Sacramento Public Library discussion

The Best Books of the Year lists are coming out. Not too long ago we had the Library Journal list:

http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/201...

Next up is the Publisher's Weekly Best of 2014 list:

http://best-books.publishersweekly.co...

Looking for some interesting new picture books to share? Check out the New York Times' annual list of Best Illustrated Children's Books: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2014...

The list always features a wide range of titles, from outstanding American illustrators to lesser-known artists from all over the world. Lots of great books to check out!

Next up in Best Books of the Year is the Amazon Top 100 titles list.

http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_...

School Library Journal announced their best books of 2014 last night.

http://www.slj.com/best-books-2014/

If you are buying books this holiday season for children, this list is a great place to start!

The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014 list is out!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/boo...

The Best Books lists are coming fast and furious now! We can barely keep up.

Here's the best of 2014 according to The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12...

Another day and another best of the year list...actually two of them!

NPR's Book Concierge http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2014/

The NYT 100 Notable Children's Books of 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/boo...

The LA Times Book Review has put out their annual holiday gift guide, which like the NPR Book Concierge has an excellent variety of titles attractively presented:

http://www.latimes.com/books/holiday/...

Kirkus Reviews has been publishing their Best of 2014 lists gradually. The Fiction, Children's and Teen lists are now available with Non-fiction and Indie titles yet to come:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/b...

More lists!

The Newsweek Magazine staff favorites list:
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/12/19/ou...

and

The NYPL 100 Great Children's Books of 2014 list:
http://childrens100.nypl.org/2014/?ut...

Booklist magazine has announced their best of the year lists:

For youth http://www.booklistonline.com/Product...

Audio for youth http://www.booklistonline.com/Booklis...

For adults http://www.booklistonline.com/Booklis...

Audio for adults http://www.booklistonline.com/Booklis...

Saclib staff offer up their choices for best books of 2014 and, since we read a lot, we've also included the best books we read this year:

http://www.saclibrary.org/About-Us/Ne...

As 2014 draws to a close most of the Best of the Year lists have been posted. We've collected quite a few here, but if you want to see them all check out this blog posting from Largehearted Boy who has compiled them into one mega-list:

http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/a...