It took longer than I wanted to finish this list. I had to write some reviews for it and enter in something like 30 reviews into the database. So, many of these have not already been posted in the blog.
Nonfiction and picture books are included in the list this time, because there were not enough for separate lists.
Without further ado, my favorites for the year.
19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab Nye
100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
Angry Arthur by Hiawyn Oram. il by Satoshi Kitamura
The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
Chalice by Robin McKinley
Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman, biography
Civil Liberties, the Opposing Viewpoints series
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire
The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
The Cuckoo’s Haiku by Michael J. Rosen. il Stan Fellows
The Danger Box by Blue Balliett
The Dead Drop by Jennifer Allison, Gilda Joyce detective
Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Eli the Good by Silas House
Eva by Peter Dickinson
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Face Relations ed by Marilyn Singer, short stories
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson
First Light by Rebecca Stead
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher, Dresden Files
Free?: Stories About Human Rights for Amnesty International
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, WoT
Genius of Common Sense by Glenna Lang, nonfiction
The Ghost Sonata by Jennifer Allison, Gilda Joyce
Healer by Peter Dickinson
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
Hosts by F. Paul Wilson, Repairman Jack
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
In the Attic by Hiawyn Oram. il by Satoshi Kitamura
Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh. il by Kathy Jakobsen
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan, WoT
Learn To Speak Music by John Crossingham, nonfiction
Leepike Ridge by N. D. Wilson
Men At Arms by Terry Pratchett, Discworld
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman, short stories
The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson
My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath
A Mystery for Thoreau by Kin Platt
Night Wings by Joseph Bruchac
The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan, WoT
Poetry Matters by Ralph Fletcher, nonfiction
Ringside 1925 by Jen Bryant
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Shattered ed. by Jennifer Armstrong, short stories
Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes
Signing Their Lives Away by Kiernan and D’Agnese, nonfiction
The Smile by Donna Jo Napoli
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire, sequel to Wicked
Sources of Light by Margaret McMullan
Stitchin’ and Pullin’ by Patricia c. McKissack. il Cozbi A. Cabrera
Storm Front by Jim Butcher, Dresden Files
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire
Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus by R. L. LaFevers
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Time Capsule ed. by Donald R. Gallo, short stories
Truce by Jim Murphy, nonfiction
Tulku by Peter Dickinson
The Water Seeker by Kimberly Willis Holt
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan, WoT
