The Reading List
About the The Reading List
The Reading List seeks to highlight outstanding genre fiction that merit special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them.
Administered by:
| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Me Before You | Me Before You | 2014 - Winner |
| Love Minus Eighty | Love Minus Eighty | 2014 - Winner |
| Any Duchess Will Do | Any Duchess Will Do | 2014 - Winner |
| Murder as a Fine Art | Murder as a Fine Art | 2014 - Winner |
| Last Days | Last Days | 2014 - Winner |
| The Outcasts | The Outcasts by Kathleen Kent | 2014 - Winner |
| Vicious | Vicious | 2014 - Winner |
| Red Sparrow | Red Sparrow | 2014 - Winner |
| The Ritual | The Ritual | 2013 - Winner |
| Gone Girl | Gone Girl | 2013 - Selection |
| Bring Up the Bodies | Bring Up the Bodies | 2013 - Winner |
| The Rook | The Rook | 2013 - Winner |
| The Gods of Gotham | The Gods of Gotham | 2013 - Winner |
| Caliban’s War | Caliban’s War | 2013 - Winner |
| The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns | The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns | 2013 - Winner |
| Firelight | Firelight | 2013 - Winner |
| Rules of Civility | Rules of Civility | 2012 - Selection |
| Deadwood | Deadwood | 2012 - Selection |
| Etta | Etta | 2012 - Selection |
| Gunman’s Rhapsody | Gunman’s Rhapsody | 2012 - Selection |
| Bright and Distant Shores | Bright and Distant Shores | 2012 - Selection |
| Lionheart | Lionheart | 2012 - Selection |
| The Ridge | The Ridge | 2012 - Selection |
| The Sea Captain’s Wife | The Sea Captain’s Wife | 2012 - Selection |
| The Dead Path | The Dead Path | 2012 - Selection |
| Those Across the River | Those Across the River | 2012 - Selection |
| Harbor | Harbor | 2012 - Selection |
| The Night Strangers, | The Night Strangers | 2012 - Selection |
| The Magician King | Magician King | 2012 - Selection |
| Doc | Doc | 2012 - Selection |
| The Woodcutter | The Woodcutter | 2012 - Selection |
| Zoo City | Zoo City | 2012 - Selection |
| The Wise Man’s Fear | The Wise Man’s Fear | 2012 - Selection |
| Daughter of Smoke and Bone | Daughter of Smoke and Bone | 2012 - Selection |
| Prestige | Prestige | 2012 - Selection |
| Shadow of the Wind | Shadow of the Wind | 2012 - Selection |
| Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | 2012 - Selection |
| The Night Circus | The Night Circus | 2012 - Selection |
| You’re Next | You’re Next | 2012 - Selection |
| The White Devil | The White Devil | 2012 - Selection |
| Spiral | Spiral | 2012 - Selection |
| Now You See Me | Now You See Me | 2012 - Selection |
| Memento | Memento | 2012 - Selection |
| Shutter Island | Shutter Island | 2012 - Selection |
| The Likeness | The Likeness | 2012 - Selection |
| Before I Go To Sleep | Before I Go To Sleep | 2012 - Selection |
| Raising Stony Mayhall | Raising Stony Mayhall | 2012 - Selection |
| The Last Werewolf | The Last Werewolf | 2012 - Selection |
| The Devotion of Suspect X | The Devotion of Suspect X | 2012 - Selection |
| Up Against It | Up Against It | 2012 - Selection |
| What Alice Forgot | What Alice Forgot | 2012 - Selection |
| The Weird Sisters | The Weird Sisters | 2012 - Selection |
| Joy for Beginners | Joy for Beginners | 2012 - Selection |
| Deep Down True | Deep Down True | 2012 - Selection |
| Out | Out | 2012 - Selection |
| The Lost Garden | The Lost Garden | 2012 - Selection |
| Like Family | Like Family | 2012 - Selection |
| The Language of Flowers | The Language of Flowers | 2012 - Selection |
| When She Woke | When She Woke | 2012 - Selection |
| Ready Player One | Ready Player One | 2012 - Selection |
| The Quantum Thief | The Quantum Thief | 2012 - Selection |
| Embassytown | Embassytown | 2012 - Selection |
| The Quiet War | The Quiet War | 2012 - Selection |
| Pandora’s Star | Pandora’s Star | 2012 - Selection |
| White Oleander | White Oleander | 2012 - Selection |
| Leviathan Wakes | Leviathan Wakes | 2012 - Selection |
| Silk is for Seduction | Silk is for Seduction | 2012 - Selection |
| Think of a Number | Think of a Number | 2012 - Selection |
| Sherlock | Sherlock | 2012 - Selection |
| Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead | Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead | 2012 - Selection |
| Killed at the Whim of a Hat | Killed at the Whim of a Hat | 2012 - Selection |
| A Trick of the Light | A Trick of the Light | 2012 - Selection |
| The Snowman | The Snowman | 2012 - Selection |
| Dangerous in Diamonds | Dangerous in Diamonds | 2012 - Selection |
| The Raven Prince | The Raven Prince | 2012 - Selection |
| Untie My Heart | Untie My Heart | 2012 - Selection |
| Dragon Bound | Dragon Bound | 2012 - Selection |
| A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal | A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal | 2012 - Selection |
| My One And Only | My One And Only | 2012 - Selection |
| When Beauty Tamed the Beast | When Beauty Tamed the Beast | 2012 - Selection |
| The Magician King | The Magician King | 2011 - Honorable Mention |
| 2011 The REading list | 2011 - Selection | |
| Roberts, Nora | Vision in White | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| McDonald, Ian | Brasyl | 2010 - Selection |
| Sterling, Bruce | Distraction | 2010 - Selection |
| Bacigalupi, Paolo | The Windup Girl | 2010 - Winner |
| Boyle, Elizabeth | Love Letters from a Duke | 2010 - Selection |
| Willig, Lauren | The Temptation of the Night Jasmine | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Dare, Tessa | Goddess of the Hunt | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Strong, Anthony | Chemistry for Beginners | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Baker, Kage | The Empress of Mars | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Stross, Charles | Accelerando | 2010 - Selection |
| McNeil, Gil | The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Baxter, Stephen | Flood | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| McAuley, Paul. J. | The Quiet War | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Kress, Nancy | Steal Across the Skies | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Trigiani, Adriana | Very Valentine | 2010 - Winner |
| Weiner, Jennifer | Good in Bed | 2010 - Selection |
| Hendricks, Judith Ryan | Bread Alone | 2010 - Selection |
| McInerney, Monica | Greetings from Somewhere Else | 2010 - Selection |
| Buxbaum, Julie | After You | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Dallas, Sandra | Prayers for Sale | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Fay, Juliet | Shelter Me | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Dare, Tessa | Goddess of the Hunt | 2010 - Selection |
| Roberts, Nora | The Winning Hand | 2010 - Selection |
| Quinn, Julia | What Happens in London | 2010 - Winner |
| Bazell, Josh | Beat the Reaper | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Martin, George R.R. | Game of Thrones | 2010 - Selection |
| Whyte, Jack | The Templar Trilogy | 2010 - Selection |
| Cornwell, Bernard | Agincourt | 2010 - Winner |
| Brett, Peter V. | The Warded Man | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Sanderson, Brandon | Warbreaker | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Redick, Robert V.S. | Red Wolf Conspiracy | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Durham, David Anthony | Acacia. Book One, The War With the Mein | 2010 - Selection |
| Goodkind, Terry | Wizards First Rule | 2010 - Selection |
| Scholes, Ken | Lamentation | 2010 - Winner |
| Pressfield, Stephen | Gates of Fire | 2010 - Selection |
| Steinhauer, Olen | The Tourist | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Robotham, Michael | Shatter | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Gardner, Lisa | The Neighbor | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Box, C.J. | Below Zero | 2010 - Selection |
| Ludlum, Robert | The Bourne Identity | 2010 - Selection |
| Eisler, Barry | The John Rain series | 2010 - Selection |
| Child, Lee | Gone Tomorrow | 2010 - Winner |
| Bradley, Alan | Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Willocks, Tim | The Religion | 2010 - Selection |
| Butcher, Jim | Turn Coat | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Moran, Michelle | Cleopatra's Daughter | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Harwood, John | The Séance | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Quinn, Spencer | Dog On It | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Johnson, Craig | The Dark Horse | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Penny, Louise | The Brutal Telling | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Kolpan, Gerald | Etta | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| McClure, James | Salamander Cotton | 2010 - Selection |
| Stanley, Michael | A Carrion Death | 2010 - Selection |
| Nunn, Malla | A Beautiful Place to Die | 2010 - Winner |
| Sokoloff, Alexandra | The Unseen | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Heat of the Sun | Heat of the Sun | 2010 - Selection |
| Waters, Sara | The Little Stranger | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Ballard, J.G. | Crash | 2010 - Selection |
| King, Stephen | Misery | 2010 - Selection |
| Stockbridge, Sara | Grace Hammer | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Elliott, Will | Pilo Family Circus | 2010 - Selection |
| Evenson, Brian | Last Days | 2010 - Winner |
| Maitland, Karen | The Owl Killers | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Cottam, F.G. | The House of Lost Souls | 2010 - Honorable Mention |
| Shaffer, Mary Ann | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | 2009 - Selection |
| Atkinson, Rick | An Army at Down: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 | 2009 - Selection |
| Pressfield, Steven | Killing Rommel | 2009 - Selection |
| Russell, Doria | Dreamers of the Day | 2009 - Selection |
| Lehane, Dennis | The Given Day | 2009 - Selection |
| Barrows, Annie | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | 2009 - Selection |
| Pekearo, Nicholas | The Wolfman | 2009 - Selection |
| Liss, David | The Whiskey Rebels | 2009 - Selection |
| Barlow, Toby | Sharp Teeth | 2009 - Winner |
| Armstrong, Kelley | Bitten | 2009 - Selection |
| Huston, Charlie | The Joe Pitt series | 2009 - Selection |
| Braunbeck, Gary A. | Coffin County | 2009 - Selection |
| Shaara, Jeff | The Steel Wave | 2009 - Winner |
| Sigler, Scott | Infected | 2009 - Selection |
| Cornwell, Bernard | Sharpe series | 2009 - Selection |
| Pearson, Ridley | Killer Weekend | 2009 - Selection |
| Butcher, Jim | Small Favor | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| Frost, Gregory | Shadowbridge | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| Bear, Elizabeth | Ink and Steel | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| Baker, Kage | The House of the Stag | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| de Lint, Charles | Forests of the Heart | 2009 - Selection |
| Card, Orson Scott | Enchantment | 2009 - Selection |
| Connolly, John | The Book of Lost Things | 2009 - Selection |
| Wilkins, Kim | Veil of Gold | 2009 - Winner |
| Reich, Christopher | Rules of Deception | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| Parker, T. Jefferson | L.A. Outlaws | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| Corben, Harlan | Hold Tight | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| Gardiner, Meg | The Dirty Secrets Club | 2009 - Honorable Mention |
| Leonard, Elmore | Hombre | 2009 - Selection |
| Child, Lee | Nothing to Lose | 2009 - Selection |
| Pekearo, Nicholas | The Wolfman | 2009 - Selection |
| Pyper, Andrew | The Killing Circle | 2009 - Selection |
| Martinez, A. Lee | The Automatic Detective | 2009 - Selection |
| Hewson, David | The Garden of Evil | 2009 - Winner |
| Silverberg, Robert | Downward to the Earth | 2009 - Selection |
| Kring, Sandra | Thank You for All Things | 2009 - Selection |
| Allen, Sarah Addison | The Sugar Queen | 2009 - Selection |
| Weiner, Jennifer | Certain Girls | 2009 - Selection |
| de los Santos, Marisa | Belong to Me | 2009 - Selection |
| Berg, Elizabeth | The Year of Pleasures | 2009 - Selection |
| Humphreys, Helen | The Lost Garden | 2009 - Selection |
| Kallos, Stephanie | Broken for You | 2009 - Selection |
| Maloy, Kate | Every Last Cuckoo | 2009 - Winner |
| Kenyon, Kay | A World Too Near | 2009 - Selection |
| Banks, Iain M. | Matter | 2009 - Selection |
| Bear, Greg | City at the End of Time | 2009 - Selection |
| Morgan, Richard K. | Thirteen | 2009 - Selection |
| Longyear, Barry B. | Enemy Mine | 2009 - Selection |
| Martin, George R.R. | Hunter's Run | 2009 - Winner |
| Reverte, Arturo Perez | The Flanders Panel | 2009 - Selection |
| Chase, Loretta | Your Scandalous Ways | 2009 - Selection |
| Willig, Lauren | The Seduction of the Crimson Rose | 2009 - Selection |
| Thomas, Sherry | Private Arrangements | 2009 - Selection |
| Bourne, Joanna | My Lord and Spymaster | 2009 - Selection |
| Pickens, Andrea | Seduced by a Spy | 2009 - Selection |
| Quinn, Julia | It's in His Kiss | 2009 - Selection |
| Quick, Amanda | Scandal | 2009 - Selection |
| Bourne, Joanna | The Spymaster's Lady | 2009 - Winner |
| Tallis, Frank | Vienna Blood | 2009 - Selection |
| Penny, Louise | The Cruelest Month | 2009 - Selection |
| Wolfe, Inger Ash | The Calling | 2009 - Selection |
| Bayard, Louis | The Black Tower | 2009 - Selection |
| Santlofer, Jonathan | The Death Artist | 2009 - Selection |
| Leon, Donna | Dressed for Death | 2009 - Selection |
| Box, C.J. | Blue Heaven | 2009 - Winner |
