Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra DeedyBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyOwl babies by Martin WaddellTiny Creatures by Nicola Davies
Nature Picture Books for Kids
259 books — 25 voters
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann JacobsThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenThe Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,872 voters

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie BongiovanniPregnant Butch by A.K. SummersMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisPatsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!, Volume 1 by Kate LethThey Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,060 books — 1,040 voters
The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff
Comics, graphic novels, memoirs
73 books — 10 voters

Primates by Jim Ottaviani
Best Earth Day Books
162 books — 25 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Best Young Adult Books
13,099 books — 80,153 voters
The Kissing Hand by Audrey PennScaredy Squirrel by Mélanie WattRoxaboxen by Alice McLerranWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Childhood Picture Books
846 books — 507 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamY by Brian K. Vaughan
500 Essential Graphic Novels
939 books — 863 voters
Here by Richard McGuireHabibi by Craig Thompson
Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize
39 books — 32 voters

Marbles by Ellen ForneyThe Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica NovgorodoffLe bleu est une couleur chaude by Jul MarohTomboy by Liz PrinceLighter than My Shadow by Katie Green
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,362 voters
Maus I by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlankets by Craig ThompsonMarbles by Ellen Forney
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
386 books — 431 voters

Mother Earth and Her Children by Sibylle von OlfersRed Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman
Picture Books About Spring
219 books — 40 voters

The Gruesome Guide to World Monsters by Judy SierraHubert the Pudge by Henrik Drescher
Best of Henrik Drescher
25 books — 8 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,382 voters

Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
Newbery Medal Honor Books
340 books — 442 voters

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,764 voters
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas by Russell HobanThe Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket
Favorite Christmas Books
1,483 books — 1,561 voters

Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell
Caldecott Honor Books
289 books — 233 voters
Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell
2012 Mock Caldecott
86 books — 193 voters