Big Books of 2026
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Project Lit


Project Lit Books

The Poet X
Monday's Not Coming
Clap When You Land
With the Fire on High
Ghost Boys
Internment
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
The Crossover
The Hate U Give
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
On the Come Up
Long Way Down
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
The 57 Bus
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Lists

The Canyon's Edge by Dusti BowlingTraining Your German Shepherd Dog by Brandy EggemanIsaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. BaptistLand of the Cranes by Aida SalazarIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Project Lit 2020-2021 picks
57 books — 2 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasFront Desk by Kelly YangGhost by Jason ReynoldsSolo by Kwame AlexanderThe Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Project LIT Book Club
69 books — 11 voters

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo CartayaInternment by Samira AhmedIvy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring BlakeMerci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg MedinaOther Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Project Lit 2019-2020
40 books — 1 voter
Rebound by Kwame AlexanderWishtree by Katherine ApplegateTime Bomb by Joelle CharbonneauLike Vanessa by Tami CharlesThe Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Project Lit 2018-2019
25 books — 1 voter

Amina's Voice by Hena KhanThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderA Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkAmal Unbound by Aisha SaeedRefugee by Alan Gratz
Project Lit Middle Grade and Young Adult Book List 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
22 books — 6 voters