Mouse of My Heart by Margaret Wise BrownHoney for a Child's Heart by Gladys M. HuntThe Train to Timbuctoo by Margaret Wise BrownWait Till the Moon Is Full by Margaret Wise BrownThe Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown
Honey for a Child's Heart Ages 4-8
86 books — 2 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Caldecott Medal Winners
90 books — 457 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Children's Fantasy
976 books — 1,120 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Most Deserving Newbery
111 books — 2,993 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Power and the Glory by Graham GreeneThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Catholic Fiction
546 books — 430 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBeowulf by UnknownThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Books important to and by the Inklings
109 books — 15 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Inklings
170 books — 17 voters
The Bark of the Bog Owl by Jonathan RogersThe Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls WilderCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
The Read-Aloud Family (Ages 8-12)
98 books — 8 voters