A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Annisha Jeffries (14 Lists)



Perfect Enough by Meg Eden Kuyatt
Middle Grade Novels of 2026
239 books — 96 voters
More Than a Dream by Yohuru WilliamsHidden Systems by Dan NottBig by Vashti HarrisonHuda F Cares? by Huda FahmyGather by Kenneth M. Cadow
2023 National Book Awards Longlist
50 books — 9 voters

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
Mock Newbery 2020
98 books — 217 voters
Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani ChokshiA Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
Middle Grade Novels of 2019
504 books — 446 voters

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiThe Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. PanThe Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta
2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
249 books — 290 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The 2017 Tournament of Books Longlist
134 books — 92 voters

Egg by Kevin HenkesBravo! by Margarita EngleBunny's Book Club by Annie SilvestroNot Quite Narwhal by Jessie SimaAntoinette by Kelly DiPucchio
Picture Books of 2017
428 books — 130 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanI Work at a Public Library by Gina SheridanThe Giant's House by Elizabeth McCrackenThe Library by Sarah Stewart
Books About Librarians
458 books — 578 voters

The Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperFreight Train by Donald CrewsThe Little Red Caboose by Marian PotterSteam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey RinkerTrains by Byron Barton
Picture Books about Trains
221 books — 81 voters
Freedom Summer by Susan Goldman RubinThe Freedom Summer Murders by Don MitchellSisters by Raina TelgemeierMalala by Malala Yousafzai
New Middle Grade and YA Nonfiction 2014
36 books — 19 voters

The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. HolmBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonThe Port Chicago 50 by Steve SheinkinA Snicker of Magic by Natalie LloydNightingale's Nest by Nikki Loftin
Newbery 2015
142 books — 585 voters
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg SloanFlora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamilloP.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-GarciaCourage Has No Color by Tanya Lee StoneThe Truth of Me by Patricia MacLachlan
Newbery 2014
122 books — 472 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeDivergent by Veronica RothThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Top Five-Star Reads of 2011
415 books — 671 voters
From Head to Toe by Eric CarleGo Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed EmberleyPete the Cat by Eric LitwinChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
How to rock toddler storytime
314 books — 223 voters