Pentecost, premier female detective of 1940s New York, and her right-hand woman Parker, an ex-circus performer, are called to investigate a ghostly murderer. “Fortune Favors the Dead: A Novel” by Stephen Spotswood (Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC) Members interested in serving on The Reading List Council should read about serving on the Council.Īuthors or publishers interested in having their book considered for The Reading List should review the selection criteria and the submission guidelines. For further information, please visit the committee roster page (login required) or the staff contact page. All selected titles are published on the RUSA Web site following the event. Carver The Cylons Secret (2006) by Craig Shaw Gardner Sagittarius Is Bleeding (2006) by Peter David. A short list of honor titles (up to four per genre) is also announced. Tor Books Battlestar Galactica (2005) by Jeffrey A. The Council announces the eight winning titles at the RUSA Book and Media Awards Reception at ALA Midwinter Meeting in January each year. However, the Council is constructed in such a way to be adaptable to new genres and changes in contemporary reading interest. The eight genres currently included in the council’s considerations are adrenaline titles (suspense, thrillers, and action adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, and relationship fiction. The Council, which consists of twelve librarians who are experts in readers’ advisory and collection development, selects one book from each of eight different categories. Established in 2007 by the CODES section of RUSA, The Reading List seeks to highlight outstanding genre fiction that merit special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them.
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