Young readers · 2016

Best Young Readers Books of 2016

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge was the most-recognized young readers book of 2016, named by 13 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 41 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2016 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#BookAuthorSourcesNamed by
1The Lie TreeFrances Hardinge13
2Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives And Dreams Brought To LifeAshley Bryan8
3Jazz Day: The Making Of A Famous PhotographRoxane Orgill, illustrated by Francis Vallejo6
4When The Sea Turned To SilverGrace Lin6
5Leave Me Alone!Vera Brosgol4
6Lucy And LinhAlice Pung2
7The Seventh WishKate Messner2
8Radiant Child: The Story Of Young Artist Jean-Michel BasquiatJavaka Steptoe1
9A Child Of BooksOliver Jeffers and Sam Winston0
    10Ada Twist, ScientistAndrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts0
      11And I DarkenKiersten White0
        12Book Uncle And MeUma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Julianna Swaney0
          13Burn Baby BurnMeg Medina0
            14Don't Call Me GrandmaVaunda Nelson, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon0
              15Exit, Pursued By A BearE.K. Johnston0
                16Fear The Drowning DeepSarah Glenn Marsh0
                  17Full Of BeansJennifer L. Holm0
                    18GhostsRaina Telgemeier0
                      19Highly Illogical BehaviorJohn Corey Whaley0
                        20Ida, AlwaysCaron Levis and Charles Santoso0
                          21King BabyKate Beaton0
                            22Labyrinth LostZoraida Córdova0
                              23Last Stop on Market StreetMatt de la Peña0
                                24Let Me FinishMinh Lê, illustrated by Isabel Roxas0
                                  25Lily And DunkinDonna Gephart0
                                    26Little RedBethan Woollvin0
                                      27March: Book ThreeJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell0
                                        28PaxSara Pennypacker, illustrated by Jon Klassen0
                                          29Raymie NightingaleKate DiCamillo0
                                            30The Beach At NightElena Ferrante, illustrated by Mara Cerri, translated by Ann Goldstein0
                                              31The Dark Days ClubAlison Goodman0
                                                32The Girl From EverywhereHeidi Heilig0
                                                  33The Haunting Of Falcon HouseEugene Yelchin0
                                                    34The Night GardenerTerry Fan and Eric Fan0
                                                      35The Opposite ZooIl Sung Na0
                                                        36The ReaderTraci Chee0
                                                          37The Sound Of SilenceKatrina Goldsaito, illustrated by Julia Kuo0
                                                            38The StorytellerEvan Turk0
                                                              39They All Saw A CatBrendan Wenzel0
                                                                40Thunder Boy Jr.Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Yuyi Morales0
                                                                  41Wolf HollowLauren Wolk0