We welcome the submission of book reviews to The Qualitative Report (TQR)! If you are interested in having a book review published in TQR, please follow these steps:
When selecting a book to review for TQR, keep in mind we only publish reviews of books published in the last three years addressing qualitative research methodology and/or reports of qualitative research studies. We do not publish reviews of books previously published in TQR. Before submitting a book review, please do a search on our journal website to confirm that we have not already published a review of the book you are considering.
We are especially interested in publishing reviews which reflect a degree of creativity. We think merely retelling the contents of each chapter or summarizing a general affection for the text on the part of the reviewer does not seem to contribute much new or of value to the reader or to the book’s author, so we like to see other ways a reviewer can create a book review that brings new insights to the understanding of the original work. We also discourage a reviewer’s use of generative AI programs to write the reviews. Lastly, we will only consider reviews written by a solo author. To get an idea of different ways to carry out and report a book review we suggest you read TQR Co-Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ronald Chenail’s essay, “How to Read and Review a Book like a Qualitative Researcher.”
When constructing your review, please include the following elements:
- A title that clearly identifies the subject of your review
- An abstract of 120 words or less
- A list of three to five key words included in the review
- The body of your review, provide a context for your review (e.g., are you beginning qualitative researcher), present the main focus and intent of the book, identify strengths and weaknesses, and suggest potential readership for the book and possible applications.
- If there are online resources associated with the book provided by the publisher, we also ask you to describe these items and provide a link to those resources.
- References formatted in compliance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
- An author’s note of 120 words or less, in which you describe your current position(s) and ways in which readers can contact you.
When you are ready to submit your book review, please submit through the journal website and be sure to choose “book review” from the drop down option. We will notify you whether we are able to use the review and whether any revision is required. Following publication, we may send your review to the book’s publisher for further distribution.
If you have any questions, please send an email to tqr@nova.edu.