BEST FICTION <\/strong><\/p>\n* “I Have Some Questions for You”, by Rebecca Makkai<\/p>\n
* “The Covenant of Water”, by Abraham Verghese<\/p>\n
* “Ghost Music”, by An Yu<\/p>\n
* “Tress of the Emerald Sea”, by Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n
* “The September House”, by Carissa Orlando<\/p>\n
* “Biography of X”, by Catherine Lacey<\/p>\n
* “Happy Place”, by Emily Henry<\/p>\n
* “Ink Blood Sister Scribe”, by Emma Torzs<\/p>\n
* “How to Sell A Haunted House”, by Grady Hendrix<\/p>\n
* “Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries”, Heather Fawcett<\/p>\n
* “The Wind Knows My Name,” by Isabel Allende<\/p>\n
* “Big Swiss”, by Jen Beagin<\/p>\n
* “Summer Reading,” by Jenn McKinlay<\/p>\n
* “Maame”, by Jessica George<\/p>\n
* “Bad Cree”, by Jessica Johns<\/p>\n
* “Good Night, Irene”, by Luis Alberto Ussea<\/p>\n
* “The Spare Man”, by Mary Robinette Kowal<\/p>\n
* “What You Are Looking For Is in the Library”, by Michiko Aoyama<\/p>\n
* “To Shape A Dragon’s Breath”, by Moniquill Blackgoose<\/p>\n
* “The Shamshine Blind”, by Paz Pardo<\/p>\n
* “Yellowface”, by R. F. Kuang<\/p>\n
* “Fourth Wing”, by Rebecca Yarros<\/p>\n
* “Mr. Nash’s Ashes”, by Sarah Adler<\/p>\n
* “Lone Women”, by Victor LaValle<\/p>\n
* “The Passenger”, by Cormac McCarthy<\/p>\n
* “Stella Maris”, by Cormac McCarthy<\/p>\n
BEST TEEN <\/strong><\/p>\n* “Imogen, Obviously”, by Becky Albertalli<\/p>\n
* “A First Time for Everything”, by Dan Santat<\/p>\n
* “The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich”, by Deya Muniz<\/p>\n
* “A Stolen Heir”, by Holly Black<\/p>\n
* “Darkhearts”, by James Sutter<\/p>\n
* “Lion’s Legacy”, by Lev EC Rosen<\/p>\n
* “Different for Boys”, by Patrick Ness<\/p>\n
* “The New Next Syrian Girl”, by Ream Shukairy<\/p>\n
* Ander & Santi Were Here”, by Jonny Garza Villa<\/p>\n
* “Those Who Helped Us”, by Ken Mockizuki<\/p>\n
* “Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejanda Kim”, by Patrica Park<\/p>\n
* “Family Style”, by Thien Pham<\/p>\n
* “Blood Debts”, by Terry J. Benton-Walker<\/p>\n
* “Spice Road”, by Maiya Ibrahim<\/p>\n
* “Accountable:, by Dashka Slater<\/p>\n
* “Brooms”, by Jasmine Walls<\/p>\n
* “The Davenports”, by Krystal Marquis<\/p>\n
* “An Echo in the City”, by K. X. Song<\/p>\n
* “She Is A Haunting”, by Trang Thanh Tran<\/p>\n
* “That Self-same Metal”, by Brittany N. Williams<\/p>\n
* “Those Who Saw the Sun”, by Jaha Nailah Avery<\/p>\n
* “Your Freedom, your Power”, by Allison Matulli<\/p>\n
* “¡Ay, Mija!” by Christine Suggs<\/p>\n
* “Simon Sort of Says”, by Erin Bow<\/p>\n
* “Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling”, by Elise Bryant<\/strong><\/p>\nBEST KIDS <\/strong><\/p>\n* “Global”, by Eoin Global<\/p>\n
* “Just Jerry”, by Jerry Pikney<\/p>\n
* “Remember”, by Joy Harjo<\/p>\n
* “An American Story”, by Kwame Alexander<\/p>\n
* “Spanish Is The Language of My Family”, by Michael Genhart<\/p>\n
* “The Dark Lord’s Daughter”, by Patricia C. Wrede<\/p>\n
* “Mexikid”, by Pedro Martin<\/p>\n
* “Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great!”, by Sandra Boynton<\/p>\n
* “A Land of Books”, by Duncan Tonatiuh<\/p>\n
* “Bea Wolf”, by Zach Weinersmith<\/p>\n
* “I’m From”, by Gary Gray<\/p>\n
* “Stickler Loves the World”, by Lane Smith<\/p>\n
* “In The Night Garden”, by Carin Berger<\/p>\n
* “My Powerful Hair”, by Carole Lindstrom<\/p>\n
* “My Baba’s Garden”, by Jordan Scott<\/p>\n
* “One Upon A Book”, by Lin Grace<\/p>\n
* “Nell Plants A Tree”, by Anne Wynter<\/p>\n
* “The Universe in You”, by Jason Chin<\/p>\n
* “Simon and the Better Bone”, by Corey R. Tabor<\/p>\n
* “The Yellow Handkerchief”, by Donna Barba Higuera<\/p>\n
* “Slowly, Slowly”, by Toni Yuly<\/p>\n
* “The Manifestor Prophecy”, by Angie Thomas<\/p>\n
* “We Still Belong”, by Christine Day<\/p>\n
* “The Lost Year”, by Katherine Marsh<\/p>\n
* “Parachute Kids”, by Betty C. Tang<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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