Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Barbara (10 Lists)



Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusThe Maid by Nita ProseRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellThe Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Your Top 5 Reads in 2022
577 books — 196 voters
Revolution by Deborah WilesI Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora
Newbery 2015
140 books — 586 voters

Emily's Blue Period by Cathleen DalySparky! by Jenny Offill
2015 Mock Caldecott
83 books — 256 voters
Cress by Marissa MeyerConversion by Katherine HoweThe Carnelian Tyranny by Cheryl KoevoetQueen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
Most Beautiful YA Covers of 2014
469 books — 2,164 voters

Navigating Early by Clare VanderpoolCounting by 7s by Holly Goldberg SloanOne Came Home by Amy TimberlakeHold Fast by Blue BalliettThe True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
Newbery 2014
121 books — 472 voters
Bluebird by Bob StaakeThe Matchbox Diary by Paul FleischmanMiss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan PinboroughLittle Red Writing by Joan HolubParrots Over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth
2014 Mock Caldecott
81 books — 237 voters

The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin LevineThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateSee You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
Newbery 2013
131 books — 1,296 voters
And Then It's Spring by Julie FoglianoGreen by Laura Vaccaro SeegerHouse Held Up by Trees by Ted KooserOne Cool Friend by Toni BuzzeoBear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead
2013 Mock Caldecott
97 books — 247 voters

These Hands by Margaret H. MasonGoyangi Means Cat by Christine McDonnellA Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts AstonA Nation's Hope by Matt de la PeñaThe Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
2012 Mock Caldecott
86 books — 193 voters
The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. HolmAmelia Lost by Candace FlemingThe Friendship Doll by Kirby LarsonOkay for Now by Gary D. SchmidtThe Queen of Water by Laura Resau
Newbery 2012
145 books — 654 voters