YA
- A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
- Sweet, Hereafter by Angela Johnson
- The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork
- Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
- This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Middle Grade
- The Diamond in the Window by Jane Langton
- Kid Vs. Squid by Greg Van Eekhout
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
- The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle
- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
Kids and YA Nonfiction
- The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
- Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life’s Song by Ashley Bryan
Graphic Novels
- Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie
- Magic Pickle by Scott Morse
- The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa
- Meanwhile by Jason Shiga
Adult Fiction
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- In the Woods by Tana French
Currently Reading
- Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepeneurs, and the Shaping of American Chlidren’s Literature by Marcus Leonard
- All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
- Notes From No Man’s Land: American Essays by Eula Biss