The readers' advisory guide to genre fiction / Joyce G. Saricks.
Author: Saricks, Joyce G.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association, 2009.
ISBN: 9780838909898 (alk. paper)
0838909892 (alk. paper)
Description: xii, 387 p. ; 23 cm.
Series: ALA readers' advisory series
Subject: Fiction in libraries United States.
Readers' advisory services United States.
Reading interests United States.
Fiction genres.
Fiction Bibliography.
Contents: Understanding the appeal of genre fiction -- Adventure -- Romantic suspense -- Suspense -- Thrillers -- Gentle reads -- Horror -- Romance -- Women's lives and relationships -- Literary fiction -- Mysteries -- Psychological suspense -- Science fiction -- Fantasy -- Historical fiction -- Westerns.