If you have not yet heard we’d like to share with you news of book awards that were announced at this year’s ALA Midwinter conference. We congratulate all of the authors who won and are especially proud of our RH authors making this year’s list.
ALA NOTABLE BOOKS
FICTION
The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
NONFICTION
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
SOPHIE BRODY AWARD FOR JEWISH LIT
Winner:
Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza
Honor Books:
Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Metamaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus by Art Spiegelman
READING LIST GENRE AWARDS
Adrenaline short list:
Spiral: A Novel by Paul McEuen
Fantasy winner:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Fantasy short list:
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Historical Fiction winner:
Doc: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
Horror short list:
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
The Night Strangers: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian
Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory
Mystery short list:
The Snowman: A Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbo
Science Fiction short list:
Embassytown by China Mieville
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Women’s Fiction winner:
Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
ALEX AWARDS (Best Adult Books for YA)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson
The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macy
2012 NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by Susan Shea
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters by Donna Jo Napoli
Stones for My Father by Trilby Kent
Witches by Rosalyn Schanzer
2012 QUICK PICKS FOR RELUCTANT YOUNG READERS
Top Ten Winners:
HUMAN.4 by Mike A. Lancaster
Honorable:
Non-Fiction:
How to Survive Anything: Shark Attack, Lightning, Embarrassing Parents, Pop Quizzes, and Other Perilous Situations by Rachel Buchholz
Fiction:
Hooked by Catherine Greenman
Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
You Have Seven Messages by Stewart Lewis
Exposed by Kimberly Marcus