Navigating Nonfiction
Fire and Fury: Political Books in the Library
 
As a librarian dealing with nonfiction, odds are you've heard all about journalist Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, which has taken over the news cycle and jumped to the top of bestseller lists.
 
As the holds pile up, librarians may find themselves in a difficult position: giving readers what they want without appearing to take sides. So what's a librarian to do?
 
Book Squad has some tips, but we'd love to hear yours!

Nonfiction Appeals
 
NoveList's metadata librarians work hard to identify and describe the appeal characteristics of nonfiction titles. To aid readers across the political spectrum, we've created two partisan appeals:
 
AP Conservative
AP Liberal
 
Searching for a favorite pundit's latest? An issue-driven work of longform journalism? Whether you're in the mood for hardcore policy analysis or humorous commentary, the sidebar on the right lists nonfiction-only appeals for narrowing searches in NoveList Plus.
 
What do these terms mean? NoveList's The Secret Language of Books: A Guide to Appeal explains everything.
Nonpartisan
Nonfiction Appeals
 
(Tone)
AP Impartial
AP Impassioned
 
(Writing Style)
AP Accessible
AP Browsable
AP Comprehensive
AP Concise
AP Journalistic
AP Persuasive
AP Scholarly
 



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