| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xxv, 311 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
ALA readers' advisory series |
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ALA readers' advisory series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
Everyone's favorite guide to fiction that's 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. 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 they're sure to love. --Publisher |
| Contents |
Introduction: appeal and genre: gateway frameworks for working with readers -- The adrenaline genre -- Adrenaline -- Adventure -- Thrillers -- Suspense -- The intellect genres -- Psychological suspense -- Mystery -- Private investigator -- Police detective -- Amateur detective -- A non-investigator type subgenre -- Literary fiction -- Science fiction -- Hard/soft (or social) -- Space opera -- Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic/utopian/dystopian -- Time travel/alternate history -- Cyberpunk/steampunk -- First contact/military -- The landscape genres -- Fantasy -- Epic fantasy -- Sword and sorcery -- Urban fantasy -- Historical -- Legends/myths/fairy tales -- Western -- Historical fiction -- The emotion genres -- Relationship fiction -- Romance -- Contemporary romances -- Historical romances -- Romantic suspense -- Paranormal romances -- Horror -- Appendix: hack this book and the five-book challenge -- Author/title index -- Subject/appeal 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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Books and reading -- United States.
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Fiction genres.
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Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00836454
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Fiction genres. (OCoLC)fst00923772
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Fiction in libraries. (OCoLC)fst00923773
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Readers' advisory services. (OCoLC)fst01090615
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Reading interests. (OCoLC)fst01090814
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Saricks, Joyce G., author.
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| Added Title |
Genre fiction |
| ISBN |
9780838917817 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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083891781X (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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