Five Things to Know in Top Genres
Kaite Mediatore Stover, Director of Readers’ Services, Kansas City Public Library Becky Spratford, RA for All Rebecca Vnuk, Editor for Collection Management and Library Outreach, Booklist Why this Program Exists • 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! SEE: PLA 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016... Today’s Categories Are… Of course, there are any number of genres we could have decided on as “top” genres. For today’s program, we present: Thrillers Horror Science Fiction 5 things to know in each genre • Must-Know Authors • Must-Know Books • Up-and-comers • Top trends • Our personal favorites! Thrillers: Five Must-Know Authors
•Michael Crichton—Science is out to get you. •Tom Clancy—The Military is out to get you. •John le Carre—Interpol is out to get you. •Gillian Flynn—She’s out to get you. •John Grisham--Corporate lawyers are out to get you. Thrillers: Kaite Mediatore Stover
@MarianLiberryan Thrillers: Five Must-Know Books Thrillers: Five Must-Know Books Thrillers: Five Up-and-Coming Authors • Mary Kubica • Laura McHugh • Holly Brown • Susan Crawford • Wendy Walker Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Get Gone, Girl Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Get Gone, Girl Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Family Nightmare Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Family Nightmare Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Have Passport, Will Thrill Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Have Passport, Will Thrill Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Audio Originals Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Audio Originals Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Historical Thrillers Thrillers: Top 5 Trends Historical Thrillers Thrillers: Five of Kaite’s Favorites Thrillers: Five of Kaite’s Favorites Horror: Becky Spratford
http://raforall.blogspot.com http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com @RAforAll Horror: Five Classic Authors
•Stephen King •Dean Koontz •Anne Rice •H P Lovecraft •Ramsey Campbell Horror: Five Must-Know Books Horror: Five Must-Know Books Horror: Five Up-and-Coming Authors • Joe Hill • Jonathan Maberry • Sarah Pinborough • Jonathan Janz • Paul Tremblay Horror: Top 5 Trends Weird Fiction Horror: Top 5 Trends Science Fiction and Horror Team Up Horror: Top 5 Trends Horrific Women Horror: Top 5 Trends Return to a Pulp Sensibility Horror: Top 5 Trends Horror on Audio Horror: Five of Becky’s Favorites Horror: Five of Becky’s Favorites Science Fiction: Rebecca Vnuk
@Booklist_RVnuk Science Fic: Five Classic Authors
•Philip K. Dick •Isaac Asimov •Arthur C. Clarke •Ray Bradbury •Kim Stanley Robinson Science Fic: Must-Read Books – A Twist Rather than 5 books, try 5 stories from each of these anthologies, and you’ll be up to speed on the basics of SF. (You’ll probably find yourself reading more than 5, even.)
(Coming July 2016) Science Fic: Five Up-and-Comers
•Daniel O’Malley •Dexter Palmer •Holly Jennings (debut 2016) •Steve Toutonghi (debut 2016) •Elizabeth Bonesteel (debut 2016) Science Fic: Top 5 Trends Techno-Geeks Science Fic: Top 5 Trends Diversity Science Fic: Top 5 Trends It’s the End of the World as We Know It Science Fic: Top 5 Trends YA SF Science Fic: Top 5 Trends Genre-blending SF/Thrillers Science Fic: Five of Rebecca’s Favorites Science Fic: Five of Rebecca’s Favorites Using Novelist for Genre Help Using Novelist for Genre Help Using Novelist for Genre Help Using Booklist for Genre Help Using Booklist for Genre Help Any Questions?