RA Tips
Secret Babies, Final Girls, and the One Ring to Rule Them All
Cathleen Keyser, Metadata Strategy Manager
As much as I love reading or watching stories with crazy plot twists and wild narrative structures, I’m a sucker for some of my favorite plot lines.
  • Unsuspecting people who decide to spend the night in a haunted house? (Yes, please).
  • A woman wronged who is mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore (or as they say, “bortas bir jablu'di' reh qaqqu' nay”).
  • Characters trapped all alone by a murderous group of strangers?). (Oh, honey you have no idea).
Great as these common themes are, they’re really difficult to find using just subject or genre searches…
 
UNTIL NOW (cue dramatic music). 
 
Yours in data,
Cathleen

Welcome to NoveList's newest (metadata) arrival ... THEMES!
Stork carrying babyWe’re excited to announce that after two years of behind-the-scenes work, RA pros can now help readers find books by THEME: popular plot lines, character types, and story conventions that genre fiction fans love.
 
We developed this vocabulary with readers (and fandom) in mind, so they can find the Dark Lords, Time Slips, and Final Girls that they want. Take a look at our full list. 

What themes can do for you!
 
 
 Themes like “Friends to lovers” and “Once upon a time” can quickly point romance fans where they want
(or do not want!) to go.
 
 
We created special themes for all reading levels. Check out these picture book themes: Get Well Soon, Overcoming Fear, Art Comes Alive.
 
Even more info!
 
 
Romantic Reads flyer.
Check out the romance themes in this flyer
 

Searching for books by theme
Use the field code TH to find books with a particular theme.
 
To search for the theme "friends to lovers", paste TH friends to lovers in the NoveList search box.
We hope you enjoy these as much as we enjoyed creating them!
Like what you see? Did we miss YOUR favorite theme? Drop us a line!




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