Best Book Lists for 2017

Looking for book gift ideas?   Try some of these “Best of the Year” lists:

Notable books from the New York Times: There is also a top ten list on their site.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/books/review/100-notable-books-2017.html   

From School Library Journal: http://slj.com/bestof2017/ Adult books for teens and much more. 

http://www.slj.com/2017/11/reviews/best-of/best-adult-books-4-teens-2017/#_  

Plus Publishers Weekly:  https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2017  And there is a children’s list which splits into picture books, middle grade and young adult.

Or Kirkus Reviews https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/best-of-2017/section/fiction/lists/  which also has a separate list of best teen books

And Goodreads has released its Choice Awards across several categories for 2017: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2017  

LibraryReads: Primarily for Public libraries, listed top favorites for 2017.

http://libraryreads.org/favorite-favorites-2017/   monthly updates throughout the year

NationalBook Awards: http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2017.html#.WjQcjOHz6Xd  

Chicago Public Library Recommendations -- with suggestions for all ages: https://www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-best-of-the-best-books-2017/

National PublicRadio lists 374 titles and shows their covers in a fun, interactive way. https://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/    PBS’NewsHour bookshelf has interviews with many authors.

Enjoy!!! Happy Reading!!!

Must Have YA and Diverse Titles for Every Library

School Library Journal recently linked to a list of 100 Must have YA titles (pdf here); New Trier has over 90% of the titles in our collection.

We faired slightly less well in terms of the 42 Diverse Titles for Every Library (having 27 of the 42, or almost two-thirds) which are included on the above pdf.  Next step: look at ordering and featuring some of these in future book talks.