RUSA announces the 2010 Reading List
Posted by: Neil Hollands
The Reference and User Services Association of the ALA names has chosen books in eight genres as the top of their Reading List for 2010. I love these awards, started only a few years ago, which helped ALA begin to recognize more than literary fiction as worthy of recognition. I hope book groups will follow their lead: Try some genre books in 2010! These winners and runners-up are all deserving. Here are the awards:
Adrenaline (Action, Thrillers, and Adventure) Winner
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Runners-Up
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
Shatter by Michael Robotham
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
Fantasy Winner
Lamentation by Ken Scholes
Runners-Up
Red Wolf Conspiracy by Keith Redick
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
Historical Fiction Winner
Agincourt, by Bernard Cornwell
Runners-Up
Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran
Etta by Gerald Kolpan
Grace Hammer by Sara Stockbridge
The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland
Horror Winner
Last Days by Brian Evenson
Runners-Up
The House of Lost Souls by F. G. Cottam
The Little Stranger by Sara Waters
The Seance by John Harwood
The Unseen by Alexandra Sokoloff
Mystery Winner
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
Runners-Up
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Romance Winner
What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
Runners-Up
Chemistry for Beginners by Anthony Strong
Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Science Fiction Winner
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Runners-Up
The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker
Flood by Stephen Baxter
The Quiet War by Paul J. McAuley
Steal Across the Skies by Nancy Kress
Women’s Fiction Winner
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
Runners-Up
After You by Julie Buxbaum
The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil
Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
Shelter Me by Juliet Fay
