Overview
Historical fiction has surged in popularity in recent years, with new subgenres emerging (e.g. Viking romance, religious thrillers) and reader interest showing no signs of slowing down. This follow-up to Johnson's critically acclaimed guide published in 2005 covers new territory by focusing on English-language historical novels for adults published between mid-2004 and mid-2008, in particular those commonly found in American public library collections. The author's unique approach involves classifying titles by subgenres, rather than strictly by geography and chronology; thereby grouping read-alikes together. It gives users a deeper understanding of the genre, an update on new titles, and an easy way to identify read-alikes and book club selections for library patrons. More than 2700 historical fiction titles, about 2,000 new to this volume, are organized and described.
Full Product Details
Author: Sarah L. Johnson ,
Sarah L Johnson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.70cm
, Height: 5.10cm
, Length: 25.80cm
Weight: 1.742kg
ISBN: 9781591586241
ISBN 10: 1591586240
Pages: 738
Publication Date: 20 March 2009
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
<p> Besides librarians who will obviously find the Guide of great value, other readers mentioned by Sarah L. Johnson are advisors in libraries and bookstores, and readers 'looking for what books to read next'. This is a book likely to be widely consulted; handsome, strongly bound and attractively printed in large clear type it is not unduly expensive for what it has to offer. In short, it will be an asset in a general or humanities library. - <p>Reference Reviews
<p> Johnson (reference librarian and library science, Eastern Illinois U., Charleston) offers fellow librarians and other professionals who work with readers information about the general characteristics of the ever more popular genre, its appeal to readers, benchmark and representative titles, and publishing trends. Most of her attention is devoted to reviewing particular works in the many sub-genres, among them traditional historical novels, multiperiod epics, romances, sagas, western US, historical mysteries, adventures in history, thrillers, literary historical novels, Christian fiction, time-slip novels, alternate history, and historical fantasy. Many of the sections consider short stories as well as novels. A final section identifies resources for librarians and readers. - <p>Reference & Research Book News
Author Information
SARAH L. JOHNSON is Reference Librarian and Associate Professor at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois. A longtime reader and collector of historical novels, Johnson is the book review editor for the Historical Novels Review (a historical fiction review journal for the United States and Great Britain). She also writes readers' advisory articles for the NoveList database and reviews historical fiction for Booklist.
