** Designates TAYSHAS Top Ten Books** :
The top ten books were selected by the committee from the titles receiving a unanimous vote in the initial voting process.
'TAYSHAS' takes its name from the Caddo Indian word meaning "friends or allies." Written texas, texios, tejas, teyas or tayshas, the word was applied to the Caddos by the Spanish in eastern Texas, who regarded them as friends and allies against the Apaches.