| Description |
xii, 460 pages ; 23 cm. |
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ALA readers' advisory series |
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ALA readers' advisory series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Covering fifteen popular genres, each chapter includes a definition of the genre, its characteristics and appeal elements (such as character development, story line, and frame), and its key authors and subgenres. |
| Contents |
How to use this book -- Adventure -- Fantasy -- Gentle read -- Historical fiction -- Horror -- Literary fiction -- Mysteries -- Psychological suspense -- Romance -- Romantic suspense -- Science fiction -- Suspense -- Thrillers -- Westerns -- Women's lives and relationships -- Appendixes: Tips for readers' advisory interview -- Readers' advisory reference tools -- Five-book challenge -- Index. |
| Subject |
Fiction in libraries -- United States.
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Readers' advisory services -- United States.
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Reading interests -- United States.
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Fiction genres.
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Fiction -- Bibliography.
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| ISBN |
0838908039 |
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