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The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (ALA Readers' Advisory) - Revised edition

By Joyce G. Saricks

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0838909892, 9780838909898
LCC
Z711.5 .S27 2009
Open Library ID
OL22686088M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1308152 bytes)
Series
ALA Readers’ Advisory
Edition
Revised
Pages
402\402
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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, providing: key authors and themes within 15 genres; an explanation as to how the different genres overlap; and, the elements of fiction most likely to entice readers. Provocative 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.

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