Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Linda Jackson (35 Lists)



Radiant by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Middle Grade Novels of 2025
339 books — 118 voters
Saving Jimmy by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Novels of 2024
448 books — 160 voters

Not an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesNothing Else But Miracles by Kate Albus
2024 Mock Newbery List
133 books — 109 voters
Not an Easy Win by Chrystal D. Giles
Middle Grade Novels of 2023
411 books — 175 voters

The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Books with Protagonists of Color
236 books — 36 voters
The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Everyday Heroes-Middle Readers
14 books — 3 voters

The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Books for children with strong African American leads
41 books — 5 voters
The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Black Children's Books
80 books — 17 voters

The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Black Boys
385 books — 61 voters
The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Fiction Featuring Black Eleven Year Olds by African-American Authors
16 books — 2 voters

The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Novels of 2022
437 books — 311 voters
The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Historical Fiction of 2022
50 books — 16 voters

The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Books Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2020s
47 books — 6 voters
The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams JacksonTake Back the Block by Chrystal D. GilesPlaying the Cards You're Dealt by Varian JohnsonCameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. PerryPolo Cowboy by G. Neri
2020-2022 MG Books With Black Boys on Cover
36 books — 2 voters

Evicted! by Alice Faye DuncanMiraculous by Caroline Starr RoseThe Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
2023 Mock Newbery List
154 books — 139 voters
How to Save a Queendom by Jessica Lawson
Mock Newbery 2022
132 books — 178 voters

The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
Mock Newbery 2021
116 books — 181 voters
Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan
Picture Books of 2020
376 books — 104 voters

A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks by Alice Faye Duncan
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2019 (Mock Sibert, 2020)
91 books — 23 voters
Just South of Home by Karen StrongThe Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan GemeinhartThe Owls Have Come to Take Us Away by Ronald L. Smith
Middle Grade Novels of 2019
501 books — 446 voters

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul CurtisThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderAs Brave As You by Jason ReynoldsHoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
Middle Grade Books with Black Boy MC
53 books — 6 voters
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan
2018 Picture Books With POC Leads
153 books — 41 voters

Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1950s
172 books — 35 voters
A Sky Full of Stars by Linda Williams Jackson
2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
249 books — 291 voters

A Sky Full of Stars by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Novels of 2018
571 books — 681 voters
Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
Book Riot's 100 Best Children's Books for Black History Month
151 books — 18 voters

Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
Poignant Elementary Reads
180 books — 6 voters
Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
At the bottom of patience is heaven: Incoming Middle Grade & Young Adult Books Written by Black Authors for 2017
42 books — 45 voters

Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
Great Reads About the Civil Rights Movement
212 books — 21 voters
Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Historical Fiction of 2017
35 books — 52 voters


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