Keen on adventure stories, but have run out of favourite authors? Want to try gothic romances but are not sure where to start? Know that your favourite author writes spy stories, but also writes science fiction under another as yet unknown name?Now Read On will solve all these problems. It is a guide to popular modern fiction divided up into writing genres, such as historical novels, macabre stories and science fiction. Each author entry within these novel types gives a brief life history, outlines the writer's style and lists all the relevant published titles. In addition a Now Read... list indicates authors who write in a similar vein. Much had changed since the first edition. New writers have established themselves as genres writers, some have switched from one area of writing to another or have even added a new interest to an old one. Around 450 titles have been added to authors listed in the first edition (particularly in 'Family Stories' and 'Police Work'), 60 new names have been selected, and one new genre 'Women Detectives' has been created.All this is backed up by an author index, and a list of characters that reappear in related stories and series. The winners of the relevant book prizes over the last 25 years are also included.This book will prove invaluable to readers, booksellers and library staff, for anyone who wants to expand their fiction reading interests or advise others on the next good read.

Pioneering and interdisciplinary in nature, this bibliography constitutes a comprehensive list of regional fiction for every county of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England over the past two centuries. In addition, other regions of a usually topographical or urban nature have been used, such as Birmingham and the Black Country; London; The Fens; the Brecklands; the Highlands; the Hebrides; or the Welsh border. Each entry lists the author, title, and date of first publication. The geographical coverage is encompassing and complete, from the Channel Islands to the Shetlands. An original introduction discusses such matters as definition, bibliographical method, popular readerships, trends in output, and the scholarly literature on regional fiction.

This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.

Raymond Chandler called it “The Simple Art of Murder, ” but It never has been simple to write mysteries. This volume explores the crimes in novels that are rooted in the worlds of art, architecture, and antiquities.

A reference and overview of the genre of crime fiction, primarily covering the 1950s onwards, although major earlier writers, such as Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, also have entries.

Sequels, the most popular and long-lasting guide to novels in series, returns with greatly expanded series listings. Mysteries continue to be a mainstay, with fantasy, science fiction, and romance listings, plus non-genre fiction selections from authors such as Edward Abbey and Lawrence Durrell. The authors have carefully sifted through a growing group of series to select those most likely to be available in a medium-sized public library, weeding out esoteric, obscure, and less popular series. This classic reference includes hundreds of annotated series, title and subject indexes, and suggestions for reading order. Library professionals will find Answers to the perennial question, "What should I read next?" Guidance on the chronology of a series Easy-to-use tools to identify novels by character, setting, and author The definitive resource for novels in series Including series started since 1989 and updated through 2007, Sequels will be the most complete resource for general readers and library patrons as well as readers' advisors; public, university, and high school reference librarians; acquisition and collection management librarians; and even bookstore staff and book reviewers. The expanded Sequels, 4th edition, will become the RA and reference librarian's resource of choice