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A comprehensive guide that defines the literature and the outlines the best-selling genre of all time: romance fiction.
More than 2,000 romances are published annually, making it difficult for fans and the librarians who advise them to keep pace with new titles, emerging authors, and constant evolution of this dynamic genre. Fortunately, romance expert and librarian Kristin Ramsdell provides a definitive guide to this fiction genre that serves as an indispensible resource for those interested in it—including fans searching for reading material—as well as for library staff, scholars, and romance writers themselves.
This title updates the last edition of Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, published in 1999.While the emphasis is on newer titles, many of the important older classics are retained, keeping the focus of the book on the entire genre, instead of only those titles published during the last decade. Specific changes include new chapters on linked and continuing romances, a new section on "Chick Lit" in the Contemporary Romance chapter, an expansion of coverage on the alternative reality subset. This is THE romance genre guide to have.
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Kristin Ramsdell is librarian emerita at California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA. Her published works include Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction and Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre.
Kristin Ramsdell is librarian emerita at California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA. Her published works include Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction and Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre.
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Starred Review in Library Journal The primary focus of this work—Ramsdell’s third guide on the subject, albeit the second with this exact title—is to provide an annotated guide to the many subgenres of romance fiction, with an emphasis on recent popular and/or prolific authors. Ramsdell (librarian emerita, California State Univ., East Bay) begins with an introduction to romance fiction, its history, and its appeal. In Part 2, she covers the literature by genre (e.g., contemporary, mysteries, historical, regency, alternative reality, LGBT, inspirational, ethnic/multicultural, and erotic), with very practical guidance on “Advising the Reader” and on building a library’s collection in that specific genre. …The third section, “Research Aids,” includes periodical sources, awards, publishers, and societies…. There is a wonderful appendix featuring a sample core collection. VERDICT: Essential for public librarians overseeing fiction collections…. The go-to book for guidance. Previous editions should be retained. Highly recommended. [Kristin Ramsdell is LJ’s Romance columnist.—Ed.]— J. Sara Paulk, Wythe-Grayson Regional Lib., Independence, VA
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