Lists

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.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

From funny to fantasy, realistic to historical, there's something for every middle-schooler to love here.

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.

In this list, you'll find funny books, fantasies, realistic stories about kids trying to fit in, true adventure stories, and more.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share some favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

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.

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.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles.

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share some favorite titles.

Check out these titles where academic rivals try to outdo each other. Chaos usually ensues, and often an A+ relationship!

These books provide an introduction to anxiety. Produced in collaboration with the Douglas Center and MCC.

These stories highlight the experiences and perspectives of Asian American and Pacific Islander authors.

Enjoy these films.

Selected in honor of Autism Acceptance Month, these books were written by autistic adults, autistic parents of children on the autism spectrum, and neurotypical parents of autistic children who are also advocates for the neurodiversity movement. Andrew selected the adult titles, Grace the teen titles, and Holly the children's titles.

Here are a few books that I hope will serve as both windows and mirrors for all who read them, just as they have for me.

This is by no means a comprehensive list. And that, dear reader, is a very big deal. In scarcely a decade, we have gone from almost no fiction by openly autistic authors being published to having an embarrassment of riches. I could easily have found three times as many titles in the library’s collection without changing the rules I set for the list.

Think of this list, then, as something of a sample platter. I have tried to represent a variety of genres. I have tried to show some of the extraordinary diversity of autism, and the ways in which autistic and LGBTQ identities so often overlap. Some of the books here feature autistic characters and the issues specific to them, some have characters who “read” as autistic even if the term is never used, and some do none of that. The only criteria are that these are works of fiction intended for adults, written by authors who have publicly identified themselves as being autistic.

Read what appeals to you, and then use that as a starting point for seeing what else is out there.

Library staff share their favorite audiobook titles.

Staff recommend their favorite classic horror novels.

Here are some of our favorite titles.

Enjoy these lovely board books and picture books.

These are some of our favorite picture books that celebrate Black children, their families, and their communities.

Some fiction, some nonfiction, all great books for those who love the outdoors.

Great books for new young readers in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade, to enjoy.

From memoir and narrative history to self-help and social justice, this list is a small sampling of recent and essential Indigenous nonfiction for teens to explore.

Great stories by and about our Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

Great stories by and about our Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

Great stories by and about our Asian American and Pacific Islander community.