The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Blends

By Megan M. McArdle

Book Overview

Genre fiction has always been a complex mixture of themes and elements. The increasing popularity of "genre blends," or fiction that straddles the traditional labels, means greater pleasure for readers but a greater challenge for readers' advisory. In this informative and entertaining book McArdle gets library staff up to speed on these engaging titles, showing how such crossover fiction appeals to fanbases of multiple genres.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838912567
• ISBN13: 9780838912560
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"