books: the top 5 of the top 5 with your hosts: kaite mediatore stover on horror neil hollands on...
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Books: The Top 5 of the Top 5
With your hosts:
Kaite Mediatore Stover on Horror
Neil Hollands on Fantasy
Rebecca Vnuk on Women’s Fiction
Barry Trott on Crime/Mystery
David Wright on Humor
PLA 2010
Why the Top 5 of the Top 5?• 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 indimidating!
• See Public Libraries Article, “Jack of All Trades Reader’s Advisory”, Jan/Feb 2010 issue.
Today’s Categories Are…Of course, there are any number of genres we could have decided on as the “top 5”. It’s our party, so we say:
Fantasy Horror
Women’s FicCrimeHumor
Check in with us at the next PLA to see if we’ve changed our minds at
that time.
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:– 5up-and-comers
– 5 trends– Our favorites
• Handouts have the additional info: – Classics, Must-Know Books
Go to:http://shelfrenewal.com/pla2010presentation/
For the full and complete powerpoints/booklists!
Blood is the New Black:
Horror gets Hip
Kaite Mediatore Stover
Up and Comers
Fantasy: Neil Hollands
Up-and-Coming Fantasy Authors
Women’s Fiction: Rebecca Vnuk
Up-and-comers in Women’s Fiction
Crime: Barry Trott
Up-and-Coming crime fiction writers
David Wright
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Unemployment Rate 9.2%
Seattle Public Library
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David Wright
81 Partly Cloudy Days Per Year
226 Cloudy Days Per Year
Unemployment Rate 9.2%
Seattle Public Library
9 Cups of Coffee per day
Humor
Mysterious Trends: Speculative Crime Fiction
Historical mysteries
Contemporary Cozies
Foreign Crime
Police Procedurals
Women’s Fic Trends: Crafty Women
Humorous Women’s Fic
Chick Lit Grows Up: Bridget gets married, has a baby, gets
widowed…
Issue-Driven
Ensemble Fiction
Trends in Fantasy: Urban /paranormal
fantasy
Darker epic fantasy
Young adult fantasy
Cross-genre/interstitial work
Series launches
Horrific Trends: • Comic Horror: Dark and dry wit; just add
‘zombie’ and it’s funnier and scarier• Women as Evil Protagonists: Hell really hath
no fury like a woman mildly annoyed with a razor sharp knife and a syringe
• Your environment is trying to kill you: Cell phones, the family dog, germs, computer games, etc.
• Bloody fingers in other genres: Cross over into thrillers/mysteries/literary fiction
• Blood is the new Black: a timeless quality to horror: Everything old is new and scary again
Kaite’s Favorites
Neil’s Favorites
Rebecca’s Favorites
Barry’s Favorites
David’s Favorites
