Resources

Documentation

• 2025 Schedule of Newsletters: This calendar displays when each newsletter is available to edit and the date on which it will be published.
• Tailored Titles Manual: This show how to create a personalized reading list and how to edit newsletters.
• ALA Readers' Advisory Series: These always available eBooks contain reasers' advisory help for genres like nonfiction, mystery, historical fiction, street literature, science fiction & fantasy, horror, and more.
• "Discovery Through Lists, Reviews, Summaries, and Recommendations": This article from the Mar|Apr 2015 issue of Online Searcher list a large number of resources one can use to learn about books (best books, new books, etc).
• NPR's Book Concierge: The Book Concierge is NPR’s annual, interactive, year-end reading guide. Mix and match tags to filter results and find the book that’s perfect for you or someone you love.
• "Readers' Advisory: The Who, the How, and the Why": This article from the Summer 2015 issue of Reference & User Services Quarterly explores RA services and is a response to Bill Crowley's article "Time to Rethink Readers' Advisory Education?" from the July/Aug 2014 issue of Public Libraries.

Genre Handouts

These handouts are adapted from The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, 2nd Edition (2009) (3rd ed. is always available eBook) by Joyce G. Saricks and they highlight the characteristics of each subgenre, authors of that subgenre, and authors beyond the genre.

• Adrenaline Genres

  • Adventure
  • Romance Suspense
  • Suspense
  • Thrillers

• Emotion Genres

  • Gentle Reads
  • Horror
  • Romance
  • Women’s Lives

• Intellect Genres

  • Literary Fiction
  • Mysteries
  • Psychological Suspense
  • Science Fiction

• Landscape Genres

  • Fantasy
  • Historical Fiction
  • Westerns