Every one of the books celebrated here has won a readers' choice award (or is a runner-up)! Awards include:
Wondering why a book pops up more than once? That's because they're listed by award! So if a book has gotten more than one readers' choice award, or is a readers' choice award runner-up for more than one award, you'll find it listed under both awards.
Still curious? Looking for more readers' choice awards to share with your future students? Talk to your liaison librarian today!
Do Not Lick This Book! by Idan Ben-Barak, Julian Frost, & Linnea Rundgren
Bear Alert! by David Biedrzycki
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Claymates by Dev Petty and Lauren Eldridge
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio and Christian Robinson
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin and James Dean
Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick & David Serlin
El Deafo by Cece Bell and David Lasky
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Ban This Book! by Alan Gratz
The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Real Friends by Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham, & Jane Poole
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Hunt Mullaly
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Wish by Barbara O'Connor
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Legend by Marie Lu
A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Scythe by Neal Schusterman
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Scythe by Neal Schusterman
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne
Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds & Peter Brown
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by R.J. Palacio
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz
Refugee by Alan Gratz
The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Love, Hate, & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Goodreads Choice Awards)
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Septys
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Legend by Marie Lu
La formasombras by Daniel José Older
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Yo No Soy Tu Perfecta Hija Mexicana by Erika L. Sánchez
Scythe by Neal Schusterman
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Septys
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
This Is My Book! by Mark Pett
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Maxi's Secrets by Lynn Plourde
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Scythe by Neal Schusterman
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Shout: A Poetry Memoir by Laurie Halse Anderson
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Septys
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh
Piecing Me Together by Renée Wilson
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth & illustrated by Ekua Holmes
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexader & Kadir Nelson
Shout: A Poetry Memoir by Laurie Halse Anderson
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Malala: Activist for Girls' Education by Raphaële Frier and illustrated by Aurélia Fronty
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen
White Bird: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
This Is My Book! by Mark Pett
Danza! Amalia Hernández and el Ballet Folklórico de México written & illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras written & illustrated by Dunca Tonatiuh
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! written & illustrated by Mo Willems (Children's Choices)
El Deafo by Cece Bell and David Lasky
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series)
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
There are so many other readers' choice awards! These books have all won or placed in the voting for a readers' choice award.
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson (Texas Bluebonnet Award)
Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly (Delaware Diamonds Readers Choice Award)
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (Kentucky Bluegrass Award, grades 3-5; Garden State Children's Book Awards)
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi (Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Master List, 2019)
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (People's Choice Awards Favorite Fantasy)
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier (Buckeye Children's Book Award, Colorado Children's Book Award, Garden State Children's Book Awards)
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards, Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Garden State Teen Book Awards, etc.)