THE CHOICE "OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE" AWARD IS PRESENTED EACH YEAR TO A PRESTIGIOUS SELECTION OF ACADEMIC MATERIAL. THE OAT AWARD REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST CALIBER OF SCHOLARLY TITLES THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY CHOICE AND CONVEYS THE EXTRAORDINARY RECOGNITION OF THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY.

To obtain recognition as an "Outstanding Academic Title", scholarly works must demonstrate:

  • Overall excellence in presentation and scholarship
  • Importance relative to other literature in the field
  • Distinction as a first treatment of a given subject in book or electronic form
  • Value to undergraduate students
  • Importance in building undergraduate library selections

Explore the works by Taylor & Francis that were selected as 2024 Outstanding Academic Titles below, according to a variety of subject areas and disciplines:

Archaeology

Cities and Citadels : An Archaeology of Inequality and Economic Growth - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Cities and Citadels: An Archaeology of Inequality and Economic Growth
By Adam S. Green, Toby C. Wilkinson, Darryl Wilkinson, Nancy Highcock, Thomas Leppard
USD $200.00
December 19, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032024844
Hardback
286 Pages

Architecture

Old Materials, New Climate : Traditional Building Materials in a Changing World - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Old Materials, New Climate: Traditional Building Materials in a Changing World
By Susan Pranger
USD $200.00
February 22, 2024 by Routledge
ISBN: 9780367749569
Hardback
436 Pages

Computer Science

Data Science : Techniques and Intelligent Applications - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Data Science: Techniques and Intelligent Applications
By Pallavi Vijay Chavan, Parikshit N Mahalle, Ramchandra Mangrulkar, Idongesit Williams
USD $190.00 $142.50
August 15, 2022 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9781032254494
Hardback
322 Pages

Machine Learning : Theory and Practice - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Machine Learning: Theory and Practice
By Jugal Kalita
USD $165.00
December 21, 2022 by Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9780367433543
Hardback
298 Pages

Education

High-Impact Design for Online Courses : Blueprinting Quality Digital Learning in Eight Practical Steps - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
High-Impact Design for Online Courses: Blueprinting Quality Digital Learning in Eight Practical Steps
By Bethany Simunich, Andrea Gregg, Penny Ralston-Berg
USD $54.99
February 14, 2024 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032580654
Paperback
306 Pages

High Leverage Practices for Intensive Interventions - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
High Leverage Practices for Intensive Interventions
By James McLeskey, Lawrence Maheady, Bonnie Billingsley, Mary T. Brownell, Timothy J. Lewis, Sheila Alber-Morgan
USD $40.99
June 01, 2023 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9781032231068
Paperback
370 Pages

The Writing Teacher’s Guide to Pedagogical Documentation : Rethinking How We Assess Learners and Learning - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
The Writing Teacher’s Guide to Pedagogical Documentation: Rethinking How We Assess Learners and Learning
By Angela Stockman
USD $34.99
February 29, 2024 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9781032366319
Paperback
188 Pages

Gender Studies

Feminist Animal Studies : Theories, Practices, Politics - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Feminist Animal Studies: Theories, Practices, Politics
By Erika Cudworth, Ruth E. McKie, Di Turgoose
USD $54.99
December 30, 2022 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032120065
Paperback
266 Pages

History

Australia on the World Stage : History, Politics, and International Relations - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Australia on the World Stage: History, Politics, and International Relations
By Bridget Brooklyn, Benjamin T. Jones, Rebecca Strating
USD $51.99
October 18, 2022 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032117171
Paperback
234 Pages

Life Science

Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America
By James R. Heffelfinger, Paul R. Krausman
USD $180.00 $135.00
April 27, 2023 by CRC Press
ISBN: 9781032407609
Hardback
536 Pages

The Biology of Aquatic and Wetland Plants - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
The Biology of Aquatic and Wetland Plants
By Gary N. Ervin
USD $73.99 $62.89
April 26, 2023 by CRC Press
ISBN: 9781032465395
Paperback
394 Pages

Literature

Prepossessing Henry James : The Strange Freedom - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Prepossessing Henry James: The Strange Freedom
By Julián Jiménez Heffernan
USD $200.00
May 31, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032058658
Hardback
300 Pages

Mental Health

Half in Love with Death : Managing the Chronically Suicidal Patient - 2nd Edition book cover
2nd Edition
Half in Love with Death: Managing the Chronically Suicidal Patient
By Joel Paris
USD $45.99
July 20, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032335063
Paperback
196 Pages

The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis
By Julie H. Linden, Giuseppe De Benedittis, Laurence I. Sugarman, Katalin Varga
USD $305.00 $228.75
February 02, 2024 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032311401
Hardback
954 Pages

Psychological Interventions from Six Continents : Culture, Collaboration, and Community - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
Psychological Interventions from Six Continents: Culture, Collaboration, and Community
By Barbara L. Mercer, Heather Macdonald, Caroline Purves
USD $57.99
July 01, 2022 by Routledge
ISBN: 9780367643478
Paperback
320 Pages

Physics

The Nature of Time - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
The Nature of Time
By J. Woods Halley
USD $160.00 $136.00
December 02, 2022 by CRC Press
ISBN: 9780367478759
Hardback
166 Pages

Sociology

The Cult of the Victim-Veteran : MAGA Fantasies in Lost-war America - 1st Edition book cover
1st Edition
The Cult of the Victim-Veteran: MAGA Fantasies in Lost-war America
By Jerry Lembcke
USD $57.99
July 17, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032490243
Paperback
130 Pages