Non-Fiction Reader AdvisoryTitles, Tips, and Techniques

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What kind of movies/tv shows do you like?

Technique #1:

Something Romantic

For fans of chick lit, history, feminism, social

commentary, literary criticism

Flirting with Pride & Prejudice: Fresh

Perspectives on the Original Chick Lit

Masterpiece

Edited by Jennifer Crusie2005

For single, widowed, and divorced romantics looking

for a second chance at love!

My Boyfriend’s Back: True Stories of Rediscovering Love with a Long-Lost

Sweetheart

By Donna Hanover

2005

Something Romantic

Something Funny

For the techie jokester.

The World According to Twitter

By David Pogue

2009

For those who love reality TV

Reality Check: The Business and Art of

Producing Reality TV

By Michael Essany2008

Something “Real”

For the ghost hunter

Paranormal: My Life in Pursuit of the

Afterlife

By Raymond Moody, MD

2012

Something Unreal

A “Who Done It”

For fans of history, mystery, and true

crime.

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Or the Murder

at Road Hill House

By Kate Summerscale2008

What magazines do you like?

Technique #2:

National Geographic

For fans of exploration, history, and mystery

Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL

Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer

By Mireya Mayor

2011

Popular Mechanics, Family Handyman

For blue collar workers, Baby Boomers, DIY’ers

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value

of Work

By Matthew Crawford

2009

Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, More

For good-humored women “of a certain age”

I’m Over All That: And Other Confessions

By Shirley MacLaine2011

Taste of Home, Cook’s Illustrated, Everyday Food

For the foodie

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us

Human

By Richard Wrangham

2009

History Today, American History, Early American Life

For the history buff

Silent Night: The Remarkable 1914 Christmas Truce

By Stanley Weintraub

2001

Current Science, Popular Science, Discover

For the mad scientist

How the Hippies Saved Physics

By David Kaiser

2011

Birds & Blooms, American Gardener, Garden Design

A horticultural page-turner

The Orchid Thief

By Susan Orlean1998

People, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly

For Hollywood gossip lovers

Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives

of the Stars

By Scotty Bowers1998

A Match Made in Heaven:

Pairing fiction with non-fiction

You can judge a book by its cover!

More Great Covers

Raising the Perfect ChildThrough Guilt and Manipulation

By Elizabeth Beckwith

2009

Cover Design by Jeff Miller

When You Are Engulfed in

Flames

By David Sedaris

2008

Cover Design by Chipp Kidd

Other Techniques

• Ask about hobbies

• Search Library Thing tags

• Browsing & leafing encouraged

• Talk to Circulation staff

Establish a relationship

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Good Writing Trumps Topic

Know Your Collection

Flip through items on the shelf.

Read fly leafs and author blurbs on the

jacket.

Shelf read!

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Teens are Future (taxpaying and voting) Adults

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Teen Style

Encyclopedic Information

Flying MachineNahum2004

Don’t Judge!

Teen Style

Swedish Death MetalEkeroth

2008

Photography & Illustrations

Teen Style

Seeing Beyond Sight: Photographs by Blind

TeenagersDeifell2007

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5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100

Other Terribly Tasteless Lists

Shaw2007

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Skloot 2009

Type Talk at Work: How the 16

Personality Types Determine Your

Success on the Job

Kroeger2002

Working with You is Killing Me: Freeing

Yourself From Emotional Traps at

Work

Crowley and Elster2006

Why Can't You Shut Up?: How We Ruin Relationships--How

Not To

Wolf2006

The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty

Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka,

Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good

Linden2011

Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the

Best... and Learn from the Worst

Sutton2010

Do Dead People Watch You

Shower?: And Other Questions You've Been All but Dying to Ask a Medium

Bertoldi2007

What Every BODY is Saying:

An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People

Navarro2008

Stiff: The Secret Lives of Human

Cadavers

Roach2003

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the

Bible and Why

Erhman2005

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

Wolke2002

Animals in Translation:

Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode

Animal Behavior

Grandin2005

The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion

and Daring

Preston2007

The Sociopath Next Door

Stout2005

Why Do Men Have Nipples?

Hundreds of Questions You'd Only

Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini

Leyner and Goldberg2005

Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and

Courage in the Alaskan Wilds

Cobb2003

Live From New York: An Uncensored

History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and

Guests

Miller2002

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete

Protection from the Living Dead

Brooks2003

An Alarming History of Famous and

Difficult Patients: Amusing Medical Anecdotes from Typhoid Mary to

FDR

Gordon1997

Forever and Ever, Amen: Becoming a nun in the Sixties

Jackowski2007

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