Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Serina (37 Lists)



Crown by Derrick BarnesLife on Mars by Jon AgeeCreepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
2018 Mock Caldecott
104 books — 151 voters
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
2016-2017 Bluebonnet Master List
20 books — 8 voters

Golden Boy by Tara SullivanThe Milk of Birds by Sylvia WhitmanThe Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Top Children's/Y.A. Books Set in Africa
275 books — 99 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,990 voters

One Plastic Bag by Miranda PaulDrum Dream Girl by Margarita EngleAnything But Ordinary Addie by Mara RockliffThe Water Princess by Susan Verde
Picture Books About Outstanding Women
708 books — 174 voters
Forget Me Not by Ellie TerryOne Shadow on the Wall by Leah HendersonAlmost Paradise by Corabel ShofnerThe Countdown Conspiracy by Katie SlivenskyOddity by Sarah Cannon
Middle Grade Debuts 2017
54 books — 112 voters

Rebound by Kwame AlexanderShadow Weaver by MarcyKate ConnollyThe Ambrose Deception by Emily EctonBreakout by Kate MessnerChasma Knights by Kate Reed Petty
Middle Grade Novels of 2018
571 books — 683 voters
Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams JacksonThe Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim
Middle Grade Historical Fiction of 2017
35 books — 52 voters

Black Deutschland by Darryl PinckneyEnter Title Here by Rahul Kanakia
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
178 books — 156 voters
American Panda by Gloria ChaoLove, Hate & Other Filters by Samira AhmedThe Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. PanThe Night Diary by Veera HiranandaniHurricane Child by Kacen Callender
2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
249 books — 291 voters

Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman AlexieThe Quickest Kid in Clarksville by Pat Zietlow MillerThe Water Princess by Susan VerdeI Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay DupuisJoni's Closet by Gregory Porter
2016 Picture Books With POC Leads
137 books — 49 voters
Ghost by Jason ReynoldsTowers Falling by Jewell Parker RhodesBooked by Kwame AlexanderSame But Different by Holly Robinson PeeteOrangeboy by Patrice Lawrence
If You Patiently Dissect An Ant, You See Its Intestines: Incoming Middle Grade & Young Adult Books Written by Black Authors for 2016
37 books — 33 voters

Princess and the Peas by Rachel HimesThe Ring Bearer by Floyd CooperWhen the Rain Comes by Alma Fullerton
2017 Picture Books With POC Leads
133 books — 30 voters
Orphan Island by Laurel SnyderThe Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla
Middle Grade Novels of 2017
552 books — 778 voters

They Both Die at the End by Adam SilveraMidnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams JacksonYou're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
2017 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
259 books — 361 voters
Sticks & Stones by Abby CooperBooked by Kwame AlexanderThe Wild Robot by Peter BrownWolf Hollow by Lauren WolkXander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
607 books — 948 voters

Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman AlexieShy by Deborah FreedmanAnything But Ordinary Addie by Mara RockliffBefore Morning by Joyce SidmanNobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke
2017 Mock Caldecott
99 books — 220 voters
Sticks & Stones by Abby CooperXander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway
Middle Grade Debuts 2016
48 books — 89 voters

Crenshaw by Katherine ApplegateStella by Starlight by Sharon M. DraperWolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
2016 Mock Newbery
108 books — 419 voters
Divergent by Veronica Roth
What we've read so far in 2016
7,972 books — 976 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellManiac Magee by Jerry SpinelliRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Most Deserving Newbery
115 books — 3,000 voters
Riding Chance by Christine KendallThe Steep & Thorny Way by Cat WintersGhost by Jason ReynoldsIron Cast by Destiny SoriaThe Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
2016 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
225 books — 228 voters

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods
Newbery 2015
140 books — 586 voters
Wolf Hollow by Lauren WolkThe Wild Robot by Peter BrownBooked by Kwame AlexanderSome Kind of Courage by Dan GemeinhartSoar by Joan Bauer
2017 Mock Newbery
90 books — 365 voters

The Escape by Kathryn LaskyA Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Middle Grade Novels of 2014
520 books — 1,154 voters
The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita EngleDarius Twig by Walter Dean Myers
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
197 books — 544 voters

Words with Wings by Nikki GrimesKnock Knock by Daniel BeatyCreepy Carrots! by Aaron ReynoldsFlora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamilloTito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo by Monica Brown
2014 Award Winners
72 books — 17 voters
The Laura Line by Crystal AllenThe Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit by Octavia SpencerSugar by Jewell Parker RhodesDarius & Twig by Walter Dean MyersP.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
2013 MG & YA Books Written by Authors of African Descent
41 books — 20 voters

Taken by Erin BowmanImpostor by Susanne WinnackerLinked by Imogen HowsonSplintered by A.G. HowardClockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Beautiful Book Covers of 2013
595 books — 2,020 voters
Tea Rex by Molly IdleCrankenstein by Samantha BergerRomping Monsters, Stomping Monsters by Jane Yolen
Most Anticipated Picture Books of 2013
99 books — 111 voters


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