Samuel Stavole-Carter

Diana Tixier Herald

Librarians who work with readers will find this well-loved guide to be a treasure trove of information. With descriptive annotations of thousands of genre titles mapped by genre and subgenre, this is the readers' advisor's go-to reference. • Helps librarians answer the challenging question "What should I read next?" • Helps LIS students understand popular genres and better select books for which readers are looking • Serves as a starting point for library patrons looking for their next read

Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, 8th Edition

Librarians who work with readers will find this well-loved guide to be a treasure trove of information. With descriptive annotations of thousands of genre titles mapped by genre and subgenre, this is the readers' advisor's go-to reference. Next to author, genre is the characteristic that readers use most to select reading material and the most trustworthy consideration for finding books readers will enjoy. With its detailed classification and pithy descriptions of titles, this book gives users valuable insights into what makes genre fiction appeal to readers. It is an invaluable aid for helping readers find books that they will enjoy reading. Providing a handy roadmap to popular genre literature, this guide helps librarians answer the perennial and often confounding question "What can I read next?" Herald and Stavole-Carter briefly describe thousands of popular fiction titles, classifying them into standard genres such as science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical fiction, and mystery. Within each genre, titles are broken down into more specific subgenres and themes. Detailed author, title, and subject indexes provide further access. As in previous editions, the focus of the guide is on recent releases and perennial reader favorites. In addition to covering new titles, this edition focuses more narrowly on the core genres and includes basic readers' advisory principles and techniques.

A Guide to Popular Reading Interests

Genreflecting

Wayne A. Wiegand

Genres demystified: more than 5,000 titles classified by genre, subgenre, and theme.

Betty Rosenberg

Examines the genres of literature, and gives lists of authors, titles, and series characters

A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction

Entries list the authors and titles of fictional books categorized by genre or themes, including historical, western, crime, adventure, romance, science fiction, fantasy, and horror books; includes author/title, subject, and character indexes.

Herald offers an historical and structural overview of the genre, describes 15 subgenres and a score of variations within them, and lists nearly 1,000 of the best and most current reads available in the fantasy arena. An appendix lists recommended fantasy titles for young adults.

A Guide to Reading Interests

Fluent in Fantasy

Expanded and updated to provide information on the newest popular fiction, this guide to genre fiction covers westerns, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, supernatural/horror fiction, and romance. It defines the various genres; analyses their characteristics, grouping authors according to type or subject content; and provides a selective, annotated bibliography of the history and criticism of each genre. New authors are profiled in this edition, and a number of new subgenres, including the ice-age epic and techno-thriller, are outlined.

Diana Tixier Herald

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