Emphasizing an appreciation of historical fiction in its many forms and focusing on what fans enjoy, this guide provides a fresh take on a durable genre.
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Brooks writes frankly about a distasteful subject in Yearof Wonders, and while touching onthe agonies of a plagueridden town, she writes elegantly of charity,love, ...
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Historical Fiction
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.
Their works are still influential, but for new directions we look to Paolo Bacigalupi, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Nnedi Okorafor, and Neal Stephenson. Paolo Bacigalupi began his novel-writing career with a bang, publishing the ...
Both insightful and comprehensive, this matchless guidebook will help librarians become familiar with many different fiction genres, especially those they do not regularly read, and aid library staff in connecting readers to books they're ...
This guide will help readers' advisors understand what teens appreciate about their favorite genres while also serving as a helpful collection development tool.
... Flynn (Eifelheim)19 Kate Wilhelm (The Dark Door)20 Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker series)21 John Scalzi JerryJenkins Madeleine L'Engle C. S. Lewis Bill Myers John Crowley William Gibson (Neuromancer)22 Michael Swanwick (Vacuum Flowers)23 ...
Complete with booklists, summaries, read-alikes, and thorough indexes, this guide Covers suspense, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, and science fiction, as well as non-genre titles that don’t neatly fit into any ...
Offers readers' advisory information for young adult historical fiction, providing short summaries for hundreds of titles and suggestions for which books are good options for class and group discussions.
... 41, 58 Robards, Karen, 17 Robb, J. D., 110, 193 Roberts, Adam, 66 Roberts, Nora, 17–18, 129–130, 192–193 Robinson, Kim Stanley, 150 Robson, Justina, 147 Rocketeer, The (Stevens), 169 Rollins, James, 12 romance adrenaline and, 16–18, ...