Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ann (25 Lists)



There Was a Party for Langston by Jason ReynoldsAn American Story by Kwame AlexanderSimon and the Better Bone by Corey R. TaborThe Skull by Jon KlassenJumper by Jessica Lanan
2024 Mock Caldecott List
126 books — 61 voters
Emile and the Field by Kevin YoungBerry Song by Michaela GoadeFarmhouse by Sophie BlackallBlue by Nana Ekua Brew-HammondHot Dog by Doug Salati
2023 Mock Caldecott List
147 books — 89 voters

Mel Fell by Corey R. TaborWatercress by Andrea WangWonder Walkers by Micha ArcherOutside, Inside by LeUyen PhamMilo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña
2022 Mock Caldecott List
143 books — 66 voters
A Stone Sat Still by Brendan WenzelHey, Water! by Antoinette PortisAnother by Christian RobinsonThe Undefeated by Kwame AlexanderThe Little Guys by Vera Brosgol
2020 Mock Caldecott List
109 books — 94 voters

Drawn Together by Minh LêHello Lighthouse by Sophie BlackallDreamers by Yuyi MoralesA House That Once Was by Julie FoglianoA Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
2019 Mock Caldecott
84 books — 149 voters
Front Desk by Kelly YangJust Like Jackie by Lindsey StoddardThe Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane MagrasThe Parker Inheritance by Varian JohnsonThe Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Mock Newbery 2019
97 books — 200 voters

Wolf Hollow by Lauren WolkHour of the Bees by Lindsay EagarRaymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamilloSummerlost by Ally Condie
2017 Mock Newbery
90 books — 365 voters
A Fashionable Indulgence by K.J. CharlesProvoked by Joanna ChambersThe Brook Street Collection by Ava March
MM Regency Romance
112 books — 113 voters

West of the Moon by Margi PreusAbsolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Newbery 2015
140 books — 586 voters
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia KadohataThe True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi AppeltThe Year of Billy Miller by Kevin HenkesDoll Bones by Holly BlackThe Center of Everything by Linda Urban
Newbery 2014
121 books — 472 voters

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateThe Lions of Little Rock by Kristin LevineLiar & Spy by Rebecca SteadSummer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker
Newbery 2013
131 books — 1,296 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlMy Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenFantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,176 books — 1,474 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceGraceling by Kristin CashoreThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,457 books — 18,212 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAll Clear by Connie Willis
Future Classics: Best science fiction by women written 2001-2010
155 books — 129 voters

Bitterblue by Kristin CashoreThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,516 books — 15,087 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNight by Elie WieselThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,001 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,215 books — 68,214 voters
Seventh Son by Orson Scott CardLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordePastwatch by Orson Scott Card
Best Alternate History
358 books — 676 voters

Trickster's Choice by Tamora PierceTrickster's Queen by Tamora PierceSandry's Book by Tamora PierceShatterglass by Tamora PierceAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Favorite Tamora Pierce book
36 books — 112 voters
Battle Magic by Tamora PierceBitterblue by Kristin CashoreCity of Lost Souls by Cassandra ClareOnce by Cameron Dokey
2012 YA/MG Fantasy Books
240 books — 644 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Newbery Medal Honor Books
340 books — 443 voters
The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Most Deserving Newbery
115 books — 3,000 voters

A Monster Calls by Patrick NessOkay for Now by Gary D. SchmidtThe Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. HolmAmelia Lost by Candace FlemingThe Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall
Newbery 2012
145 books — 654 voters
Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Girls disguised as Boys
850 books — 959 voters

Trickster's Queen by Tamora PierceAlanna by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth NixHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,074 books — 8,676 voters