Katrina by The Times-PicayuneA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler1 Dead in Attic by Chris  RoseBreach of Faith by Jed HorneThe Complete Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
Best New Orleans Books
422 books — 346 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksWicked by Gregory MaguireAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters

We are the Ship by Kadir NelsonWabi Sabi by Mark ReibsteinA Kitten Tale by Eric RohmannOld Bear by Kevin Henkes
2009 Caldecott Contenders
37 books — 99 voters
The Giver by Lois LowrySarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanI, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de TreviñoBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Most Deserving Newbery
116 books — 3,000 voters