It's hard to believe, but it is that time of year again. 2016 is wrapping up and 2017 will be here before we know it. The last three Fridays of school before Christmas break I come up with the top books I've read in the past year. The purpose is to help those looking for reading ideas hear about my top picks of books I've read this year. Sorting through hundreds of books read in the past 12 months is a long, laborious and grueling process. So many hard choices! But if it helps others find good reads, it is worth it.
Here are the Top 10s coming this year: Fiction Picture books, Lower Grade Fiction, Middle Grade Fiction: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Middle Grade Fiction: Historical Fiction or Contemporary, Young Adult Fiction: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction: Historical Fiction or Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Poetry/Novels in Verse, Lower Grade & Middle Grade Nonfiction, Lower Grade & Middle Grade Biography/Autobiography, Young Adult/Adult Nonfiction, Young Adult/Adult Biography/Autobiography, and Most Anticipated Reads of 2017.
Unless otherwise stated, the books in the lists could have been published in any year, but I read them in 2016 (or late Dec 2015 after last year's Top 10s). To help myself further in the selection process, I sometimes narrowed down the eligible candidates to just those that came out in 2016. If that's the case, it will be noted in the section heading. The titles are listed with my favorite in each category on top and kinda, sorta going down in favoritism but usually I love them all so much just consider the rest of the list tied for 2nd. In the interest of space, my summaries and reviews of the books are not provided here. Click on the titles to see those. Hope you find some great reads!
Top 10 Fiction Picture Books (published in 2016)
If I Had a Gryphon by Vikki VanSickle, ill. by Cale Atkinson
A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston
If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don’t! by
The Water Princess by Susan Verde, ill. by Peter H. Reynolds
Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol
There Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith
We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller & Mo Willems
Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
ABC Dream by Kim Krans
All Aboard for the Bobo Road by Stephen Davies, ill. by Christopher Corr
Top 10 Fiction Picture Books (published in 2015 or earlier...because those of us overseas sometimes can't get our hands on them 'til a year or two later)
The Snow Rabbit by Camille Garoche
This is Sadie by Sara O’Leary, ill. by Julie Morstad
Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds, ill. by Matt Davies
Look! by Jeff Mack
Double Happiness by Nancy Tupper Ling, ill. by Alina Chau
Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems
Take Away the A by Michaël Escoffier, ill. by Kris Di Giacomo
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
Top 10 Lower Grade Fiction Books (published in 2016)
Juana & Lucas (Juana & Lucas, #1) by Juana Medina
Bunjitsu Bunny’s Best Move (Bunjitsu Bunny, #3) by John Himmelman
Where are You Going, Baby Lincoln? (Tales from Deckawoo Drive, #3) by Kate DiCamillo, ill. by Chris Van Dusen
The Great Pet Escape (Pets on the Loose, #1) by Victoria Jamieson
Rabbit’s Bad Habits (Rabbit & Bear, #1) by Julian Gough, ill. by Jim Field
The Princess in Black and the Bunny Horde (The Princess in Black, #3) by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale, ill. by LeUyen Pham
Mouse Scouts (Mouse Scouts, #1) by Sarah Dillard
Inspector Flytrap (Inspector Flytrap, #1) by Tom Angleberger, ill. by CeCe Bell
Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green
Stinky Cecil in Terrarium Terror (Stinky Cecil, #2) by Paige Braddock
Top 10 Middle Grade Fiction Books: Science Fiction or Fantasy (published in 2016)
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd
Ratpunzel (Hamster Princess, #3) by Ursula Vernon
Wild Robot by Peter Brown
How to Capture an Invisible Cat (The Genius Factor, #1) by Paul Tobin, ill. by Thierry Lafontaine
Troll Overboard (Life of Zarf, #3) by Rob Harrell
Red: the True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff
The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
The Dark Talent (Alcatraz Smedry, #5) by Brandon Sanderson
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
Top 10 Middle Grade Fiction Books: Historical Fiction or Contemporary (published in 2016)
Spy Ski School (Spy School, #4) by Stuart Gibbs
Ghost (Track, #1) by Jason Reynolds
Click Here to Start by Denis Markell
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics (Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, #2) by Chris Grabenstein
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Summerlost by Ally Condie
Mark of the Plague (The Blackthorn Key, #2) by Kevin Sands
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat by Gary Paulsen
Check back next week for Part 2 with Top 10s of Young Adult Fiction, Adult Fiction, and Poetry/Novels in Verse.
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