K-12 Book List: Literary Prizes and Awards

The Guardian is a news publication that covers American and international news for an online, global audience.

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TIME presents the most compelling, enlightening and influential young-adult books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s.

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The Children’s Book Committee strives to guide librarians, educators, parents, grandparents, and other interested adults to the best books for children published each year. The list includes more than 600 titles chosen by reviewers for literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers.

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YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 14 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18.

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All the book lists created by librarians at the New York Public Library.

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Titles selected by curators and experts from throughout the Library of Congress, published between 1750 and 2000.

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The Great American Read was an eight-part series that explored and celebrated the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey). It investigated how and why writers create their fictional worlds, how we as readers are affected by these stories, and what these 100 different books have to say about our diverse nation and our shared human experience.

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The International Board on Books for Young People creates the IBBY Honour List, a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books, honouring writers, illustrators and translators from IBBY member countries.

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Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to ALSC policy, the current year's Newbery, Caldecott, Belpré, Sibert, Geisel, and Batchelder Award and Honor books automatically are added to the Notable Children's Books list.

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An annual list of best books published by the trade publication Publishers Weekly.

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Released annually by SLJ's editors and educator committee members, this list recognizes achievements in literature for young people in the following areas: Picture Books, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Graphic Novels.

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Reader-nominated titles from the New York Times Book Review.

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