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Genreflecting A Guide to Popular Reading Interests
Sixth Edition
Diana Tixier Herald, Wayne A. Wiegand
Book Code: LU2245
ISBN: 1-59158-224-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-224-3
584 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 12/30/2005
List Price: $60.00 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [G]enreflecting continues to be a very user-friendly source for RA. This is the best edition yet.
    —Reference & User Services Quarterly     Winter 2006
  • Classic resource.
    —Booklist     .
  • This reference guide to genre fiction offers so much more than just a range of suggestions to assist readers' advisors.
    —VOYA     .
Description: For the past 150 years, America's public libraries have supplied billions of books to billions of people, and most of those books have been (and continue to be) popular fiction. The new edition of Genreflecting explains not only what library patrons are reading, but why. In the process, it casts reading in a new light, demonstrating the way in which it functions as an essential information service that creates communities in culturally democratic ways.
Focusing on what today's readers read, this classic guide introduces current genre fiction and popular reading tastes. By defining genres, describing their features and characteristics, and grouping titles by genre, subgenre, and theme, the book helps those who work with readers understand distinct patterns in reading habits and book selection. It thus helps users identify "read-alikes" and other titles their patrons will enjoy.
Genreflecting has become a standard reference and readers' advisory tool for library practitioners, and an insightful text for students of library and information science. Building upon previous editions, this new volume features informative essays on the essence, history, and latest trends of various genres, contributed by top scholars and genre experts, edited by Dr. Wayne Wiegand. New chapters on Christian fiction and emerging genres (women's fiction and "chick lit") have been added. In addition, more than 5,000 titles, approximately one-third new to this edition, are classified, focusing on titles published since the last edition along with perennial classics and benchmark titles. The popular feature "D's Picks" identifies new and noteworthy titles in each genre. Other features new to this edition include lists of selected "classic" authors and titles in each genre, sections on "genreblends" in those areas where they occur (e.g., horror/humor, mystery/romance), and three new essays. "The Social Nature of Reading" by Dr. Wiegand, "The Readers' Advisory Interview" by Dr. Catherine Ross, and "A Brief History of Readers' Advisory" by Melanie A. Kimball offer further insight into the nature and importance of this field. A standard professional tool for readers' advisors, and an invaluable collection development guide and text, this is a must-purchase for all libraries. Young adult and adult or Grades 10 and up.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Popular Reading Interests
  • The Social Nature of Reading, by Wayne A. Wiegand
  • A Brief History of Readers' Advisory, by Melanie A. Kimball;
  • The Readers' Advisory Interview, by Catherine Sheldrick Ross
  • Serving Today's Reader, by Diana Tixier Herald
  • The Genres
  • Historical Fiction
  • Westerns
  • Crime
  • Adventure
  • Romance
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Christian Fiction
  • Emerging Genres
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2005030804
LCC Class: PS374
Dewey Class: 016
PDF Catalogs:
LU Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
Readers Advisory Catalog 2007.pdf
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