Choice Outstanding Academic Titles, formerly Outstanding Academic Books, is a booklist curated by editors working with Choice Reviews, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
"[2] The list is published every December and covers around 10 percent of the roughly 5,000 books reviewed annually.
In 2014, Choice partnered with EBSCOhost to highlight the academic books selected as Outstanding Academic Titles available on EBSCO, allowing "librarians to easily identify and acquire the titles that have been designated as excellent in presentation and scholarship, bringing exceptional support to the research of their students and faculty and increasing the value of their overall library collection.
[5] Until 2000, the list was referred to as Outstanding Academic Books; however, editors at Choice opted for a name change due to the increasing use of electronic products.
Selections for Outstanding Academic Titles are determined by scholars who act as experts in their respective fields of study and who do not receive payment for their reviews.