1. Hell Followed With Us, Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, 2023.

2. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks, Patrick Raden Keefe, Anchor, 2022.

3. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, 2022. 

4. Hell & Back (Longmire #18), Craig Johnson, Viking, 2022.

5. Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt & Co., 2023. 

6. When Women Were Dragons, Kelly Barnhill, Doubleday, 2022. 

7. Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, 2020.

8. Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World, Frederick Joseph and Portia Joseph, Candlewick, 2022.

9. Yellowface, R.F. Kuang, William Morrow & Co, 2023.

10. (Tie) The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf, Grosset & Dunlap, 2011.

(Tie) The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and a Crime that Changed Their Lives, Dashka Slater, FS&G, 2017.