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Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, 6th ed. Diana Tixier Herald. Wayne A. Wiegand, ed. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. 584p. $60.00 (ISBN 1-59158-224-5).
Readers' advisory (RA) has become a subject of serious research during the past twenty-five years. The need to identify authors of similar subject matter or style is currently a muchprized library service for readers of popular fiction, and the number of resources attempting to assist the readers' advisor continues to grow. One title that has been around since the beginning and continues to deliver is Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, now in its sixth edition.
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