- The pout-pout fish, Deborah Diesen ; pictures by Dan Hanna
- Grenade, Alan Gratz
- Little blue truck, Alice Schertle ; illustrated by Jill McElmurry
- Dragon pearl, Yoon Ha Lee
- Deadly housewives, edited by Christine Matthews
- Pax, Sara Pennypacker
- The one and only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate ; [illustrations by Patricia Castelao]
- Ready player one, a novel, Ernest Cline
- Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Auggie & me, three wonder stories, by R.J. Palacio
- The grapes of wrath, based on the novel by John Steinbeck ; adapted by Frank Galati
- The fever code, James Dashner
- How I met my monster, written by Amanda Noll ; illustrated by Howard McWilliam
- Book Scavenger, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
- All I want for Christmas, Nora Roberts
- The adventures of Captain Underpants, the first epic novel, by Dav Pilkey ; with color by Jose Garibaldi
- Super Fly Guy, Tedd Arnold
- A good kind of trouble, Lisa Moore Ramée
- Framed!, James Ponti
- Echo Mountain, by Lauren Wolk
- Adventure according to Humphrey, Betty G. Birney
- The audacity of hope, thoughts on reclaiming the American dream, Barack Obama
- All pets go to heaven, the spiritual lives of the animals we love, Sylvia Browne
- When you trap a tiger, Tae Keller
- Look both ways, a tale told in ten blocks, Jason Reynolds
- Being in balance, 9 principles for creating habits to match your desires, Wayne W. Dyer
- The Book with No Pictures, B. J. Novak
- The boys who challenged Hitler, Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club, Phillip Hoose
- Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life, by Wendy Mass
- On the come up, Angie Thomas
- Goodbye stranger, Rebecca Stead
- Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone, J.K. Rowling
- Matched, Ally Condie
- Middle school, master of disaster, James Patterson
- Stellaluna, Janell Cannon
- The ballad of songbirds and snakes, Suzanne Collins
- The one and only Bob, Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Paula Castelao
- Sadie, Courtney Summers
- Slacker, Gordon Korman
- Eragon, Christopher Paolini
- The girl who drank the moon, Kelly Barnhill
- What light, Jay Asher
- The dead fathers club, a novel, Matt Haig
- Melting stones, Tamora Pierce
- Linked, Gordon Korman
- Nine, ten, a September 11 story, Nora Raleigh Baskin
- Wayward son, Rainbow Rowell
- Children of blood and bone, Tomi Adeyemi
- The witch's boy, Michael Gruber