num_pages: 402
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 1) Key authors and themes within fifteen genres2) An explanation of how the different genres overlap3) The elements of fiction most likely to entice readersProvocative and spirited, this second 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.
language: English
title: The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction
publisher: ALA Editions