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Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlEggs by Jerry SpinelliBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Food on the Cover
1,350 books — 436 voters
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Boarding Houses
217 books — 32 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Basketball Diaries by Jim CarrollDiary of a Wombat by Jackie French
Books with Diary in the Title
622 books — 63 voters
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look
Characters with Jewel Names
261 books — 32 voters

Bored No More! by Julie Reiters
Picture Books on Boredom
8 books — 5 voters
Through My Eyes by Ruby BridgesPink and Say by Patricia PolaccoMagenta McPhee by Catherine Bateson
Characters with Color Names
237 books — 26 voters

The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. LindquistMy Name Is María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
"Names" Will Never Hurt Me
521 books — 40 voters
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaGuinness World Records 2023 by Guinness World RecordsHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyQuiet Power by Susan CainThe Octopus Scientists by Sy Montgomery
Best Children's Non-Fiction
293 books — 26 voters

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert MunschSoonie and the Dragon by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Girls with Dragons
232 books — 157 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You by Amy Bloom
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 890 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Most Rated Book By Year
241 books — 911 voters
The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
Adam and Eve Retellings
112 books — 37 voters

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderBeezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyMitch and Amy by Beverly ClearyUnderstood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield FisherRamona's World by Beverly Cleary
Books with Nine-Year-Old Protagonists
143 books — 22 voters
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearyClementine by Sara PennypackerMiss Happiness and Miss Flower by Rumer GoddenThe Water Horse by Dick King-SmithBilly Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes
Books with Eight-Year-Old Protagonists
123 books — 18 voters

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus ChurchYes! We Are Latinos by Alma Flor Ada
Yes We Can!
194 books — 30 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAnimal Farm by George Orwell
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,321 books — 5,823 voters

Frederick by Leo LionniWho's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? by Toni MorrisonThe Ant and the Grasshopper by Rebecca EmberleyThe Grasshopper's Song by Nikki GiovanniThe Grasshopper and the Ant at the End of the World by Benjamin Harper
The Ant and the Grasshopper retold
6 books — 2 voters
Frederick by Leo LionniAesop in California by Doug Hansen
Aesop, Aesop's Fables and Retellings
59 books — 3 voters

Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
Best Children's Books About Death
194 books — 137 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Green Glass Sea by Ellen KlagesLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanGrandpa Green by Lane SmithRuth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Shades of Green in the Title
912 books — 54 voters

Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
•The Bums From The Hobos
146 books — 12 voters
Gilda by Richard ParkerBlue Willow by Doris GatesThe House that Guilda Drew by Richard ParkerJudy's Journey by Lois LenskiCotton in My Sack by Lois Lenski
Migrant families.
15 books — 1 voter

A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikHug Me by Simona CiraoloMama's Last Hug by Frans de Waal
Hugs and Kisses
781 books — 54 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellAll Systems Red by Martha WellsRaptor Red by Robert T. BakkerThe 101 Dalmatians by Dodie SmithThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Through Another's Eyes: Xenofiction
429 books — 230 voters

The Bees by Laline PaullJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White101 Dalmatians by Walt Disney CompanyBambi by Felix Salten
Monster/Animal/Non-human POV (Xenofiction)
587 books — 338 voters
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by David McPhail
Picture Books About Pigs
258 books — 113 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Lie Tree by Frances HardingeThe Satanic Mill by Otfried Preußler
YA Without Romance
212 books — 103 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksQuiet by Susan CainPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielyA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,832 books — 3,588 voters