1. CLOUD UNBOUND: I Asked You About Readers' Advisory on Nonfiction, and You Answered as I Thought You Would →

    cloudunbound:

      1.  radicalmilitantlibrarian answered: I don’t think patrons tend to ask for this in a way that triggers the RA mindset instead of reference, even if that’s really what they want.

      2.  grplteens answered: Not to often, but it does happen on occasion.NF readers tend to be looking for specific topics, fiction is a bit trickier in its expanse.

      3.  hoosgracie answered: In our online RA service - Book Hunters - I would say about 5-10% are nonfiction oriented.

      4.  spoonsafterdinner answered: Not very often. Usually my nonfic inquiries are pretty specific.

      5.  onceread answered: Not often, only when patrons specifically ask for non-fiction recommendations

      6.  genderbutt answered: Not very often but a larger branch library I used to work at alerted people when nonfiction on their favorite subjects came in.

      7.  gloriousclio answered: Find out what there interests are and go to goodread’s listopia.

  2. Asking for a friend: How often do you do readers’ advisory on nonfiction?

    EXCELLENT QUESTION. Dear readers?

  3. thepinakes replied to your post: A couple things

    Is the 10 Best both fiction and non-fiction?

    Yes, the 10 Best list encompasses both. Miraculously, this year, we ended up with five fiction titles and five nonfiction without even meaning to! A serendipitous balance. (We got a similar one with gender: the list is evenly split between men and women authors.)

  4. I am also always looking for people to review law titles, true crime, business books, communications (journalism), travel, psychology, health and medicine. Email me to learn how to apply!

  5. There’s something about this whole piece, and you should read the whole thing, that indicates that she doesn’t like reading books that everyone else isn’t already talking about — she doesn’t want to be left out of the literary conversation. I know I am reading way too much into this. But it seems like that is the problem with the New Yorker and fiction anyway. They are waiting for other people to tell them what’s good. Rather than using their position to establish and lead the conversation themselves.

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    A justifiably exasperated Jessa Crispin, on New Yorker editor Elizabeth Minkel’s essay at the Millions that explains why she rarely reads books by international authors.

    This makes me think a lot about how I assign books for review, but there are some important differences between a little-known translated novel and a self-published book about vaccines and autism, between fiction and nonfiction.

    (via mollitudo)