RUSA 2011 Reading List

The 2011 Reading List from the Reference and User Services Association was announced January 10, 2011 at the American Library Association midwinter meeting in San Diego. Categories of genre interest include:

Science Fiction

• The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr)

Short List:

• Ark, Stephen Baxter (Roc)
• The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
• Blonde Bombshell, Tom Holt (Orbit)
• Darkship Thieves, Sarah Hoyt (Baen)

Fantasy

• Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Roc)

Short List:

• The Half-Made World, Felix Gilman (Tor)
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
• Nights of Villjamur, Mark Charan Newton (Spectra)
• Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)

Horror

• The Dead Path, Stephen M. Irwin (Doubleday)

Short List:

• Horns, Joe Hill (William Morrow)
• So Cold the River, Michael Koryta (Little, Brown)
• The Frenzy Way, Gregory Lamberson (Medallion)
• The Caretaker of Lorne Field, David Zeltserman (Overlook)

Additional categories and “read-alike” titles may be found at the RUSA website. Winners were selected by RUSA’s Reading List Council.