{"id":2866,"date":"2013-12-06T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2013-12-06T13:58:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:58:23","slug":"rusa-names-the-best-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/rusa-names-the-best-of-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSA Names The Best of the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/rusa\/awards\/readinglist\">link<\/a> to the entire list, in case you&#8217;re interested). Below you&#8217;ll se the choice for the horror genre, some read-alikes, and the short list&#8211; those books that came close. Congratulations to all!<\/p>\n<p>RUSA&#8217;s choice for most outstanding contribution to the horror genre in 2013 is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Ritual<\/em> by Adam Nevill<br \/>\nSummary: 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. \u201cBlair Witch\u201d meets black metal in this dark and suspenseful horror novel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read-alikes<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Ruins<\/em> by Scott Smith<br \/>\n<em>Deliverance<\/em> by James Dickey<br \/>\n<em>Neverland<\/em> by Douglas Clegg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short List<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Breed<\/em> by Chase Novak (Mullholland Books, 9780316198561)<br \/>\n<em>The Haunting of Maddy Clare<\/em> by Simone St. James (New American Library, 9780451235688)<br \/>\n<em>This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don\u2019t Touch It by David Wong<\/em> (St. Martin\u2019s Press, 9780312546342)<br \/>\n<em>The Return Man<\/em> by V. M. Zito (Orbit, 9780316218283)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what do you think? Do you agree? What is the most outstanding contribution to horror fiction for 2013?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s a link to the entire list, in case you&#8217;re interested). Below you&#8217;ll se the choice for the horror genre, some read-alikes, and the short list&#8211; those books that<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/rusa-names-the-best-of-the-best\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1861,1859,1332,1867,1868,1872,1864,1804,60,83,1865,1866,11,832,1863,1870,1869,1873,1860,1862,1871,1874],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adam-nevill","tag-book-awards","tag-booklists","tag-breed","tag-chase-novak","tag-david-wong","tag-deliverance","tag-douglas-clegg","tag-genre-fiction","tag-horror-fiction","tag-james-dickey","tag-neverland","tag-readers-advisory","tag-rusa","tag-scott-smith","tag-simone-st-james","tag-the-haunting-of-maddy-clare","tag-the-return-man","tag-the-ritual","tag-the-ruins","tag-this-book-is-full-of-spiders","tag-v-m-zito"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2869,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions\/2869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}