RUSA CODES Reading List2023

Given by RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)

Other Names: Reading List Award, RUSA Reading List
65 Works 58,233 Books 2,861 Reviews ½ 4.0
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 show more with them. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (135), Read-alike to Winner (49), Shortlist (503)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (64), 2023 (65), 2022 (40), 2021 (39), 2020 (39), 2019 (40), 2018 (40), 2017 (40), 2016 (35), 2015 (40), 2014 (40), 2013 (39), 2012 (40), 2011 (40), 2010 (39), 2009 (40), 2008 (7)
Announced:
January 20: Winner2024 Recent
January 20: Shortlist2024 Recent
January 20: Read-alike to Winner2024 Recent

Winner 8

WorkCategoryYear
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna RaybournAdrenaline2023
Nettle and Bone by T. KingfisherFantasy2023
By Her Own Design by Piper HuguleyHistorical Fiction2023
Leech by Hiron EnnesHorror2023
The Binding Room: A Novel (An Inspector Anjelica Henley Thriller, 2) by Nadine MathesonMystery2023
Mika in Real Life by Emiko JeanRelationship Fiction2023
The Undertaking of Hart and Merc by Megan BannenRomance2023
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie RobsonScience Fiction2023

Read-alike to Winner 25

WorkCategoryYear
What Rose Forgot: A Novel by Nevada Barr
Read-alike to “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn
Adrenaline2023
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
Read-alike to “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn
Adrenaline2023
RED [2010 film] by Robert Schwentke
Read-alike to “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn
Adrenaline2023
Once More upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi
Read-alike to “Nettle & Bone” by T. Kingfisher
Fantasy2023
The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Read-alike to “Nettle & Bone” by T. Kingfisher
Fantasy2023
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Read-alike to “Nettle & Bone” by T. Kingfisher
Fantasy2023
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
Read-alike to “By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register” by Piper Huguley
Historical Fiction2023
The Gown by Jennifer Robson
Read-alike to “By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register” by Piper Huguley
Historical Fiction2023
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Read-alike to “By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register” by Piper Huguley
Historical Fiction2023
The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
Read-alike to “Leech” by Hiron Ennes
Horror2023
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
Read-alike to “Leech” by Hiron Ennes
Horror2023
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Read-alike to “Leech” by Hiron Ennes
Horror2023
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance) by Jeff VanderMeer
Read-alike to “Leech” by Hiron Ennes
Horror2023
Broken Places by Tracy Clark
Read-alike to “The Binding Room: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson
Mystery2023
The Silence of the White City by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
Read-alike to “The Binding Room: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson
Mystery2023
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
Read-alike to “The Binding Room: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson
Mystery2023
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
Read-alike to “Mika in Real Life: A Novel” by Emiko Jean
Relationship Fiction2023
Fleabag: The Complete Series by Phoebe Waller Bridge
Read-alike to “Mika in Real Life: A Novel” by Emiko Jean
Relationship Fiction2023
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Read-alike to “Mika in Real Life: A Novel” by Emiko Jean
Relationship Fiction2023
Pushing Daisies: Seasons One & Two by Bryan Fuller
Read-alike to “The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy” by Megan Bannen
Romance2023
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Read-alike to “The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy” by Megan Bannen
Romance2023
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne
Read-alike to “The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy” by Megan Bannen
Romance2023
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
Read-alike to “Drunk On All Your Strange New Words” by Eddie Robson
Science Fiction2023
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Read-alike to “Drunk On All Your Strange New Words” by Eddie Robson
Science Fiction2023
Embassytown by China Miéville
Read-alike to “Drunk On All Your Strange New Words” by Eddie Robson
Science Fiction2023

Shortlist 32

WorkCategoryYear
The Lies I Tell: A Novel by Julie ClarkAdrenaline2023
Look Closer by David EllisAdrenaline2023
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllisterAdrenaline2023
Cold Fear: A Thriller by Brandon WebbAdrenaline2023
Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeFantasy2023
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. KuangFantasy2023
In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellanFantasy2023
The Monsters We Defy by Leslye PenelopeFantasy2023
The Forty Elephants by Erin BledsoeHistorical Fiction2023
The Good Wife of Bath: A Novel by Karen BrooksHistorical Fiction2023
Two Storm Wood by Philip GrayHistorical Fiction2023
The Swift and the Harrier by Minette WaltersHistorical Fiction2023
Dead Silence by S.A. BarnesHorror2023
Not Good for Maidens by Tori BovalinoHorror2023
What Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherHorror2023
The Ghost That Ate Us: The Tragic True Story of the Burger City Poltergeist by Daniel KrausHorror2023
The Appeal by Janice HallettMystery2023
Down a Dark River by Karen OddenMystery2023
The Verifiers by Jane PekMystery2023
One-Shot Harry by Gary PhillipsMystery2023
Love and Saffron by Kim FayRelationship Fiction2023
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaRelationship Fiction2023
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins ReidRelationship Fiction2023
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinRelationship Fiction2023
Honey & Spice by Bolu BabalolaRomance2023
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring BlakeRomance2023
All the Feels by Olivia DadeRomance2023
The Siren of Sussex by Mimi MatthewsRomance2023
Mickey7 by Edward AshtonScience Fiction2023
Under Fortunate Stars by Ren HutchingsScience Fiction2023
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray NaylerScience Fiction2023
Braking Day by Adam OyebanjiScience Fiction2023

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