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- 1. Books and Authors: The Top 5 of Another 5 With Barry Trott on Historical Fiction David Wright on Literary Fiction Rebecca Vnuk on Romance Roberta Johnson on Science Fiction and Kaite Mediatore Stover on Suspense/Thrillers
- 2. Handouts for this presentation can be found on the new blog home for Shelfrenewal: http://shelfrenewal.booklistonline.com
- 3. Notes on the original 5 covered at PLA 2010 can be found online at: http://shelfrenewal.com/programs/ pla2010presentation/
- 4. What’s this all about? • Sometimes, we just need quick answers for patrons who want “a good book”. • Having a brain full of books in different genres makes the RA experience a lot less intimidating! • One of the best ways to arm yourself at the desk is to become so well-versed in your collection so that it seems as though every book you’re giving out is one you’ve personally read and enjoyed.
- 5. What’s this all about? 5 popular categories of books and what to know about them: The books and authors we feel you need to know about in each genre so you can branch off from there and gain a brain full of books, even if you don’t normally read in these areas.
- 6. OK. We’ve lied a little…We really can’t shove 125 books at you in 75 minutes…but you can get all the info from us online, we swear. What we can feature today in each genre: 5 up-and-comers 5 trends Our favorites The online handout has the additional info: Classics, Must-Know Books
- 7. Historical Fiction – Barry Trott Historical Fiction has as its setting a period of history and attempts to convey the spirit, manners, and social conditions of a past age with realistic detail and fidelity to historical fact. The work may deal with actual historical personages or it may contain a mixture of fictional and historical characters. It attempts to portray a broader view of a past society in which great events are reflected by their impact on the private lives of fictional individuals. - Encyclopaedia Brittanica
- 8. 5 Up-and-Comers in historical fiction
- 9. 5 Up-and-Comers in historical fiction
- 14. Trend: Historical Mysteries
- 17. Literary Fiction – David Wright Literary fiction is defined as critically acclaimed, often award-winning, fiction. These books are more often character- centered rather than plot-oriented. They are provocative and often address more serious issues. - Joyce Sariks, The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction
- 18. Literary: Up-and-Coming Authors The New Yorker 20 under 40
- 19. Top 5 Literary: Up-and-Coming Authors Lydia Millet Jonathan Evison
- 20. Top 5 Literary: Up-and-Coming Authors Yannick Murphy David Mitchell
- 21. Top 5 Literary: Up-and-Coming Authors Joe Schmoe
- 22. Literary Trend 1: The Rise of Middlebrow
- 23. Literary Trend 2: Realism Takes Flight
- 24. Literary Trend 3: It’s a Big World
- 25. Literary Trend 4: The 9/11 Novel Comes of Age.
- 26. Literary Trend 5 Short Forms Stand Tall.
- 27. Literary Fiction: Personal Favorites Stewart O’Nan
- 28. Literary Fiction: Personal Favorites Nick Harkaway
- 29. Literary Fiction: Personal Favorites Percival Everett
- 30. Literary Fiction: Personal Favorites Joyce Carol Oates
- 31. Literary Fiction: Personal Favorites Joseph Conrad
- 32. Romance – Rebecca Vnuk The main plot of a romance novel must revolve around the two people as they develop romantic love for each other and work to build a relationship together. Both the conflict and the climax of the novel should be directly related to that core theme of developing a romantic relationship, although the novel can also contain subplots that do not specifically relate to the main characters' romantic love. Furthermore, a romance novel must have an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. - Romance Writers of America
- 35. Romance Trends
- 36. Romance Trends
- 39. Science Fiction – Roberta Johnson Science fiction is speculative fiction, frequently set in the future. Setting is crucial and invokes otherness of time, place, and reality. - Sariks “If there are rivets on the cover, it’s Science Fiction.” – Orson Scott Card
- 42. Science Fiction Trends Diversity – strong female characters have been the norm for a while, but authors and characters of color are more commonplace. Humor: Kage Baker, Sean McMullen, Neal Stephenson Blurring of Science Fiction and Thrillers – As our technology advances faster than we can write about it, an exciting SF novel is a hair’s breadth away from a techno-thriller.
- 43. Science Fiction Trends Young Adult Science Fiction – especially dystopian futures
- 44. Science Fiction Trends Steampunk
- 47. Suspense/Thriller – Kaite Mediatore Stover Even authoritative sources can’t seem to settle on a definition. The terms seem to be fairly interchangeable – and patrons don’t care – so we're using the term Suspense here to also cover Thrillers. Don’t quibble on semantics. The genre for readers too lazy to get on the treadmill for a cardio workout.
- 48. Suspense/Thriller – Up-and-Comers
- 49. Suspense/Thriller – Up-and-Comers
- 57. Handouts for this presentation can be found on the new blog home for Shelfrenewal: http://shelfrenewal.booklistonline.com