The Reading List 2009

Downers Grove, Illinois; Jennifer Baker, The Seattle Public Library; Arlene Griffin, LSSI Library North Jackson Madison County Library; Mirja Johanson, Perrot Memorial Library; LucyLockley, St. Charles City-County Library District; Robert Renwick, Brooklyn Public Library; Jacqueline Sasaki, Ann Arbor District Library; Sharron Smith, Kitchener Public Library; Tapley Trudell, San Antonio Public Library; and Alan Ziebarth, Chicago Public Library. The Reading List annually recognizes the best books in eight genres: adrenaline (which includes suspense, thriller, and adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, and women's fiction. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008 (978-1-56512-541-4). $22.95 Set against the richly textured landscape of rural Vermont, Maloy's optimistic and heartwarming novel chronicles one woman's experience of widowhood as she remembers the pains and pleasures of her long marriage and moves into a new phase of her life.