title: The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction
author:  Joyce G. Saricks 
description: Librarians attempting to answer that gut-sinking request for a book "just like this one" can't afford to miss this excellent self-study reader's advisory guide. The author of Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library (Professional Media, LJ 10/15/97), Saricks helps librarians painlessly discover the specific appeal of 15 different popular fiction genres, what the benchmark titles are for each, and how to talk to people about the books they love. Genres overlooked by other reader's advisory tools are listed here in good detail, such as literary fiction, women's lives and relationships, and three types of suspense separate from mysteries, horror, and thrillers. In each chapter, Saricks breaks a genre down into subgenres (for example, under mystery, English cozy amateur detective tales vs. police procedurals) and identifies authors and titles that typify each. Annotated suggestions for print and nonprint resources are appended for further investigation, as well as another appendix challenging readers to explore five books in each genre every year (with a list of good titles to try). Well indexed by author, title, and subject, and full of practical suggestions on how to prepare for working with readers, this is an invaluable resource. Highly recommended for all public libraries. Jennifer Baker, Seattle P.L. <BR>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  **Samantha Young** is a _New York Times_ , _USA Today_ and _Wall Street
  Journal_ bestselling author from Stirlingshire, Scotland. She’s been nominated
  for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author and Best Romance for her
  international bestselling novel _On Dublin Street_.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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  #### [Other books by Samantha Young](../Text/section-0004.html#toc-idp25632)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _On Dublin Street_
  
  
  
  
  
  _Down London Road_
  
  
  
  
  
  _Before Jamaica Lane_
  
  
  
  
  
  _Fall from India Place_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Castle Hill_ (ebook novella)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the
  public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or
  dead, is purely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © Samantha Young, 2014
  
  
  
  
  