Murder and Mayhem @ Your Library
Crime Fiction Reader' Advisory
Becky's Favorite Crime Fiction Resources:
Books
- Caught Up in Crime: A Reader's Guide to the Criminous in Fiction by Gary Warren Niebur (LU, 2009)
- Read On...Crime Fiction by Barry Trott (LU, 2007)
Web
- Everything tagged "Crime Fiction" here on RA for All (includes original book reviews with readalike options)
- All Readers-- to check the levels of sex and violence
- The Berwyn Public Library's Suggested Reading Lists
- Booklists' May 2010 Crime Fiction Webinar
- Best Crime Novels of the 2000s
- Crime Time (Homepage and Database of British Magazine), including their Crime Scene series in partnership with the International Association of Crime Writers.
- Overbooked's Crime Fiction Section
- 10 Best Modern European Crime Writers
- The Rap Sheet: An Award winning blog that covers all things Crime Fiction from books to TV to movies, old and new.
- Criminal Element: A blog which has stories, reviews and crime info. Updated daily.
- From 2009 this interesting round table discussion on the State of Crime Fiction from the Huffington Post
- Daily Beast articles by Sarah Weinman, crime fiction book expert
- The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers (blog)
- Nordic Bookblog: All things Nordic Noir in one place (also search RA for All for specific mentions of the very popular Nordic Noir trend)
- Spinetingler Magazine publishes fiction and nonfiction that could be called crime, msytery, thriller, suspense or horror. They also have awards. They especially focus on new talent.
Becky's Favorite Mystery Resources:
Books
- The Readers' Advisory Guide to Mystery, Second Edition by John Charles et al. (ALA Editions, 2011)
- Make Mine a Mystery II: A Reader’s Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr (LU, 2011)
- Murder in Retrospect: A Selectvie Guide to Historical Mystery Fiction by Michael Burgess and Jill H. Vassilakos (LU, 2005)
Web
- Everything tagged "Mystery" here on RA for All (includes original book reviews with readalike options)
- Stop You're Killing Me-- just go there; you'll be glad you did.
- DorothyL mailing list for writers and readers
- The Gumshoe Site
- Historical Mysteries
- Mystery Net: An online resource for mystery lovers
- Mystery Reader: includes Suspense, Romantic Suspense, and Thrillers. Rated reviews
- Mystery Readers International
- And just for fun...Murder by Toaster a Fiction-L list of surprisingly lethal weapons
Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Thriller, Adventure, and Psychological Suspense Resources:
Books
- Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys: A Reader’s Guide to Adventure/Suspense Fiction by Michael Gannon (LU, 2004)
Web
- Everything tagged Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Thriller, Adventure, or Psychological Suspense here on RA for All: click on each genre for a specific list (includes original book reviews with readalike options).
- Becky's Psychological Suspense Handout (pdf of a tri-fold brochure)
- International Thriller Writers-- covers suspense, adventure, mystery, and even some horror.
- Mystery Reader: includes Suspense, Romantic Suspense, and Thrillers. Rated reviews
- NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers
- 100 Greatest Adventure Stories of All Time from National Geographic
True Crime Resources:
Books
- The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Nonfiction by Neal Wyatt. (ALA Editions, 2007)
- The Real Story: A Guide to Nonfiction Reading Interests by Sarah Statz Cords (includes fiction read-a-likes.) (LU, 2006)
Web
Awards for Crime Fiction Books in All Genres Mentioned Above:
Award lists, both the winners and nominees, are a great way to identify popular and critically acclaimed novels and authors for your crime fiction fans. Many of these awards include a category for best debut. This is an excellent resource for your readers who claim they have already read "everything."
- RUSA's Reading List-- highlights outstanding genre fiction that merit special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them.
- Agatha Award–Malice Domestic Convention
- Macavity Awards–Mystery Readers International and given annually at Bouchercon
- Anthony Awards–awarded at Bouchercon by vote of members of convention
- Edgar Awards–Mystery Writers of America
- Shamus Awards–Private Eye Writers of America
- Daggers–awarded by Crime Writers Association of Britain
- Mary Higgins Clark Award-- for books most like Clark's
- International Thriller Writers Annual Awards
- Shirley Jackson Award-- "for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic."
- Black Quill Awards-- "honor those works of dark genre literature – horror, suspense, and thrillers"
Becky's 5 RA Resources You Cannot Live Without:
- Amazon: Plot summaries, possible read alikes, but most importantly, customer comments! 5 star and 1 star reviews are the most helpful.
- NoveList: EBSCO Database: subscription required, check your local library.
- Kent District Public Library’s What’s Next: Easy to retrieve and print lists of books in series order. Makes patrons happy. Brings them back!
- Gnooks: When you are desperate…distract them.
- RA for ALL: where you are right now
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