Need to add to your TBR list? Let RUSA (the Reference and User Services Association of the ALA) help… Each year RUSA names one book in eight genres as the top pick for 2010. 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 (I LOVED this novel! 
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The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club, by Gil McNeil
Prayers for Sale, by Sandra Dallas
Shelter Me, by Juliet Fay
