Otto and the Story Tree by Vivien MildenbergerHope in a Jar by Deborah MarceroHome Is a Wish by Julia KuoWhales in the City by Nancy F. CastaldoYour Crown Shines by Jessica Care Moore
2026 Mock Caldecott List
120 books — 55 voters
Just Like Millie by Lauren CastilloTime to Make Art by Jeff MackNo Cats in the Library by Lauren EmmonsThe Great Lakes by Barb Rosenstock
2025 Mock Caldecott List
138 books — 62 voters

What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me by Alexis C. BuntenThe Train Home by Dan-ah Kim
2024 Mock Caldecott List
126 books — 61 voters
The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O'Neill
Great Graphic Novels (released in) 2021
333 books — 185 voters

They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
2019 Mock Caldecott
84 books — 149 voters
Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig KingReal Friends by Shannon Hale
2018 Mock Newbery
100 books — 335 voters

Legion by Julie Kagawa
YA Novels of 2017
1,100 books — 6,567 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Books With MMOGs
100 books — 92 voters

Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana SimpsonThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonDragonbreath by Ursula VernonThe Stonekeeper by Kazu KibuishiGiants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,451 books — 1,798 voters
Into the Wild by Erin HunterVarjak Paw by S.F. Said
Best Fiction Cat Books
292 books — 236 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Talking-Animal Books
707 books — 683 voters
Terrier by Tamora PierceLone Wolf by Kathryn Lasky
Warriors Read-Alikes
76 books — 141 voters

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Sword and Laser Fantasy List
1,004 books — 1,742 voters