The Lions' Run by Sara PennypackerThe Moon Without Stars by Chanel MillerBirdy by N. West MossA Scar like a River by Lisa GraffYou Are Now Old Enough to Hear This by Aaron Starmer
2027 Mock Newbery List
68 books — 46 voters
While We’re Here by Anne WynterNavigating Night by Julie Leung102 by Matthew CordellGoldfinches by Mary OliverFourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford
2027 Mock Caldecott List
99 books — 33 voters

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
3,056 books — 5,581 voters
The Trouble with Heroes by Kate MessnerThe Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey HartmanBad Badger by Maryrose WoodRebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse AndersonMax in the Land of Lies by Adam Gidwitz
2026 Mock Newbery List
83 books — 61 voters

Don't Trust Fish by Neil SharpsonFireworks by Matthew BurgessTo See an Owl by Matthew CordellEvery Monday Mabel by Jashar AwanOur Lake by Angie Kang
2026 Mock Caldecott List
142 books — 62 voters
Ferris by Kate DiCamilloThe Night War by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyOlivetti by Allie MillingtonThe First State of Being by Erin Entrada KellyThe Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
2025 Mock Newbery List
94 books — 75 voters

The Last Zookeeper by Aaron BeckerThe Yellow Bus by Loren LongThe Last Stand by Antwan EadyHome in a Lunchbox by Cherry MoTime to Make Art by Jeff Mack
2025 Mock Caldecott List
138 books — 62 voters
And Tango Makes Three by Justin RichardsonStrong by Rob  KearneyRed by Michael  HallGoblinheart by Brett AxelHeather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman
LGBTQ Children's Literature
376 books — 277 voters

Luna by Julie Anne PetersIf I Was Your Girl by Meredith RussoBeing Emily by Rachel GoldMelissa by Alex  GinoBeautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Booklist for Trans Teens
390 books — 491 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Lion and the Mouse by Jerry PinkneyDandelion by Don FreemanHow to Hide a Lion by Helen StephensAndy and the Lion by James Daugherty
Lion Picture Books and Children's Lit
140 books — 24 voters

The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. SchmidtSimon Sort of Says by Erin BowThe Red Ear Blows Its Nose by Robert  SchechterA First Time for Everything by Dan SantatWhat Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
2024 Mock Newbery List
133 books — 109 voters
Big by Vashti HarrisonAn American Story by Kwame AlexanderOnce Upon a Book by Grace LinJumper by Jessica LananIn Every Life by Marla Frazee
2024 Mock Caldecott List
126 books — 61 voters


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