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Best Children’s Picture Books

 

1. A Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily Jenkins

2. Dragons Love Tacos 2: the Sequel by Adam Rubin 

3. Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima 

4. Triangle by Mac Barnett

5. Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie by Kim Dean 

6. Life on Mars by Jon Agee 

7. Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall 

8. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker 

9. Now by Antoinette Portis 

10. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt 

Best Children's Fiction Books

 

1. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale 

2. Amina’s Voice by Hena Kahn 

3. Refugee by Alan Gratz 

4. Flying Lessons & Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh 

5. The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley 

6. CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington 

7. Worlds Collide: The Land of Stories, Book 6 by Chris Colfer 

8. Wishtree by Katherine Applegate 

9. Restart by Gordon Korman 

10. The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue 

 

Best Children’s Nonfiction Books

 

1. Where Will I Live? by Rosemary A. McCarney 

2. Cat Tales: True Stories of Kindness and Companionship with Kitties by Aline Alexander Newman

3. Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song by Gary Golio 

4. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton

5. My First Coding Book by Kiki Prottsman 

6. The Elements: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table by Tom Jackson 

7. The Banana Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World by Katie Smith Milway

8. Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner 

9. Junk Drawer Engineering: 25 Construction Challenges That Don’t Cost a Thing by Bobby Mercer 

10. Look I’m a Cook by DK Publishing 

 

Best Teen Books

 

1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

2. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon 

3. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor 

4. The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco 

5. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee 

6. Solo by Kwame Alexander 

7. The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo 

8. Caraval by Stephanie Garber 

9. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 

10. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour 

 

Best Graphic Novels

 

1. The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui 

2. Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Lies by Greg Rucka 

3. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 5: Like I'm The Only Squirrel in the World by Ryan North 

4. America 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez by Gabby Rivera and Joe Quinones 

5. Jessica Jones, Vol. 1: Uncaged! by Brian Bendis 

6. Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim by Shannon Watters 

7. Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2 by Ta-Nehisi Coates 

8. Saga, Volume Seven by Brian K. Vaughan 

9. Ink in Water: An Illustrated Memoir - Or, How I Kicked Anorexia's Ass and Embraced Body Positivity by Lacy J. Davis and Jim Kettner 

10. The Flash, Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice by Joshua Williamson

 

Best Adult Fiction Books

 

1. Glass Houses by Louise Penny 

2. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See 

3. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 

4. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 

5. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 

6. Beartown by Fredrik Backman 

7. Camino Island by John Grisham 

8. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins 

9. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 

10. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 

 

Best Adult Nonfiction Books

 

Best TV Series

 

1. This Is Us, Season One

2. The Big Bang Theory, Season Ten

3. Orphan Black, Season Five

4. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Season Two

5. Orange Is The New Black, Season Four

6. Westworld, Season One

7. Master of None, Season One

8. Broadchurch, Season Three

9. Grace and Frankie, Season Two

10. Doctor Who, Series Ten, Part One

 

Best Movies

 

1. Hidden Figures

2. Moana

3. Wonder Woman

4. Rogue One

5. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

6. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

7. Arrival

8. Beauty and the Beast

9. Moonlight

10. Sing

 

Best Albums

 

1. Divide by Ed Sheeran

2. Grateful by DJ Khaled

3. Melodrama by Lorde

4. DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

5. Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie by Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie

6. 4:44 by Jay-Z

7. I See You by XX

8. The Order of Time by Valerie June

9. Mental Illness by Aimee Mann

10. Hopeless Fountain Kingdom by Halsey

 

Best Audiobooks

 

1. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking 

2. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie

3. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

4. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

5. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken

6. Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

7. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston

8. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

9. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

10. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

 

Best Large Print Books

 

1. The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

2. The Lost City of the Monkey God: a True Story by Douglas Preston

3. Camino Island by John Grisham

4. Beartown by Fredrik Backman

5. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

6. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

7. Man Overboard by J.A. Jance

8. House of Spies by Daniel Silva

9. Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta

10. The Fix by David Baldacci

 

Best of 2016

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Best of 2015 

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