What Do I Read Next 2006

by Barron, Neil; Barton, Tom; Burt, Daniel S.; Hudak, Melissa; Meredith, D. R.; Ramsdell, Kristin; Schantz, Tom; Schantz, Enid

• ISBN13: 9780787690236
• ISBN10: 0787690236
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-09
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

By identifying similarities in various books, this annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year. Each entry describes a separate book, listing everything readers need to know to make selections. Arranged by author within six genre sections, detailed entries provide: Title Publisher and publication date Series Names and descriptions of characters Time period and geographical setting Review citations Story types Brief plot summary Selected other books by the author Similar books by different authors Author, title, series, character name, character description, time period, geographic setting and genre/sub-genre indexes are included to facilitate research.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
About the Genre Experts	p. ix
Key to Genre Terms	p. xi
Award Winners	p. xvii
What Do I Read Next?
Mystery Fiction in Review	p. 1
Mystery Titles	p. 7
Romance Fiction in Review	p. 79
Romance Titles	p. 87
Western Fiction in Review	p. 153
Western Titles	p. 159
Fantasy on the Screen	p. 189
Fantasy Titles	p. 193
The Year in Horror 2005	p. 221
Horror Titles	p. 225
The Best of All Possible Worlds	p. 253
For More Information about Fantastic Fiction	p. 256
Science Fiction Titles	p. 259
Historical Fiction in Review	p. 287
Historical Titles	p. 291
Inspirational Fiction in Review	p. 337
Inspirational Titles	p. 341
Popular Fiction in Review	p. 373
Popular Fiction Titles	p. 377
Indexes
Series Index	p. 429
Time Period Index	p. 435
Geographic Index	p. 443
Genre Index	p. 457
Subject Index	p. 471
Character Name Index	p. 493
Character Description Index	p. 519
Author Index	p. 557
Title Index	p. 603
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