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.
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.
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