June 2024 PrizeCAT Booklists

Usually, it’s not a good thing to be on somebody’s list. However, this month in the PrizeCAT, it’s a good thing!

This month brings us Book Lists in the PrizeCat. The list is nearly endless!

Just a few:
New York Times Best Sellers List

American Library Association “Best of” genres

1001 Books You Must Read Before you Die

The Conscious Kid-children’s booklists for African-American and Latino Authors
Publisher’s Weekly List

Queen’s Booklist-anti-best seller but best reading list

Booker Prize Short List and Long Lists

Book Bub-70 books everyone should read in their lifetime

PBS-The Great American Read 100 Best Books List

NPR-Has a booklist for each year

National Education Association-has book lists by theme

Kirkus Reviews has multiples lists from Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander authors to best Indie Books to Women’s Month Picture Books

Most libraries also have their most read/popular book lists.

The Guardian has multiple reading lists titled Australian locales, romance books, graphic novels and many more.

As always, both fiction and non-fiction will fit this CATegory.

What’s on your list?

I think I will attempt Prisoner B-3087 which was on the Best Fiction for Young Adults list in 2014. (American Library Association)

I am currently reading The Enormous Room by e e cummings, which is on the 1001 Books list. It's a bit early, but I might still count it.

One of my favourite lists is the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read.

The Wiki

Haven't decided yet but this seemed almost too easy. The difficulty is in choosing from so many options.

I think it's going to be a case of just choosing a book and then seeing what lists it's on rather than specifically choosing a book for this prompt.

>5 Robertgreaves: I agree! Unless, of course, someone is trying to complete a list.

I’ll probably read Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, since it will count toward two of my personal categories as well as appearing on the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2017 list. Alternatively, I may read Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, since it would count toward one of my personal categories and the SFFKit, as well as appearing on the same list in 2023.

I am finally going to read Life of Pi. It is on the 1001 Books list and won the 2002 Booker.

The theme for my RL book club this year is "list", so this fits in nicely. In June, I'll be reading the July book Cold Comfort Farm by Stelle Gibbons which has been on many lists including 1001 Books to Read Before You Die.

The Wiki is working now (for how long?). I've put a link in >3 pamelad:.

I have a lot of books from the NPR Book Concierge on my TBR. I might try Tress of the Emerald Sea, Julieta and the Romeos, or Once More With Feeling, since they all match at least one of my other CATs and KITs for the month.

>10 pamelad: TY!

As others have said, hopefully this one will be fairly easy to find a book for. I skipped April and will likely be skipping May, as well.

I've just borrowed Under the Net by Iris Murdoch. It's on many lists, including 1001 Books, Guardian 1000, Modern Library 100, Time's All-Time 100.