Be Charmed by These Bewitching Books from 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cheryl (417 Lists)



The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,003 voters
Stolen Words by Melanie FlorenceWhen We Were Alone by David Alexander RobertsonSecret Path by Gord DownieRed Wolf by Jennifer Dance
Residential Schools
74 books — 32 voters

The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonaldThe Light Princess by George MacDonaldThe Magic Fish-bone by Charles DickensThe Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth GrahameThe Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
Best Children's Books, 1850-1900
160 books — 37 voters
The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
Best Children's Science Fiction Books
201 books — 185 voters

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,346 books — 1,523 voters
The Forgotten Door by Alexander KeyThe Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
Children's Science Fiction of the 1960s
125 books — 21 voters

Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Mermaid in the Title
282 books — 36 voters
Beauty Queens by Libba BrayThe Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey
Queen in Title
1,112 books — 96 voters

Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelThe Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét
Name and Name
583 books — 61 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareWhich Witch? by Eva IbbotsonThe Witch Family by Eleanor EstesThe Wednesday Witch by Ruth ChewThe Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber
Best Books with "Witch" in the Title
1,002 books — 121 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Silver Donkey by Sonya HartnettGay-Neck by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
The Realities of War
96 books — 20 voters
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
What's My YA Name Again?
353 books — 69 voters

Holes by Louis SacharLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Girl Named Disaster by Nancy FarmerThe Cay by Theodore TaylorBaby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink
Middle Grade & YA Wilderness Survival Stories
403 books — 152 voters
Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael RosenYou Are My Sunshine by Holly HobbieWilly and the Cloud by Anthony Browne
Best Books about Depression for Young Children.
11 books — 6 voters

The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Best Sesame Street Books
228 books — 27 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverEmma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren TarshisWar for the Oaks by Emma BullMiss Twiggley's Tree by Dorothea Warren FoxFish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Books with Trees in the title
964 books — 50 voters

Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. SeussAre You My Mother? by P.D. EastmanAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzWayside School Is Falling Down by Louis SacharThe Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles
1,448 books — 150 voters
Abel's Island by William SteigIsland of the Aunts by Eva IbbotsonThe Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison LevyJock's Island by Elizabeth CoatsworthJane's Island by Marjorie Hill Allee
Books with Island in the Title
746 books — 51 voters

Island of the Aunts by Eva IbbotsonNation by Terry PratchettElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Books Set on Islands
1,049 books — 347 voters
The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
Lucky 13
596 books — 74 voters

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver SacksGaia by James E. Lovelock
Planets in the Title
599 books — 63 voters
Anna Hibiscus by AtinukeThe No. 1 Car Spotter by Atinuke
Early grades chapter books with people of color as main character
25 books — 2 voters

How to Stop Time by Matt HaigWhat If? by Randall Munroe
Who What Why When Where How
2,323 books — 220 voters
Anna Hibiscus by AtinukeHooray for Anna Hibiscus! by AtinukeGood Luck, Anna Hibiscus! by AtinukeHave Fun, Anna Hibiscus! by AtinukeWelcome Home, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke
Best Stories With Diversity For Young Readers
32 books — 20 voters

King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
Best Children's Horse Stories
87 books — 55 voters
Cannery Row by John SteinbeckThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
City Streets
868 books — 103 voters

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Four Seasons
1,401 books — 95 voters
The Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonHome by Jeannie BakerA Very Special House by Ruth KraussAndrew Henry's Meadow by Doris BurnMr. Pine's Purple House by Leonard Kessler
Picture books about houses
186 books — 32 voters