The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

Navigating what at she calls the â€œextravagantly rich world of nonfiction,â€ renowned readersâ€™ advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readersâ€™ advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the libraryâ€™s entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports. Within each, she explains the scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and the subjectâ€™s position in readersâ€™ advisory interviews.

Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why, while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps, Wyatt

* Explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together
* Illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction
* Shows how to lead readers to a variety of books using her â€œread-aroundâ€ and â€œreading mapâ€ strategies
* Provides tools to build nonfiction subject guides for the collection

This hands-on guide includes nonfiction bibliography, key authors, benchmark books with annotations, and core collections. It is destined to become the nonfiction â€˜bibleâ€™ for readersâ€™ advisory and collection development, helping librarians, library workers, and patrons select great reading from the entire library collection!
Country USA
Manufacturer Amer Library Assn
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-01-20
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Amer Library Assn
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-01-20
Format	Kindle eBook