Booklist Editors' Choice Explained

Booklist Editors Choice is an annual list compiled and reviewed by Booklist's editorial staff as the best adult and youth books and videos, and audiobooks.^[1] Booklist is a publication "that has been published by the American Library Association for more than 100 years, and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to."^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The list is separated into nine categories: adult and youth fiction, adult and youth nonfiction, youth picture book, adult and youth graphic novels, and adult and youth audiobooks.^[5]

Recipients

Booklist Top of the List!**Year**!**Category**!Author(s)!**Title**
2018^[6]	Adult Nonfiction		The Library Book
	Adult Audio		The Mars Room
	Youth Picture Book		Circe
	Youth Nonfiction		Hey, Kiddo
	Youth Fiction		Blood Water Paint
	Youth Audio	with Júlia Sardà (Illus.)	Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
2019^[7]	Adult Fiction		Quichotte
	Adult Nonfiction		Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story
	Adult Audio		Bowlaway
	Youth Picture Book		Home in the Woods
	Youth Nonfiction		Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science behind Your Favorite Monsters
	Youth Fiction		This Was Our Pact
	Youth Audio		Shout
2020^[8] ^[9]	Graphic Novels for Adults	with Helge Dascher (Illus.)	Year of the Rabbit
	Adult Fiction		These Ghosts Are Family
	Adult Nonfiction		Wandering in Strange Lands A Daughter of the Great Migration
	Adult Audio	with Adjoa Andoh (narrator)	The Girl with the Louding Voice
	Graphic Novels for Youth	with Lark Pien (Illus.)	Dragon Hoops
	Youth Picture Book	with April Harrison (Illus.)	Nana Akua Goes to School
	Youth Nonfiction		All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team
	Youth Fiction		Burn
	Youth Audio	with Melania Luisa Marte (narrator)	Clap When You Land

Notes and References

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Web site: Ruzicka. Michael. December 13, 2018. 2018 Booklist Editors' Choice & Top of the List Announced! : The Booklist Reader. live. 2021-07-18. Booklist. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20190409021411/https://www.booklistreader.com/2018/12/13/book-lists/2018-booklist-editors-choice-top-of-the-list-announced/ . 2019-04-09 .
Web site: Shemroske. Briana. December 12, 2019. Booklist's 2019 Top of the List Picks Announced! : The Booklist Reader. live. 2021-07-18. Booklist. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808094302/https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/12/12/books-and-authors/booklists-2019-top-of-the-list-picks-announced/ . 2020-08-08 .
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