America's Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading incentive program for students in grades 3-12. The purpose is simply to encourage students to read good books and have fun while competing with peers.

 

Official 2022-2023 Lists

9^th to 12^th Grade Division

• All Systems Red by Martha Wells
• Ashlords by Scott Reintgen
• A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
• The Dark Matter of Mona Starr by Laura Lee Gulledge
• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
• I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
• Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
• We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
• What I Carry by Jennifer Longo
• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

6^th to 8^th Grade Division

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
• The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
• Blended by Sharon M. Draper
• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
• Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
• The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
• Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
• In the After by Demitria Lunetta
• Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught
• Slider by Pete Hautman
• Taylor Before and After by Jennie Englund
• The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
• We’re Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey
• When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn
• While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown

3^rd to 5^th Grade Division

• The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows
• The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
• From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
• Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
• Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
• Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar
• Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu
• Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
• Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz
• Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
• Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
• Spark by Sarah Beth Durst
• The Trouble with Weasels by Rob Harrell
• A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

 

 

Remember that we stock all the battle books year round!