What Do I Read Next? (What Do I Read Next? Ser.)

Barron, Neil (editor); Barton, Wayne (editor); Ramsdell, Kristin (editor); Stilwell, Steven A. (editor)

ISBN 10: 0810375559 / ISBN 13: 9780810375550

Published by Gale, 1991

About this Item

Library stamps & pocket. No label on spine. Moderately shelfworn.

Seller Inventory # 34227

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Do I Read Next? (What Do I Read Next? Ser.)
• Publisher: Gale
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810375559
• ISBN 13: 9780810375550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Pages Clean, Binding Firm.
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Literature Literary Culture Writers Authors
  • Mystery Detective Crime Thrillers Suspense

About this title

Synopsis

Some 1,500 current and classic recommendations in mystery, romance, western, fantasy, horror, and science-fiction. Each entry includes details such as story type, major characters, time period, locale, brief plot summary, where it's reviewed,other books by the author, and other books the readers might like. Each genre-section begins with an overview essay of the year's developments. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Reviews

Guide to Current Genre Fiction. Gale. 1990. 547p. permanent paper. index. ISBN 0-8103-7555-9. $75. ref The genre categories presented in this new annual, a hefty reader's advisory guide, include mystery, romance, Western, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. And the categories are agreeably wide--mysteries include John le Carre's The Russia House , horror has Marianne Wiggins's John Dollar , and science fiction lists Martin Amis's London Fields . Surveyed are 1477 titles from the late 1980s and early 1990; each entry and plot summary ends with a list of three to five "other books you might like." Eight indexes include series, time period, geographic, genre type (with many subdivisions), character name, character description (amnesiacs, gamblers, mutants, etc.), author, and title. This guide's usefulness would be expanded if the "other books" listings were included in the title index. Also missing is a designation for hardback or paperback titles, a useful distinction when searching for books in most public library collections. Though the Fiction Catalog (Wilson, 1985. 11th ed.) covers wider ground and remains the most essential reader's advisory tool, What Do I Read Next? is an irresistible supplemental tool sure to get steady use in large fiction collections. Excellent browsing ground for genre readers, this also supplements Betty Rosenberg's much-applauded Genreflections (Libraries Unlimited, 1986). Bonus features include essays on the year's trends and highlights in each fiction category, as well as comprehensive listings of genre awards.
- Keddy Ann Outlaw, Harris Cty. P.L., Houston
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