The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortySilver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe West by Naoíse Mac SweeneyUnlikeable Female Characters by Anna BogutskayaThe Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
Best Books of 2023
1,223 books — 1,838 voters
The Wager by David GrannMother Tongue by Jenni  NuttallSaving Time by Jenny OdellUnlikeable Female Characters by Anna BogutskayaOn Our Best Behavior by Elise Loehnen
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2023
1,340 books — 143 voters

Sweep by Jonathan AuxierWhat Do You Do with a Voice Like That? by Chris  BartonFrankie Sparks and the Class Pet by Megan Frazer BlakemoreThey Call Me Güero by David  BowlesRocket to the Moon! by Don  Brown
2020-2021 Bluebonnet List
20 books — 7 voters
Small Spaces by Katherine ArdenThe Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn BarnesThe Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring BlakeStepsister by Jennifer DonnellyA Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
2020 Lone Star List
20 books — 11 voters

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonFinale by Stephanie GarberFence, Vol. 2 by C.S. Pacat
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters
Cogewea, The Half Blood by Mourning Dove
Best Westerns
1,381 books — 1,507 voters

Jackaby by William  RitterStalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri ManiscalcoSomething Strange and Deadly by Susan DennardBeastly Bones by William  RitterA Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard
Teen Historical Fiction
1,401 books — 3,095 voters
The Devouring Gray by C.L. HermanThe Storm Crow by Kalyn JosephsonWicked Saints by Emily A. DuncanWicked Fox by Kat Cho
Can't Wait Books of 2019
1,500 books — 3,363 voters

The Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireGhostly Echoes by William  Ritter
Best Books of 2016
1,832 books — 2,783 voters
Wonder Woman by Leigh BardugoAlways and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny HanHunting Prince Dracula by Kerri ManiscalcoThe Language of Thorns by Leigh BardugoEliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
Best Books of 2017
1,733 books — 3,083 voters

Batman by Marie LuThe Backstagers, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IVLegendary by Stephanie GarberCity of Ghosts by Victoria SchwabSightwitch by Susan Dennard
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,958 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica RothTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,185 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica RothThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books Ever
76,544 books — 284,725 voters