One Dead Spy by Nathan HaleBig Bad Ironclad! by Nathan HaleAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanRapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale
Best Graphic Novels for Middle School
215 books — 333 voters
Thank You, Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best non-fiction picture books
655 books — 225 voters

Eye to Eye by Steve JenkinsIvan by Katherine ApplegateJosephine by Patricia Hruby PowellHandle with Care by Loree Griffin Burns
NEW Children's Nonfiction In 2014
80 books — 26 voters
The Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming
The Greatest Liars & Cheaters
128 books — 57 voters

Bluebird by Bob StaakeBuilding Our House by Jonathan Bean
2014 Mock Caldecott
83 books — 239 voters
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
White as the Driven Snow
1,766 books — 257 voters

The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen
Picture Books About Pirates
233 books — 85 voters
The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. BeilWemberly Worried by Kevin HenkesLunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. KrosoczkaWonder by R.J. PalacioI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Back to School!
106 books — 61 voters

The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
Covers with School Uniforms
246 books — 33 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineWhere Things Come Back by John Corey WhaleyThe Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterOkay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
YALSA 2012 Best of the Best
83 books — 64 voters

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs MartinThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Best Snowy Picture Books
79 books — 25 voters
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy RathmannKnuffle Bunny by Mo WillemsInterrupting Chicken by David Ezra SteinLlama Llama Red Pajama by Anna DewdneyThe Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry... by Don  Wood
100 Greatest Books For Kids
103 books — 56 voters

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Newbery 2012
147 books — 655 voters

Bluebird by Bob StaakeAnno's Journey by Mitsumasa AnnoThe Red Book by Barbara LehmanYou Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss WeitzmanA Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
Wordless Picture Books
427 books — 390 voters
Olivia by Ian FalconerKnuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Best little girl books
502 books — 358 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsWater for Elephants by Sara GruenNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Kindle Lendable Books
45 books — 29 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best for Book Clubs
15,296 books — 19,540 voters

An Object of Beauty by Steve  MartinLittle Bee by Chris CleaveThe Middle Place by Kelly CorriganAmerican Wife by Curtis SittenfeldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Laidback Ladies 2011 Book List
31 books — 31 voters
Found by Margaret Peterson HaddixThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Cool Books for Grades 4-6
741 books — 576 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,260 books — 8,104 voters
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Abandoned Books
1,465 books — 1,462 voters


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