world of nonfiction renowned readers advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readers advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the librarys entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history true crime true adventure science memoir food/cooking travel and sports. Within each she explains the scope popularity style major authors and works and the subjects position in readers advisory interviews.Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps Wyatt explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together; illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction;