2025 Staff Picks for Grade 3-5: Fiction
Our expert staff members have selected these excellent titles for kids.
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2025 Staff Picks: Television
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Film
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Biography and Memoir
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Historical Fiction
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Nonfiction
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Literary Fiction
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Romance
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Fantasy
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Adult Graphic Novels
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Science Fiction
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Mystery
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Suspense and Thrillers
Our expert staff members look back at the year and choose some of their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Horror
Our expert staff members look back at the year and choose some of their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Music
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite albums.
2025 Staff Picks: Teen
Our expert staff members look back at the year and choose some of their favorites.
2025 Staff Picks: Teen Graphic Novels
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks for Babies-PreK
So many great books! Here are some of this year's favorites, selected by our expert staff members.
2025 Staff Picks for Grade K-2: Picture Books
Our expert staff members have selected these picture books especially for this age group.
2025 Staff Picks for Grade K-2: Readers, Chapter Books, Graphic Novels, and Nonfiction
The list includes books for kids just learning to read, through independent readers. Also see the Staff Picks list for picture books for this age group.
2025 Staff Picks for Grade 3-5: Graphic Novels and Nonfiction
Our expert staff members have selected these books for enjoying both nonfiction and graphic novels.
2025 Staff Picks: Grade 6-8
Some of our favorite 2025 fiction and graphic novels for middle schoolers. From funny to fantasy, realistic to mystery, there's something here for everyone to love.
2025 Staff Picks: Documentaries and World Films
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Independent Films
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2025 Staff Picks: Family-Friendly Movies
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles. Age recommendations provided by commonsensemedia.org.
2024 Staff Picks: Fiction and Graphic Novels for Grade 6-8
From funny to fantasy, realistic to historical, there's something for every middle-schooler to love here.
2024 Staff Picks: Readers, Chapter Books, Graphic Novels, and Nonfiction for Grade K-2
The list includes books for kids just learning to read, through independent readers. Also see the staff picks list for picture books for this age group.
2024 Staff Picks: Graphic Novels and Nonfiction for Grade 3-5
In this list, you'll find funny books, fantasies, realistic stories about kids trying to fit in, true adventure stories, and more.
2024 Staff Picks: Fiction for Grade 3-5
From books about zombies to escape rooms to spies to time travelers to spooky stories to friend and school stories , this list has staff favorites for every kind of reader.
2024 Staff Picks for Babies-PreK
These are books we think grown-ups will love to share with the littlest readers in their lives. They range from silly to unusual to deeply meaningful, and everything in-between.
2024 Staff Picks: Picture Books for Grade K-2
Many kids love to share picture books with their grown-ups, and these books were specially chosen for this purpose. Also see the 2024 staff picks list of readers, chapter books, and nonfiction for grade K-2.
Beginner's Guide to Horror: Staff-Favorite Classics
Staff recommend their favorite classic horror novels.
Beginner's Guide to Audiobooks: Staff Favorites
Library staff share their favorite audiobook titles.
2024 Staff Picks: Teen
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2024 Staff Picks: Teen Graphic Novels
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.
2024 Staff Picks: Horror and Science Fiction
Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.