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Best Books 2025
We hope that SLJ’s Best Books of 2025, filled with adventurous and fantastical stories, silly and breathtaking picture books, true-crime mysteries and stirring romances, and universally consumed manga...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Our 2025 Best Books list is live!!! #sljbestbooks
At 193 titles, our biggest Best Books yet. Find them here, along with Best Books lists for the past six years.
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Best Books 2024
The curation of this list is evidence of the gigantic community working together, no questions asked, to campaign for literacy and an educated republic, by inviting young readers into the pages of a b...
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November 29, 2024 at 4:03 PM
At 193 titles, our biggest Best Books yet. Find them here, along with Best Books lists for the past six years.
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Among this year’s outstanding listens—with publication dates from November 2023 to October 2024—are two picture books, two volumes of a graphic trilogy (they count as one entry), a head-smack must-read history, and several laugh-out-loud novels.
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Top 10 Audiobooks of 2024
Among this year’s outstanding listens—with publication dates from November 2023 to October 2024—are two picture books, two volumes of a graphic trilogy (they count as one entry), a head-smack must-rea...
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November 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Among this year’s outstanding listens—with publication dates from November 2023 to October 2024—are two picture books, two volumes of a graphic trilogy (they count as one entry), a head-smack must-read history, and several laugh-out-loud novels.
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As the medium continues its meteoric rise, 2024 marked the debut of SLJ's first-ever Best Books committee dedicated exclusively to manga. These 22 standout titles offer something for readers of all ages and interests, redefining what belongs on K–12 shelves—and why.
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Best Manga 2024 | SLJ Best Books
As the medium continues its meteoric rise, 2024 marked the debut of SLJ's first-ever Best Books committee dedicated exclusively to manga. From shock-charged action and celestial fantasy to eco-horror ...
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November 29, 2024 at 3:07 PM
As the medium continues its meteoric rise, 2024 marked the debut of SLJ's first-ever Best Books committee dedicated exclusively to manga. These 22 standout titles offer something for readers of all ages and interests, redefining what belongs on K–12 shelves—and why.
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Gripping fantastical journeys, family secrets, unbridled joy: in these pages, tweens are facing it all. These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of truth telling and embracing one's authentic self, even when it seems impossible.
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Best Middle Grade Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
Gripping fantastical journeys, family secrets, unbridled joy, and inconceivable loss: in these pages, tweens are facing it all. These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of ...
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November 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Gripping fantastical journeys, family secrets, unbridled joy: in these pages, tweens are facing it all. These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of truth telling and embracing one's authentic self, even when it seems impossible.
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Cozy fantasies, immigration stories, and reimagined classics—2024’s Best Graphic Novels list isn’t just a collection of 25 unforgettable reads, it’s a showcase of comics that push storytelling to new heights.
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Best Graphic Novels 2024 | SLJ Best Books
Cozy fantasies, immigration stories, and reimagined classics—2024’s Best Graphic Novels list isn’t just a collection of 25 unforgettable reads, it’s a showcase of comics that push storytelling to new ...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Cozy fantasies, immigration stories, and reimagined classics—2024’s Best Graphic Novels list isn’t just a collection of 25 unforgettable reads, it’s a showcase of comics that push storytelling to new heights.
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The best poems educate with their facts and inspire with their beautiful flow of words. These 11 titles contain poems that do both exceptionally for young readers of all ages.
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Best Poetry 2024 | SLJ Best Books
The best poems educate with their facts and inspire with their beautiful flow of words. These 11 titles contain poems that do both exceptionally for young readers of all ages.
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November 29, 2024 at 2:58 PM
The best poems educate with their facts and inspire with their beautiful flow of words. These 11 titles contain poems that do both exceptionally for young readers of all ages.
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SLJ's 2024 best middle & HS nonfiction selections run the gamut from insightful memoir to unrelenting exposures of dark times in our world's sociopolitical history—and the crucial lessons we must learn from the past.
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Best Nonfiction Middle to High School 2024 | SLJ Best Books
SLJ's 2024 best middle and high school nonfiction selections runthe gamut from insightful memoir;thoughtful explorations of cultural, biological, and environmental phenomena;to unrelenting exposures o...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:57 PM
SLJ's 2024 best middle & HS nonfiction selections run the gamut from insightful memoir to unrelenting exposures of dark times in our world's sociopolitical history—and the crucial lessons we must learn from the past.
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Whether portraying a home in the south of Korea or a neighborhood where more than small things are mended, the 2024 best picture books celebrate how those working together are the models for humanity we want our children to witness.
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Best Picture Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
Whether portraying a humble farming community, a home in the south of Korea, a synagogue filled with love and hope, or a neighborhood where more than small things are mended, the best picture books of...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Whether portraying a home in the south of Korea or a neighborhood where more than small things are mended, the 2024 best picture books celebrate how those working together are the models for humanity we want our children to witness.
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From moving tales in verse to romantic romps to stories of monsters both real and fantastical, these 25 YA novels represent the best of teens living, loving, surviving, and thriving in worlds and times that do not always accept them.
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Best Young Adult Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
From moving tales in verse to romantic romps to stories of monsters both real and fantastical, these 25 YA novels represent the best of teens living, loving, surviving, and thriving in worlds and time...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:51 PM
From moving tales in verse to romantic romps to stories of monsters both real and fantastical, these 25 YA novels represent the best of teens living, loving, surviving, and thriving in worlds and times that do not always accept them.
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I'm honored @sljournal included SMALL THINGS MENDED in their SLJ Best Picture Books 2024.
Thank you so much. ❤️ I'm so lucky to share this with @cwrobinson.bsky.social
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Thank you so much. ❤️ I'm so lucky to share this with @cwrobinson.bsky.social
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November 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I'm honored @sljournal included SMALL THINGS MENDED in their SLJ Best Picture Books 2024.
Thank you so much. ❤️ I'm so lucky to share this with @cwrobinson.bsky.social
@rockypondbooks , @rebeccagent.bsky.social
Best Picture Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
#kidlit
#picturebooks #SLJBestBooks
Thank you so much. ❤️ I'm so lucky to share this with @cwrobinson.bsky.social
@rockypondbooks , @rebeccagent.bsky.social
Best Picture Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
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November 25, 2024 at 11:50 PM
These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of truth telling and embracing one's authentic self, even when it seems impossible.
#SLJBestBooks #middlegrade
#SLJBestBooks #middlegrade
Best Middle Grade Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
Gripping fantastical journeys, family secrets, unbridled joy, and inconceivable loss: in these pages, tweens are facing it all. These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of ...
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November 20, 2024 at 10:34 PM
These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of truth telling and embracing one's authentic self, even when it seems impossible.
#SLJBestBooks #middlegrade
#SLJBestBooks #middlegrade
We started our #SLJBestBooks rollout today. Here’s our schedule www.slj.com/story/Best-B...
Best Books 2024 Rollout Begins November 19
SLJ will reveal the 193 titles selected for this year's Best Books list starting November 19 and culminating November 25 with a live webcast.
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November 20, 2024 at 1:19 AM
We started our #SLJBestBooks rollout today. Here’s our schedule www.slj.com/story/Best-B...
It’s almost time for SLJ’s Best Books 2024, and it’s our biggest Best Books list yet!
The rollout begins November 19. Be there!
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The rollout begins November 19. Be there!
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Best Books 2024 Rollout Begins November 19
SLJ will reveal the 193 titles selected for this year's Best Books list starting November 19 and culminating November 25 with a live webcast.
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November 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
It’s almost time for SLJ’s Best Books 2024, and it’s our biggest Best Books list yet!
The rollout begins November 19. Be there!
#SLJBestBooks #WeCanHaveNiceThings
The rollout begins November 19. Be there!
#SLJBestBooks #WeCanHaveNiceThings
The @sljournal 2024 Best Books list drops next week! Want a behind the scenes look? Join me, Jasmine Amiri, Florence Simmons, and Shelley Diaz on 11/25 to discuss all things #SLJBestBooks Register: www.slj.com/event/behind...
Behind the Scenes: SLJ
How does a book make it onto SLJ's Best Books of the year list? Get the inside scoop from reviews editors and an SLJ reviewer. We'll reveal some of the 193 titles that were selected for this year's li...
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November 13, 2024 at 12:27 AM
The @sljournal 2024 Best Books list drops next week! Want a behind the scenes look? Join me, Jasmine Amiri, Florence Simmons, and Shelley Diaz on 11/25 to discuss all things #SLJBestBooks Register: www.slj.com/event/behind...
School Library Journal Best Books 2023 www.slj.com/story/sljs-2...
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November 22, 2023 at 10:15 PM
School Library Journal Best Books 2023 www.slj.com/story/sljs-2...
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November 14, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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