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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Readers' Advisory Service in the Library | |
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| Reading and Libraries | |
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| Understanding the Reader | |
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| Understanding the Literature | |
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| Readers' Advisory Service Basics | |
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| Working with the Literature | |
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| Working with Readers | |
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| The RA Environment: Building Your Library's Brand | |
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| The Genres | |
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| Historical Fiction | |
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| Traditional Historical Novels | |
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| Prehistoric | |
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| Ancient Civilizations | |
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| Europe and the British Isles | |
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| The United States | |
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| The Middle East | |
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| Asia, Africa, and the Antipodes | |
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| Multiperiod Epics | |
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| Romantic Historical Novels | |
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| Sagas | |
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| Historical Adventure | |
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| Literary Historical Novels | |
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| Ancient Civilizations | |
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| Europe and the British Isles | |
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| The United States | |
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| Canada, Greenland, and the Arctic | |
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| Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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| The Middle East | |
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| Asia, Africa, and the Antipodes | |
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| Alternate History | |
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| Mystery Fiction | |
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| Traditional Mysteries | |
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| Cozy Mysteries | |
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| Historical Mysteries | |
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| Procedurals | |
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| Private Investigators | |
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| Crime Capers | |
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| Genreblends | |
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| Thrillers | |
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| Adventure Thrillers | |
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| Conspiracy Thrillers | |
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| Espionage Thrillers | |
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| Religious Conspiracy Thrillers | |
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| Crime Thrillers | |
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| Cyber and Technothrillers | |
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| Financial Thrillers | |
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| Forensic Thrillers | |
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| Law Enforcement Thrillers | |
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| Legal Thrillers | |
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| Medical Thrillers | |
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| Military Technothrillers | |
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| Political Thrillers | |
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| Psychological Suspense | |
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| Religious Thrillers | |
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| Vigilante | |
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| Westerns | |
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| Traditional Westerns | |
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| Bad Men and Good | |
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| Cowboys | |
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| Lawmen | |
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| Singular Women | |
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| Wagons West | |
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| Native Americans | |
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| Rooted in Reality | |
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| Literary Westerns | |
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| The New West | |
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| Genreblends | |
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| The Weird West | |
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| Westerns with a Touch of Fantasy | |
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| Romantic Westerns | |
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| Mysterious Westerns | |
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| Romance Fiction | |
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| Contemporary Romance | |
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| Romantic Suspense | |
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| Historical Romance | |
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| Regency Romance | |
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| Paranormal Romance | |
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| Inspirational Romance | |
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| Women's Fiction | |
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| General Women's Fiction | |
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| Romantic | |
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| Chick Lit | |
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| Mommy Lit | |
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| Women of a Certain Age | |
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| Issue-Driven | |
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| Humorous | |
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| Gentle | |
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| Family Sagas | |
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| Family Fiction | |
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| Fantasy | |
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| Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales | |
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| Epic Fantasy | |
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| Alternate and Parallel Worlds | |
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| Urban Fantasy | |
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| Humor and Satire | |
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| Magic | |
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| Mythic Reality | |
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| World of Faerie | |
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| Genreblending | |
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| Fantasy Mysteries | |
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| Western Fantasy | |
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| Romantic Fantasy | |
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| Anthologies and Collections | |
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| Horror | |
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| Gothic | |
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| Paranormal | |
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| Psychological | |
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| Visceral | |
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| Humor | |
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| Science Fiction | |
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| Space Opera | |
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| Hard SF | |
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| Military SF | |
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| Time Travel | |
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| Steampunk | |
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| Techno SF | |
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| Slipstream and the New Weird | |
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| Dystopias, Utopias, and Armageddon | |
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| Alternate History and Parallel Realities | |
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| The Shape of Things to Come | |
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| Earth's Children | |
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| Aliens and Alien Invasions | |
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| Genreblending | |
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| SF Horror | |
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| Science Fantasy | |
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| SF Mysteries and Noir | |
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| SF Humor | |
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| SF Romance and Erotica | |
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| Shared Worlds and Expanded Universes | |
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| Short Story Anthologies | |
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| Mainstream Fiction | |
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| Language | |
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| Character | |
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| Story | |
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| Setting | |
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| Nonfiction | |
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| True Adventure | |
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| War, Intrigue, and Espionage | |
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| Travel | |
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| Expatriate Life | |
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| True Crime | |
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| Environmental Writing | |
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| Science and Math | |
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| History | |
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| Microhistories | |
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| Biography | |
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| Historical Biography | |
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| Memoirs | |
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| Investigative Writing | |
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| Immersion Journalism! "Shtick Lit"/Year in the Life | |
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| Big Think Books | |
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| Other Popular Reading Interests | |
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| Christian Fiction | |
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| Contemporary Christian Life | |
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| Christian Romance | |
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| Amish Romance | |
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| Contemporary Christian Romance | |
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| Historical Christian Romance | |
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| Christian Historical Fiction | |
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| Christian Suspense/Thriller/Crime | |
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| Christian Mystery | |
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| Urban Fiction | |
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| Street Fiction | |
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| Coming-of-Age | |
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| Love Stories | |
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| Gangster Sagas | |
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| Bad Girls | |
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| Short Stories and Novellas | |
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| Urban Erotica | |
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| Erotica Short Stories | |
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| Urban Nonfiction | |
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| Graphic Novels | |
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| Superheroes | |
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| Realistic Fiction | |
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| Historical Fiction | |
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| Memoir | |
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| Crime | |
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| Science Fiction | |
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| Fantasy | |
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| Horror | |
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| Nonfiction | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Title Index | |
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| About the Editors and Contributors | |