RUSA CODES Reading ListWomen's Fiction

Given by RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)

Other Names: Reading List Award, RUSA Reading List
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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:
All, Adrenaline (87), Fantasy (84), Historical Fiction (88), Horror (88), Mystery (87), Relationship Fiction (31), Romance (82), Science Fiction (86), Women's Fiction (53), , No Category (1)
Years:
All, 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (3), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (4), 2009 (5), 2008 (1)
Announced:
January 20: Winner2024 Recent
January 20: Shortlist2024 Recent
January 20: Read-alike to Winner2024 Recent

Winner 12

WorkYear
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson2019
The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson2018
I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan2017
Re Jane by Patricia Park2016
My Real Children by Jo Walton2015
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes2014
The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway2013
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh2012
Solomon's Oak by Jo-Ann Mapson2011
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani2010
Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy2009
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen2008

Shortlist 41

WorkYear
The High Season by Judy Blundell2019
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center2019
Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes2019
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson2019
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman2018
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso2018
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney2018
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman2018
The Mothers by Brit Bennett2017
The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson2017
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller2017
The Assistants by Camille Perri2017
A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott2016
Days of Awe by Lauren Fox2016
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell2015
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran2015
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid2015
The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar2015
Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain2014
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight2014
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty2014
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult2014
Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon2013
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson2013
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella2013
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton2013
Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister2012
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown2012
Deep Down True by Juliette Fay2012
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty2012
The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen2011
The Language of Sand: A Novel by Ellen Block2011
The Love Goddess' Cooking School: A Novel by Melissa Senate2011
A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff2011
Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas2010
Shelter Me by Juliette Fay2010
Divas Don't Knit by Gil McNeil2010
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen2009
Thank You for All Things (Bantam Discovery) by Sandra Kring2009
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos2009
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner2009

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