Booksellers rate memorable reads

0 Comments | USA TODAY, April, 2004 | by Jacqueline Blais

More than 1,000 independent booksellers, members of the American Booksellers Association, recently cast votes for the books they most enjoy recommending. The titles are part of Book Sense 76 (booksense.com), the association's 5-year-old list of bookseller favorites. The 25 winners (listed alphabetically by title in each category) were chosen from 223 adult and 148 children's titles:

Adult Fiction

* Atonement by Ian McEwan

* Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

* The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

* Empire Falls by Richard Russo

* Life of Pi by Yann Martel

* The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

* Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

* The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

* The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

* The...