Booklist Editors' Choice

{{short description|Annual booklist}}

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.{{cite web | title=General Info | website=Booklist Online | date=2022-06-13 | url=http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=57 | access-date=2022-12-29 | archive-date=2022-12-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229170123/https://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=57 | url-status=live }} 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."{{cite web | title=General Info | website=Booklist Online | date=2022-06-13 | url=http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=60 | access-date=2022-12-30 | archive-date=2022-12-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230150549/https://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=60 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Booklist Publications | website=About ALA | date=2012-03-21 | url=https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist/booklistpublications | access-date=2022-12-30 | archive-date=2022-09-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927061534/https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist/booklistpublications | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Booklist archives | website=The Online Books Page | url=https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=booklist | access-date=2022-12-30 | archive-date=2022-12-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202135804/https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=booklist | url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web|title=Booklist's Top of the List {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/booklists-top-list|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-23|website=American Library Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105195214/http://www.ala.org:80/awardsgrants/booklists-top-list |archive-date=2012-11-05 }}

Recipients

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|+Booklist Top of the List

!Year

!Category

!Author(s)

!Title

rowspan="6" |2018{{Cite web|last=Ruzicka|first=Michael|date=December 13, 2018|title=2018 Booklist Editors' Choice & Top of the List Announced! : The Booklist Reader|url=https://www.booklistreader.com/2018/12/13/book-lists/2018-booklist-editors-choice-top-of-the-list-announced/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Booklist|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409021411/https://www.booklistreader.com/2018/12/13/book-lists/2018-booklist-editors-choice-top-of-the-list-announced/ |archive-date=2019-04-09 }}

|Adult Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Susan|Orlean}}

|The Library Book

Adult Audio

|{{Sortname|Rachel|Kushner}}

|The Mars Room

Youth Picture Book

|{{Sortname|Madeline|Miller}}

|Circe

Youth Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Jarrett J.|Krosoczka}}

|Hey, Kiddo

Youth Fiction

|{{Sortname|Joy|McCullough}}

|Blood Water Paint

Youth Audio

|{{Sortname|Linda|Bailey}} with Júlia Sardà (Illus.)

|Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein

rowspan="7" |2019{{Cite web|last=Shemroske|first=Briana|date=December 12, 2019|title=Booklist's 2019 Top of the List Picks Announced! : The Booklist Reader|url=https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/12/12/books-and-authors/booklists-2019-top-of-the-list-picks-announced/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Booklist|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808094302/https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/12/12/books-and-authors/booklists-2019-top-of-the-list-picks-announced/ |archive-date=2020-08-08 }}

|Adult Fiction

|{{Sortname|Salman|Rushdie}}

|Quichotte

Adult Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Marie|Arana}}

|Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story

Adult Audio

|{{Sortname|Elizabeth|McCracken}}

|Bowlaway

Youth Picture Book

|{{Sortname|Eliza|Wheeler}}

|Home in the Woods

Youth Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Carlyn|Beccia}}

|Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science behind Your Favorite Monsters

Youth Fiction

|{{Sortname|Ryan|Andrews|nolink=1}}

|This Was Our Pact

Youth Audio

|{{Sortname|Laurie Halse|Anderson}}

|Shout

rowspan="9" |2020{{Cite web|last=Carr|first=Melissa|date=2020-12-14|title=Booklist's 2020 Top of the List and Editors' Choice announced|url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/12/booklist-s-2020-top-list-and-editors-choice-announced|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-23|website=American Library Association|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214190834/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/12/booklist-s-2020-top-list-and-editors-choice-announced |archive-date=2020-12-14 }}{{Cite web|title=Top of the List: 2020|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Top-of-the-List-2020/pid=9743695|url-status=live|access-date=July 18, 2021|website=Booklist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720083015/https://www.booklistonline.com/Top-of-the-List-2020/pid=9743695 |archive-date=2021-07-20 }}

|Graphic Novels for Adults

|{{Sortname|Tian|Veasna}} with Helge Dascher (Illus.)

|Year of the Rabbit

Adult Fiction

|{{Sortname|Maisy|Card}}

|These Ghosts Are Family

Adult Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Morgan|Jerkins}}

|Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration

Adult Audio

|{{Sortname|Abi|Daré}} with Adjoa Andoh (narrator)

|The Girl with the Louding Voice

Graphic Novels for Youth

|{{Sortname|Gene Luen|Yang}} with Lark Pien (Illus.)

|Dragon Hoops

Youth Picture Book

|{{Sortname|Tricia Elam|Walker}} with April Harrison (Illus.)

|Nana Akua Goes to School

Youth Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Christina|Soontornvat}}

|All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team

Youth Fiction

|{{Sortname|Patrick|Ness}}

|Burn

Youth Audio

|{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Acevedo}} with Melania Luisa Marte (narrator)

|Clap When You Land

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