Women's Fiction: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (Genreflecting Advisory Series)

Offering a fresh perspective on womens fiction for a broad reading audience―fans as well as librarians―this book defines and maps the genre and describes hundreds of relevant titles.Womens Fiction: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests celebrates the books in this broad genre―titles that explore the lives of female protagonists with a focus on their relationships with family friends and lovers. After a brief introductory history and a chapter that defines the characteristics of womens fiction the author showcases annotations and suggestions of approximately 300 titles by more than 100 authors. She explains how womens fiction differs from romance fiction enabling readers to appreciate this rich body of literature that encompasses titles as diverse as Meg Cabots lighthearted chick lit to the more serious novels of Elizabeth Berg and Maeve Binchy. The book identifies some of the most popular and enduring womens fiction authors and titles and provides invaluable reading lists and readalike suggestions that will be appreciated by both librarians and general readers.