There are LOTS of readers who are always on the lookout for their next great read (the book equivalent of the next great thing). The members of our Organizing Team count themselves among this group.
That’s why we decided to change things up. Instead of asking our category chairs to share personal recommendations, we sought out the lists of places they might go to find lists of books recommended by other readers.
Got a go-to list we missed? Drop the URL in the comments. We’ll update this post to include it.
Just a reminder: The books on the list you recommend must be published between 10/16/2022 and 10/15/2023
Searchable Across Categories
- Book Lists | Kirkus Reviews
- Summer Reads 2023 | Publishers Weekly Children’s
- Top 94 Recommended African-American Children’s Books for 2023 | African American Literature Book Club
Comics & Graphic Novels
- 60 Anticipated Graphic Novels for Winter 2023 | Comics Beat
- 87 Anticipated Graphic Novels for Spring 2023 | Comics Beat
- New YA Graphic Novels Coming in 2023 | Epic Reads
- Don’t Miss Lists – Teen Graphic Novels | LINKcat [updated monthly]
Early Readers
- Don’t Miss Lists – Early Readers | LINKcat [updated monthly]
- New Easy Readers and Beginning Chapter Books 2023 | Melissa Taylor at Imagination Soup
- New Arrivals: Beginning Readers | Wild Rumpus Books
Fiction Picture Books & Board Books
- Notable Children’s Books – 2023 | American Library Association
- The Best New Children’s Books out [month] 2023 | Margaret Kingsbury for Book Riot
- 2023 Debut Picture Book Authors | Literacious
- 2023 Diverse Children’s Books | Helping Kids Rise [updated monthly]
- New Release Round-Up: Children’s Books with LGBTQIA+ Representation Publishing in [month] | Devyn at Rainbow Reads
Middle-Grade Fiction
- The Best New Children’s Books out [month] 2023 | Margaret Kingsbury for Book Riot
- 2023 Middle-Grade Debut Authors | Literacious
- New Arrivals: Middle Grade | Wild Rumpus Books
- New Release Round-Up: Children’s Books with LGBTQIA+ Representation Publishing in [month] | Devyn at Rainbow Reads
Non-Fiction
- Don’t Miss Lists – Children’s Non-fiction Books | LINKcat.info [updated monthly]
- New Nonfiction Books, April and May 2023 | Melissa Taylor at Imagination Soup
- Library Aware: New Nonfiction Books for Kids, Spring 2023 | Houston Public Library
- Early 2023 YA Nonfiction for Your TBR | Stacked
- 17 New Nonfiction Books I’m Excited to Read in 2023 | Victoria at The Contented Reader
Poetry
- 2023 National Poetry Month Books List for Young Readers | poetry.org
- Sneak Peak List 2023 | Sylvia Vardell at Poetry for Children
Speculative Fiction [Elementary/Middle-Grade + Young Adult]
- Charlotte’s Library: Middle-Grade Sci Fi/Fantasy Debuts of 2023 | Charlotte Taylor at Charlotte’s Library
- You Need These Highly Anticipated 2023 Middle-Grade Fiction Releases | Nerd Daily
- 35 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: January – March 2023 | Pop Goes the Reader
- Most Anticipated YA Sci Fi & Fantasy Books in 2023 | Shavantay Minnis at SheReads
- New Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy for March and April 2023 | Alex Brown at tor.com
- Ten Young Adult Science Fiction Books to Read in 2023 | Tammy at Books, Bones & Buffy
Young Adult Fiction
- 40 Of The Most Anticipated YA Books Of 2023 | Buzzfeed
- 2023 YA Debut Titles | Literacious
- Most Anticipated YA Books of 2023 | Shavantay Minnis at SheReads