RUSA, the Reference and User Services Associatioin of the American Library Association, has chosen books in eight genres in their 2010 Reading List. This list “helps ALA begin to recognize more than literary fiction as worthy of recognition.”
This list is a great starting point for book groups!
Category: 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; and The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer.)
Category: 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.)
Category: 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.)
Category: 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.)
Category: 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.)
Category: 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.)
Category: 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.)
Category: 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 McNail; Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas; Shelter Me by Juliet Fay.)
