Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Libbyvine Vine (25 Lists)



Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved
Picture Books of 2016
306 books — 144 voters
A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis PinkneySleep Tight Farm by Eugenie DoyleThe Night Gardener by Terry Fan
2017 Mock Caldecott
99 books — 220 voters

Mama Seeton's Whistle by Jerry SpinelliRed by Michael HallIf You Plant a Seed by Kadir NelsonFinding Winnie by Lindsay MattickHome by Carson Ellis
Picture Books of 2015
289 books — 159 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyGreat Expectations by Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Map of the World by Jane Hamilton
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,201 voters

A Fine Dessert by Emily JenkinsGingerbread for Liberty! by Mara RockliffThe Family Romanov by Candace FlemingThe Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
APS Read Aloud Database MS
30 books — 6 voters
Sisters by Raina TelgemeierEl Deafo by Cece BellIn Real Life by Cory Doctorow
Great Graphic Novels 2014
124 books — 74 voters

Beautiful Oops [Board book] by Barney SaltzbergThe Adventures of Beekle by Dan SantatThe Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltExtra Yarn by Mac BarnettThe Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Favorite MODERN Picture Books
718 books — 285 voters
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonBook Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss BertmanCircus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Middle Grade Novels of 2015
587 books — 1,120 voters

Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonCircus Mirandus by Cassie BeasleyBook Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
2016 Mock Newbery
108 books — 419 voters
The Crown on Your Head by Nancy TillmanThe Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-JonesLittle Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
Best Artwork in Children's Books
112 books — 19 voters

Waiting by Kevin HenkesRed by Michael HallLenny & Lucy by Philip C. SteadThank You and Good Night by Patrick McDonnell
2016 Mock Caldecott
94 books — 181 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaThe Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
Best Books for Morbid Kids
731 books — 522 voters

Little Red Writing by Joan Holub
2014 Mock Caldecott
81 books — 237 voters
The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
2015 Mock Caldecott
85 books — 258 voters

Each Kindness by Jacqueline WoodsonThe Art of Miss Chew by Patricia PolaccoUnspoken by Henry Cole
2013 Mock Caldecott
98 books — 247 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMatilda by Roald DahlThe BFG by Roald DahlA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettHarriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Books for ten-year-olds
794 books — 411 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMatilda by Roald DahlWonder by R.J. PalacioBlack Beauty by Anna SewellA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books for nine-year-olds
877 books — 450 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Books for eight-year-old children
1,008 books — 664 voters

Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice Provensen
Best of Alice Provensen
56 books — 6 voters
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth BergThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
intelligent women's fiction
311 books — 70 voters

El Deafo by Cece Bell
Newbery 2015
141 books — 587 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Medicine and Literature
1,851 books — 2,013 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,840 voters
Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnellFrédéric by Leo LionniMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyPaddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
Caldecott Honor Books
294 books — 234 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Katie's Summer Reading 2013
28 books — 7 voters