Favorites Awards

The books on the annual FAVORITES lists are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S. every year!

The annual Children’s, Middle-Grade, Young Adult, Teacher, and Librarian FAVORITES Awards are the most diverse and vibrant booklists anywhere.

Each year, thousands of children, teens, teachers, and librarians across 50 states read newly published K-12-grade books and vote for the ones they like best. Over 70 coordinators nationwide display hundreds of publisher-submitted titles in their schools and libraries so that every book can be read and voted on. The books with the most votes become the annual CBC Favorites Awards Lists, a group of 12 lists showcasing new books that young readers, teachers, and librarians loved reading.

The CBC then creates PDFs, spreadsheets, and an online listing of books to discover the best in new children’s, middle-grade, and young adult fiction and nonfiction. We promote these CBC FAVORITES lists extensively as great resources for families, classrooms, libraries, bookstores, and everyone who loves books!

2025 DOWNLOADABLE FAVORITES AWARD LISTS

2025 Children’s Favorites Awards:
- K-2ND Grade PDF
- 3RD-5TH Grade PDF
2025 Middle-Grade Favorites Awards:
- 6TH-8TH Grade PDF
2025 Young Adult Favorites Awards:
- 9TH-12TH Grade PDF
2025 Teacher Favorites Awards:
2025 Librarian Favorites Awards:

2025 SPREADSHEETS OF WINNING TITLES

2025 SEARCHABLE LISTS

2025 Favorites Awards CBC searchable book lists — 2025 and 20233 available. 2024 lists coming soon!

2025 PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS

Participating locations for the 2025 Favorites Awards (blog post)

PAST YEARS’ WINNING TITLES

2024 Favorites Awards PDF — for all groups and grades
2024 Spreadsheet Favorites Awards — for all groups and grades
2024 Favorites Awards CBC searchable book lists — for all groups and grades (coming!)
Participating locations for the 2024 Favorites Awards (blog post)

2023 Favorite Awards PDF — for all groups and grades
2023 Favorite Awards spreadsheet — for all groups and grades
2023 Favorites Awards CBC searchable book lists — for all groups and grades

View the lists when they were known as Children’s Choices, Young Adults’ Choices, and Teacher’s Choices.

Publishers: Submissions are currently OPEN until May 28. To learn more about submitting titles, check out the submission guidelines. Email cbc.info@cbcbooks.org with questions.