Booklist magazine, the review journal of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced its 11th annual Top of the List winners. The eight winning titles were chosen from the annual Editors' Choice selections as the best books and media of 2001.
"This year's Top of the List winners cover the gamut," said Bill Ott, Booklist editor and publisher. "There's music, art and poetry--as well as a now-infamous novel by Oprah's favorite author."
Selections are featured in the special combined January 1 and 15, 2002, issue of Booklist, which includes the complete, annotated Editors' Choice lists for adult books, adult books for young adults, books for youth, reference sources and media.
The 2001 Booklist Top of the List winners are:
Adult Fiction: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Adult Nonfiction: John Adams by David McCullough
Youth Fiction: The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo
Youth Nonfiction: Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art edited by Jan Greenberg
Youth Picture Book: My Car written and illustrated by Byron Barton
Reference Source: New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell
Adult Video: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - PBS
Youth Video: The Old Man and the Sea - Direct Cinema