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RUSA Names The Best of the Best

The Reference and User Services Association division of the American Library Association has named its picks for the most outstanding contributions to genre fiction this year (here’s a link to the entire list, in case you’re interested). Below you’ll se the choice for the horror genre, some read-alikes, and the short list– those books that came close. Congratulations to all!

RUSA’s choice for most outstanding contribution to the horror genre in 2013 is…

The Ritual by Adam Nevill
Summary: In the remote forests of Sweden, the friendship between four men disintegrates when they wander off the hiking trail and find themselves stalked by an unseen and increasingly violent menace. “Blair Witch” meets black metal in this dark and suspenseful horror novel.

 

Read-alikes
The Ruins by Scott Smith
Deliverance by James Dickey
Neverland by Douglas Clegg

Short List
Breed by Chase Novak (Mullholland Books, 9780316198561)
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James (New American Library, 9780451235688)
This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don’t Touch It by David Wong (St. Martin’s Press, 9780312546342)
The Return Man by V. M. Zito (Orbit, 9780316218283)

 

So what do you think? Do you agree? What is the most outstanding contribution to horror fiction for 2013?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by , Reply

The Top Picks in Horror Fiction from RUSA’s “Must Read” Titles in Genre Fiction for 2012

ALA’s Reference and User Services Association(aka RUSA) is made up of top readers’ advisory librarians, and they have just announced their “must read” list for genre fiction for 2012.  I thought I’d share it here and see whether all you avid horror readers agree with their choices.

TOP PICK

The Ridge by Michael Koryta, Little, Brown, 9780316053662
The unexplained death of an eccentric lighthouse keeper in the isolated Kentucky woods, followed by a mysterious threat to a nearby large cat sanctuary prompt an investigation by a journalist and the local sheriff. Palpable evil and a sense of dread drive this chilling tale.

READ-ALIKES:

The Dead Path by Stephen Irwin
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist

SHORT LIST:

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan, Knopf, 9780307595089
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian, Crown, 9780307394996
Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory, Del Rey, 9780345522375
The White Devil by Justin Evans, Harper Collins, 9780061728273

I know our own Top Picks list included a few of these, but some I’m not familiar with at all. Do you agree with the librarians of RUSA?

 

Posted on January 31, 2012 by , Reply