Big Books of 2026

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The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice by Amy AlznauerOur Lake by Angie KangPopo the Xolo by Paloma Angelina LopezBearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend by Bob SheaEvery Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
2026 Mock Caldecott List
117 books — 55 voters
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey HartmanThe Trouble with Heroes by Kate MessnerBad Badger by Maryrose WoodReturn to Sender by Vera BrosgolThe Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz
2026 Mock Newbery List
67 books — 52 voters

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateMy Presentation Today is about the Anaconda by Bibi Dumon TakFox 8 by George SaundersThe Eyes & the Impossible by Dave EggersViolet and Jobie in the Wild by Lynne Rae Perkins
Monster/Animal/Non-human POV (Xenofiction)
590 books — 344 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlThe Austere Academy by Lemony SnicketShadows by John SaulThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Evil Schools - Public, Private, and University
100 books — 86 voters

Still Life by Louise PennyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreIn the Woods by Tana FrenchCase Histories by Kate Atkinson
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,594 voters
The Yellow Bus by Loren LongHome in a Lunchbox by Cherry MoUrsula Upside Down by Corey R. TaborThe Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris
2025 Mock Caldecott List
138 books — 62 voters

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel MillerNot Nothing by Gayle FormanJupiter Rising by Gary D. SchmidtPlain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera BrosgolBlack Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson
2025 Mock Newbery List
94 books — 75 voters
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer CholdenkoHomecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Children's and Young Adult Books With Abandoned Children Living Alone
90 books — 14 voters

Big by Vashti HarrisonOur Pool by Lucy Ruth CumminsOnce Upon a Book by Grace Lin
2024 Mock Caldecott List
126 books — 61 voters
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas DayBea Wolf by Zach WeinersmithSimon Sort of Says by Erin BowThe Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. SchmidtThe Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers
2024 Mock Newbery List
133 books — 109 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Most Charming Novels
387 books — 179 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanRosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis HallAngelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally ThorneLupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba HigueraJennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller
Titles with Format "First Name Last Name Verb"
298 books — 32 voters

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya PasternackThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Death as a Character
121 books — 113 voters
The Last Mapmaker by Christina SoontornvatViolet and Jobie in the Wild by Lynne Rae PerkinsThose Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada KellyBlue by Nana Ekua Brew-HammondThe Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
2023 Mock Newbery List
154 books — 139 voters

Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la PeñaMel Fell by Corey R. TaborThe Tree in Me by Corinna LuykenBright Star by Yuyi MoralesWe Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree
2022 Mock Caldecott List
143 books — 66 voters
Frankie & Bug by Gayle FormanRed, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRoccaRunaway by Ray Anthony ShepardMilo Imagines the World by Matt de la PeñaToo Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Mock Newbery 2022
132 books — 178 voters

The Someday Birds by Sally J. PlaThe Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin
Books by Actually Autistic Authors
470 books — 268 voters
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall IIIWe Are Water Protectors by Carole LindstromJingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich SmithThe Birchbark House by Louise ErdrichThe Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich
Native Americans in Children's Literature
439 books — 94 voters

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Diversity in Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,140 books — 840 voters
Plenty of Hugs by Fran ManushkinReady to Fly by Lea LyonThe Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine HubbardThe Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta
Picture Books of 2020
376 books — 104 voters

Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela JoyBedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki Grimes
2020 Picture Books With POC Leads
92 books — 20 voters
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Children's Lit Before 1923
243 books — 111 voters

Crown by Derrick Barnes
Children's Books About Hair, Hair Cuts, Hair Salons, Etc.
154 books — 16 voters
New Kid by Jerry CraftThe Bell Rang by James E. RansomeQueen of the Sea by Dylan MeconisThe Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac BarnettThe Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Mock Newbery 2020
97 books — 217 voters

Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke
Best Poetry Books
2,981 books — 2,422 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingWe Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha IrbyShrill by Lindy WestOne Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
Funny Women Memoirs
455 books — 1,550 voters

Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo WillemsBelinda Begins Ballet by Amy YoungEmma and Julia Love Ballet by Barbara McClintock
Picture Books for Young Ballerinas
161 books — 66 voters
Fever Crumb by Philip ReeveThe Ruins of Gorlan by John FlanaganThe Theft & the Miracle by Rebecca Wade
Cloaks and Capes
173 books — 43 voters

Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-NealA Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace LinWhat If... by Samantha BergerJulián Is a Mermaid by Jessica LoveMommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Picture Books of 2018
372 books — 101 voters
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Summer Camp Fiction for Young Readers
320 books — 43 voters


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