A Horn Book Fanfare Best BookFiction

Given by The Horn Book Magazine

Other Names: Horn Book Fanfare Best Book
172 Works / 173 Items 159,423 Books 9,285 Reviews 4.1
Chosen annually by the editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year. No lists were published from 1941 to 1945. No lists show more were published from 1955 to 1958. show less
Categories:
All, Fiction (173), Folklore (6), Nonfiction (105), Picture Books (157), Poetry (15), No Category (1,745)
Years:
All, 2023 (16), 2022 (22), 2021 (12), 2020 (9), 2019 (20), 2018 (14), 2017 (11), 2016 (13), 2015 (11), 2014 (9), 2013 (13), 2012 (12), 2011 (11)
WorkYear
The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold
2023
Henry, Like Always: Book 1 by Jenn Bailey
2023
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
2023
For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome
2023
Let's Go/ Vamos: A Book in Two Languages/ Un Libro en Dos Lenguas by Rebecca Emberley
2023
Only Only Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, 3) by Erin Entrada Kelly
2023
Elena Rides by Juana Medina
2023
World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky
2023
Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair by Jarrett Pumphrey
2023
Wishing Season by Anica Mrose Rissi
2023
Big Tree by Brian Selznick
2023
An Impossible Thing to Say by Arya Shahi
2023
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman
2023
The Notorious Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud
2023
Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang
2023
Stateless by Elizabeth Wein
2023
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
2022
Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls by Atinuke
2022
Caprice by Coe Booth
2022
Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
2022
M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton
2022
Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
2022
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
2022
The Flamingo by Guojing
2022
Oh, Sal by Kevin Henkes
2022
Surely Surely Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, 2) by Erin Entrada Kelly
2022
Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly
2022
Freewater (Newbery & Coretta Scott King Award Winner) by Amina Luqman-Dawson
2022
Merci Suárez Plays It Cool by Meg Medina
2022
An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X. R. Pan
2022
Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack
2022
Windswept by Margi Preus
2022
Tumble by Celia C. Pérez
2022
Man Made Monsters: Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
2022
Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp
2022
Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb
2022
Berliners by Vesper Stamper
2022
Maizy Chen's Last Chance: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) by Lisa Yee
2022
Too Small Tola by Atinuke
2021
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
2021
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
2021
Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes
2021
Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, 1) by Erin Entrada Kelly
2021
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor
2021
Borders by Thomas King
2021
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
2021
Merci Suárez Can't Dance by Meg Medina
2021
The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park
2021
Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz
2021
A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia
2021
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
2020
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2020
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
2020
Flamer by Mike Curato
2020
Twins by Varian Johnson
2020
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
2020
Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney
2020
Kent State by Deborah Wiles
2020
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
2020
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
2019
Lovely War by Julie Berry
2019
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan
2019
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
2019
Two Brothers, Four Hands by Jan Greenberg
2019
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman
2019
Penny and Her Sled by Kevin Henkes
2019
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
2019
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
2019
The Year We Fell From Space by Amy Sarig King
2019
Dig by A. S. King
2019
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
2019
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
2019
Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born by Miranda Paul
2019
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds
2019
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
2019
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
2019
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
2019
Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas
2019
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein
2019
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
2018
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
2018
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M. T. Anderson
2018
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
2018
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
2018
Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy) by Lesa Cline-Ransome
2018
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
2018
Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
2018
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
2018
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
2018
The Skylarks' War by Hilary McKay
2018
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
2018
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
2018
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
2018
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2017
It All Comes Down to This by Karen English
2017
The Fashion Committee by Susan Juby
2017
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
2017
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
2017
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
2017
Patina by Jason Reynolds
2017
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2017
Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
2017
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
2017
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
2017
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
2016
To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party by Skila Brown
2016
Full of Beans: 75 Exciting, Tasty Recipes by Brooke Dojny
2016
Makoons by Louise Erdrich
2016
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
2016
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
2016
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
2016
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
2016
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
2016
A Tangle of Gold by Jaclyn Moriarty
2016
The Best Man by Richard Peck
2016
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
2016
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
2016
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2015
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm
2015
I Crawl Through It by A. S. King
2015
Detective Gordon: The First Case by Ulf Nilsson
2015
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
2015
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
2015
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz
2015
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
2015
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
2015
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
2015
The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones
2015
The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis
2014
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
2014
My Heart Is Laughing by Rose Lagercrantz
2014
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
2014
Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire
2014
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
2014
The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye
2014
West of the Moon by Margi Preus
2014
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
2014
All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry
2013
Penny and Her Marble I Can Read by Kevin Henkes
2013
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
2013
Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill
2013
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
2013
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
2013
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
2013
Invasion by Walter Dean Myers
2013
Bluffton: My Summer with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan
2013
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
2013
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
2013
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
2013
Boxers and Saints by Gene Yuen Yang
2013
Chickadee by Louise Erdrich
2012
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2012
Penny and Her Doll (I Can Read Level 1) by Kevin Henkes
2012
A Certain October by Angela Johnson
2012
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
2012
My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt
2012
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu
2012
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
2012
No Crystal Stair by Mairuth Sarsfield
2012
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
2012
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
2012
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
2012
Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke
2011
Chime by Franny Billingsley
2011
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
2011
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
2011
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
2011
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
2011
Bluefish by Pat Schmatz
2011
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
2011
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
2011
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones
2011
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
2011

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