Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/14413650-phil-j">Phil J</a> (35 Lists)

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Land of Broken Promises by Jane Kuo

2024 Mock Newbery List

133 books — 109 voters

Crazy in Poughkeepsie by Daniel Pinkwater

A Song Called Home by Sara Zarr

Rima's Rebellion by Margarita Engle

Singing with Elephants by Margarita Engle

2023 Mock Newbery List

154 books — 139 voters

Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Mock Newbery 2022

132 books — 179 voters

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

Leaving Lymon by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Mock Newbery 2021

117 books — 181 voters

2001 by Arthur C. Clarke

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke

Best Real Science Fiction Books with No Bad Guys

54 books — 34 voters

Spy Runner by Eugene Yelchin

The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

The Unteachables by Gordon Korman

Mock Newbery 2020

98 books — 217 voters

Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bob by Wendy Mass

Mock Newbery 2019

97 books — 201 voters

The Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis

All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl

Supergifted by Gordon Korman

Middle Grade Novels of 2018

580 books — 711 voters

Train I Ride by Paul Mosier

Loving vs. Virginia by Patricia Hruby Powell

Auma's Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo

2018 Mock Newbery

101 books — 336 voters

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Samurai Rising by Pamela S. Turner

2017 Mock Newbery

91 books — 366 voters

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Books With a Manic Pixie Dream Girl/Guy

52 books — 16 voters

The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell

Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. by Bette Greene

Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Newbery Medal Honor Books

346 books — 446 voters

The Morning Meeting Book by Roxann Kriete

The Art of Teaching Reading by Lucy Calkins

The Self-Esteem Teacher by Robert B. Brooks

The Power of Our Words by Paula Denton

Books for Teachers/Educators

792 books — 671 voters

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht

The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos

1919 by John Dos Passos

The Big Money by John Dos Passos

Books Banned by Nazis

102 books — 29 voters

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Best Plays Ever

875 books — 1,137 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) Group Reads

433 books — 173 voters

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Night by Elie Wiesel

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography

6,514 books — 7,742 voters

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Best Coretta Scott King and Pura Belpre Award Winner

10 books — 6 voters

Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak

Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

There's a Wocket in My Pocket! by Dr. Seuss

Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins

Best Picture Books

3,193 books — 2,086 voters

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber

Mount Analogue by René Daumal

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal

Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth

World's Greatest Novellas

733 books — 1,469 voters

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke

Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber

100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

3,004 books — 3,686 voters

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead

Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper

The Marvels by Brian Selznick

2016 Mock Newbery

109 books — 420 voters

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Best Fantasy Books

1,747 books — 1,524 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,760 books — 25,706 voters

Whatever happened to Gorgeous George? by Joe Jares

Have a Nice Day! by Mick Foley

Best Wrestling Books

488 books — 161 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)

4,688 books — 26,788 voters

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Weirdest Books Ever

1,184 books — 1,196 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman

The Most Deserving Newbery

136 books — 3,041 voters

Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad

Frank Zappa by Ben Watson

Best Books on Rock and Roll

907 books — 1,287 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The Odyssey by Homer

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Best Books Ever

78,649 books — 293,040 voters

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