Celebrating The Genres

The RUSA Reading List Awards are unusual for ALA; rather than literary fiction, they focus on genres, most of which are overlooked when best books awards are being handed out.

The awards were announced at MidWinter. Adriana Trigiani won in the Women’s Fiction category  and did what any bestselling author would do in her situation; she called her mom (who is a librarian).

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Winners are below, the full lists, with runners-up and readalikes (this is RUSA, after all!)  is available here.

Adrenaline

(Action, Thrillers and Adventure)

Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, No. 13)
Lee Child
Retail Price: $27.00
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Press – (2009-05-19)
ISBN / EAN: 0385340575 / 9780385340571

Fantasy

Lamentation (The Psalms of Isaak)
Ken Scholes
Retail Price: $7.99
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Tor Fantasy – (2009-09-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0765360918 / 9780765360915

Historical Fiction

Agincourt: A Novel
Bernard Cornwell
Retail Price: $14.99
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks – (2010-01-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0061578908 / 9780061578908

Horror

Last Days
Brian Evenson
Retail Price: $12.95
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Underland Press – (2009-02-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0980226007 / 9780980226003

Mystery

A Beautiful Place to Die: A Novel
Malla Nunn
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Washington Square Press – (2009-10-20)
ISBN / EAN: 1416586210 / 9781416586210

Romance

What Happens in London
Julia Quinn
Retail Price: $7.99
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon – (2009-07-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0061491888 / 9780061491887

Science Fiction

The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi
Retail Price: $24.95
Hardcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Night Shade Books – (2009-09-15)
ISBN / EAN: 1597801577 / 9781597801577

Women’s Fiction

Very Valentine: A Novel
Adriana Trigiani
Retail Price: $25.99
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Harper – (2009-02-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0061257052 / 9780061257056

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