Fang-tastic fiction twenty-first-century paranormal reads /

Mathews, Patricia O'Brien.

Fang-tastic fiction twenty-first-century paranormal reads / Fangtastic fiction Patricia O'Brien Mathews. - Chicago : American Library Association, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 258 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Read-alikes: categorizing the series. Categorized by plot ; Categorized by protagonist's gender ; Categorized by protagonist's' type ; Categorized by level of violence ; Categorized by level of sensuality ; Categorized by level of humor -- Series descriptions -- Anthologies.

Mathews uses a limited definition of paranormal, and examines works set, for the most part, in a relatively realistic modern world inhabited by both humans and paranormal beings.



9780838998946


Occult fiction, American--Bibliography.
Supernatural--Fiction--Bibliography.
American fiction--21st century--Bibliography.
Monographic series--Bibliography.
Sequels (Literature)--Bibliography.
Fiction in libraries--United States.
Readers' advisory services--United States.


Electronic Books.

Z1231 / .F364 2011