Book News: RUSA's Reading List Council Debuts '07 Top Genre Titles
by Michael Rogers -- Library Journal, 01/15/2008
- Winners named in eight categories
- Council consists of ten librarians
The Reading List Council, which was established by RUSA’s CODES section in 2007, has selected the outstanding genre fiction titles of last year. The winners in the eight categories are:
- Adrenaline: The Second Objective, Mark Frost (Hyperion)
- Fantasy: The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (Daw)
- Historical Fiction: The Religion, Tim Willocks (Farrar)
- Horror: The Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill (Morrow)
- Mystery: Mistress of the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin (Putnam)
- Romance: Natural Born Charmer, Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Morrow)
- Science Fiction: In War Times, Kathleen Ann Goonan (Tor)
- Women’s Fiction: Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen (Bantam)
The ten-member Reading List Council 2007-2008 members are Neal Wyatt, chair; Katie Dunneback, Southeastern Library Services; Arlene Griffin, Library North, Jackson Madison County Library, TN; Mirja Johanson, Perrot Memorial Library, CT; Lucy Lockley, St. Charles City-County Library District, MO; Robert Renwick, Brooklyn PL; Joyce Saricks; Jacqueline Sasaki, Ann Arbor District Library; Tapley Trudell, San Antonio PL; and Alan Ziebarth, Chicago PL. Wyatt created the Council, which was approved by CODES following the 2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.
