2010 RUSA Reading List Award Winners

The Reference and User Services Association announced the winners of its annual Reading List awards in eight categories, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction.

Fantasy

• Lamentation, Ken Scholes (Tor)

• The Warded Man, Peter V. Brett (Del Rey)

• Turn Coat, Jim Butcher (Tor)

• The Red Wolf Conspiracy, Robert V.S. Redick (Del Rey)

• Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)

Science Fiction

• The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)

• The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Tor)

• Flood, Stephen Baxter (Penguin)

• Steal Across the Sky, Nancy Kress (Tor)

• The Quiet War, Paul J. McAuley (Pyr)

Horror

• Last Days, Brian Evenson (Underland)

• The House of Lost Souls, F.G. Cottam (St. Martin’s)

• The Séance, John Harwood (Harcourt)

• The Unseen, Alexandra Sokoloff (St. Martin’s)

• The Little Stranger, Sara Waters (Riverhead)

The winning titles were selected by a council of librarians. This year's awards were announced at the American Library Association's midwinter conference, held in Boston, January 15-19, 2010.