Week 8, Assignment 2

The SLRC video Readers' Advisory with Non-Fiction described sixteen different types of narrative nonfiction, and the primary feature that differentiates narrative nonfiction from fiction is that it's true. Story is the key element that differentiates narrative nonfiction from other nonfiction, although I've read some cookbooks that have a lot of narrative in them, which makes them fun to read, too!

Each reader is different, and so the list of appeal factors that distinguish one title from another is important to keep in mind when working with a customer. Narrative non-fiction isn't a catchall genre; a customer who likes to read about sports, with lots of stats and charts and photos, won't necessarily be interested in one of Mary Karr's memoirs. It's important to think about the appeal factors that make a book interesting to a customer.