Thursday, December 24, 2020

Brainstorm 229: Top 10s of 2020 Part 4

It’s the last batch of Top 10s of 2020! It’s impossible to read every book the year it comes out, and there are some fantastic reads that I don’t get around to reading until a year or two or ten later, so today it’s time for those fantastic first time reads for me in 2020 of books that came out in the past. 2020 was insane and not fun in many ways, but I do have to say I got a lot of books read that have been sitting in my TBR pile for years. At least it was good for something. 😁 Click on the title to see my full review. This middle grade list was the hardest list for me to narrow down of all the lists. I had way more than ten 5 star reads in this category this year! The Brainstorm will take a few weeks off for Christmas break and then be back mid-January. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!


Here’s the Top 10s of 2020s Schedule for this year:

Dec 4: Most recent fiction (Picture Books, Lower Grade, Middle Grade, YA, Adult, & Graphic Novels mostly published in 2019-2020)

Dec 11: Elementary librarian, Sarah Foit’s Top 10s

Dec 18: Nonfiction (Lower Grade, Middle Grade & YA, Adult, Christian, Graphic Novels) & Asian Lit

Dec 24: Older fiction (More Picture Books, Lower Grade, Middle Grade, & YA mostly published 2018/2019 and older)


Top 10 Young Adult Fiction Books 

(limited to those published in 2018 or before)

Before She Ignites (Fallen Isles, #1) by Jodi Meadows

Sanctuary (Sanctuary, #1) by Caryn Lix

Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

The Echo Room by Parker Peevyhouse

The Traitor Prince (Ravenspire, #3) by C.J. Redwine

My Real Name Is Hanna by Tara Lynn Maish

The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier

Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic (Timeless, #1) by Armand Baltazar

Dead Reckoning by Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill

The Transatlantic Conspiracy by G.D. Falksen, ill. by Nat Iwata


Top 10 Middle Grade Fiction Books 

(limited to those published in 2019 or before)

Shine by J.J. & Chris Grabenstein

The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst

Float by Laura Martin

Disaster Days by Rebecca Behrens

Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt

Changeling (The Oddmire, #1) by William Ritter 

Freedom Fire (Dactyl Hill Squad, #2) by Daniel José Older

Midsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca

Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1) by Sofiya Pasternack

Sweep: the Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier


Top 10 Lower Grade Fiction Books 

(limited to those published in 2018 or before)

Drake Makes a Splash! (Galaxy Zack, #8) by Ray O’Ryan, ill. by Colin Jack

The Frandidate (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist, #7) by Jim Benton

Super Frozen Magic Forest (Super Happy Magic Forest, #3) by Matty Long

Stairway to Doom (Miss Mallard Mystery) by Robert Quackenbush

Mr. Putter & Tabby Hit the Slope (Mr. Putter & Tabby, #25) by Cynthia Rylant, ill. by Arthur Howard

Poppy the Police Horse by Gavin Puckett, ill. by Tor Freeman

To the Moon (Sydney & Simon) by Paul A. & Peter Reynolds

How to Track a Pterodactyl (Dino Riders, #5) by Will Dare

Attack of the Snack (Rabbit & Bear, #3) by Jullian Gough, ill. by Jim Field

Grilled Cheese and Dragons (Princess Pulverizer, #1) by Nancy Krulik


Top 10 Fiction Picture Books 

(limited to those published in 2019 or before)

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, ill. by Vashti Harrison

The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry, ill. by the Fan Brothers

Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith

Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate, ill. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt

The Cool Bean (The Bad Seed, #3) by Jory John, ill. by Pete Oswald

Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up by Dave Eggers, ill. by Laura Park

Angel in Beijing by Belle Yang

The Hard Hat for Kids by Jon Gordon and Lauren Gallagher, ill. by Korey Scott

Stormy by Guojing

Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, ill. by LeUyen Pham


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