Disclaimer: there is no perfect way to organize, categorize, or sort your books. This is what works for me personally!
Picture Books
No Jumping on the Bed! by Tedd Arnold Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton The Berenstain Bears by Stan & Jan Berenstain Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin Agatha's Feather Bed by Carmen Agra Deedy Dandelion by Don Freeman A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish Eleanor, Quiet No More by Doreen Rappaport Truman by Jean Reidy The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber The Quarreling Book by Charlotte Zolotow Adult
God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo Sarah Conley by Ellen Gilchrist Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston In Five Years by Rebecca Serle World of Pies by Karen Stolz Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner Early Readers
26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Press Here! by Hervé Tullet Nonfiction/Memoirs
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller |
Chapter Books
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander The Line Tender by Kate Allen Fall Secrets by Candy Dawson Boyd Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech Pee Wee Scouts series by Judy Delton The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo The Kids of the Polk Street School series by Patricia Reilly Giff Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck Clementine by Sara Pennypacker The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Dragonwings by Laurence Yep Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White Young Adult
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney We Were Liars by E. Lockhart A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi Like A Love Story by Abdi Nazemian The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Books On Books
Dear Genius by Leonard Marcus Margaret Wise Brown by Leonard Marcus Down a Sunny Dirt Road by Stan & Jan Berenstain Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss by Philip Nel |