Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Melanie (17 Lists)



Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter
Middle Grade Novels of 2022
442 books — 312 voters
Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
Middle Grade Novels of 2020
556 books — 455 voters

Paper Wishes by Lois SepahbanThe Wild Robot by Peter BrownPax by Sara Pennypacker
2017 Mock Newbery
90 books — 365 voters
Be a Friend by Salina YoonTwenty Yawns by Jane SmileyThere Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane SmithSnappsy the Alligator by Julie Falatko
2017 Mock Caldecott
99 books — 220 voters

Kat Greene Comes Clean by Melissa RoskeA Rambler Steals Home by Carter HigginsIt's a Mystery, Pig Face! by Wendy McLeod MacKnightMidnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
Middle Grade Novels of 2017
552 books — 778 voters
My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights by Brooks BenjaminThe Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan
April 2016 Releases
52 books — 82 voters

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly HuntCrenshaw by Katherine ApplegateThe Thing About Jellyfish by Ali BenjaminThe Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
2016 Mock Newbery
108 books — 419 voters
Bounders by Monica TeslerShallow Graves by Kali Wallace
January 2016 Releases
57 books — 92 voters

The Last Boy at St. Edith's by Lee Gjertsen MaloneFenway and Hattie by Victoria J. CoeA Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
February 2016 Releases
70 books — 189 voters
Counting Thyme by Melanie ConklinKira-Kira by Cynthia KadohataSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
YA Fiction About Cancer
141 books — 288 voters

Counting Thyme by Melanie ConklinThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenWays to Live Forever by Sally NichollsMe and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Fictional Books on Cancer
106 books — 96 voters
Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
Books to Read When a Family Member Has Cancer
129 books — 145 voters

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi HeiligThe Reader by Traci CheeSword and Verse by Kathy MacMillanRebel of the Sands by Alwyn HamiltonScarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw
YA Debuts 2016
255 books — 1,366 voters
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura ShovanCounting Thyme by Melanie ConklinThe Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price by Jennifer MaschariThe Last Boy at St. Edith's by Lee Gjertsen Malone
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
607 books — 948 voters

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura ShovanFenway and Hattie by Victoria J. CoeCounting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
2016 Debut Author Challenge (MG/YA/NA)
134 books — 246 voters
Counting Thyme by Melanie ConklinThe Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura ShovanFenway and Hattie by Victoria J. Coe
Middle Grade Debuts 2016
48 books — 89 voters

At Your Service by Jen Malone
2014 Debut Author Challenge (YA/MG/NA)
426 books — 1,340 voters