
Favorites Awards
The books in these lists are read and voted on by thousands of children across the US each year. These Favorites Lists can be counted on as books children, teens, and teachers really enjoy reading!
Children’s, Young Adults’, and Teacher’s Choices will now be called Children’s Favorites Award, Young Adult Favorites Award, and Teacher Favorites Award. We have also added the Librarian Favorites Award.
The ILA and CBC co-coordinated the Choices program since 1974. The program was paused in 2020 and now the CBC has agreed to run the program in full. We are grateful to the ILA for their years of work in making these lists a go-to resource for educators, librarians, and caregivers.
Each year, young people from Kindergarten to 12th grade, teachers, and librarians across 50 states read newly-published children’s and YA books and vote for the ones they like best. 80 review teams across the country work so that kids and educators read and select books. These Favorites Award lists, selected from hundreds of titles submitted by publishers, can be counted as books children, young adults, teachers, and librarians really enjoy reading!


PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS
- Participating locations for the 2023 Favorites Awards
- Participating locations for the 2023 Favorites Awards (spreadsheet)
DOWNLOADABLE WINNING TITLES LISTS
- 2023 Children’s Favorites Awards:
- 2023 Young Adult Favorites Awards
- 2023 Teacher Favorites Award Lists (K-12TH)
- 2023 Librarian Favorites Award Lists (K-12TH)
SPREADSHEETS OF WINNING TITLES
- 2023 Children’s Favorites Awards:
- 2023 Young Adult Favorites Awards spreadsheet
- 2023 Teacher Favorites Award spreadsheet (K-12TH)
- 2023 Librarian Favorites Award spreadsheet (K-12TH)
View the lists when they were known as Children’s Choices, Young Adults’ Choices, and Teacher’s Choices.
Publishers: Learn more about submitting titles to this list. Email Sommer.Wissner@cbcbooks.org with questions.
More lists: Notable Social Studies Trade Books, Outstanding Science Trade Books, Best STEM Books, Building a Home Library, Reading Beyond, and More Curated Lists collaborations.