RUSA CODES Reading ListAdrenaline

Given by RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)

Other Names: Reading List Award, RUSA Reading List
86 Works / 87 Items 0 Books
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, 2024 (8), 2023 (8), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (1)
Announced:
January 20: Winner2024 Recent
January 20: Shortlist2024 Recent
January 20: Read-alike to Winner2024 Recent

Winner 17

WorkYear
Better the Blood by Michael Bennett2024
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn2023
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby2022
The Holdout by Graham Moore2021
The Passengers by John Marrs2020
Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman2019
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips2018
Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz2017
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter2016
Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes2015
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews2014
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn2013
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson2012
The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer2011
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child2010
Blue Heaven by C. J. Box2009
The Second Objective by Mark Frost2008

Read-alike to Winner 6

WorkYear
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
Read-alike to "Better the Blood" by Michael Bennett
2024
Hades by Candice Fox
Read-alike to "Better the Blood" by Michael Bennett
2024
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
Read-alike to "Better the Blood" by Michael Bennett
2024
What Rose Forgot: A Novel by Nevada Barr
Read-alike to “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn
2023
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
Read-alike to “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn
2023
RED [2010 film] by Robert Schwentke
Read-alike to “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn
2023

Shortlist 64

WorkYear
The Last Word by Ellery Adams2024
The Antiquity Affair by Lee Kelly2024
Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie2024
Going Zero: A Novel by Anthony McCarten2024
The Lies I Tell: A Novel by Julie Clark2023
Look Closer by David Ellis2023
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister2023
Cold Fear: A Thriller by Brandon Webb2023
The Push by Ashley Audrain2022
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka2022
Red Widow by Alma Katsu2022
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian2022
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole2021
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby2021
A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson2021
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight2021
Cold Storage by David Koepp2020
The Chain by Adrian McKinty2020
Conviction by Denise Mina2020
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager2020
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier2019
Star of the North by D.B. John2019
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin2019
Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe2019
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne2018
She Rides Shotgun: A Novel by Jordan Harper2018
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love2018
The Force by Don Winslow2018
Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton2017
Livia Lone by Barry Eisler2017
The One Man by Andrew Gross2017
Security: A Novel by Gina Wohlsdorf2017
The Killing Lessons by Saul Black2016
Descent by Tim Johnston2016
Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews2016
The Cartel by Don Winslow2016
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King2015
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta2015
Runner by Patrick Lee2015
The Son by Jo Nesbo2015
The Caretaker: A Ranjit Singh Novel by A .X. Ahmad2014
Lexicon by Max Barry2014
Like This, For Ever by S. J. Bolton2014
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs2014
The Fear Artist by Timothy Hallinan2013
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes2013
The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz2013
The Inquisitor by Mark Allen Smith2013
Now You See Me by S. J. Bolton2012
The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill2012
You're Next by Gregg Hurwitz2012
Spiral by Paul McEuen2012
Caught by Harlan Coben2011
Crashers by Dana Haynes2011
They're Watching by Gregg Hurwitz2011
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White2011
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell2010
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner2010
Shatter by Michael Robotham2010
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer2010
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben2009
The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner2009
L.A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker2009
Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich2009

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