The "Dorothy" Awards

Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957)

The discussion list-serv DorothyL was concocted by a group of librarians at a July 1991 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries and named to honor mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers. The group has well over 3,000 members from 25+ countries who meet up in the virtual environment to share their love of crime fiction. In recent years, Theresa de Valence has compiled "best of" lists from members who contributed their favorite reads of the past year.

The most recent list, for 2011, included the members' favorite authors and favorite titles, which include many of the bestsellers such as A Trick Of The Light by Louise Penny, One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin, and Hell is Empty by Craig Johnson. But the lists have a variety of other authors and books, too, ones you may not see on the bestseller lists or nominated for awards, but may nonetheless give you some good reading material for your library shelf or eReader. It's always nice to find new friends.

Comments

[Theresa de Valence]

Thanks for the mention, B.V.! I've been compiling Best Of Year books since 2006.