2011 was a fabulous year. I joined Jen here on Teach Mentor Texts, my Twitter PLN has grown tremendously and I was lucky enough to be able to go to NCTE/ALAN again. So, to celebrate the year I wanted to do a best of 2011 post.
Now, this is one of the hardest posts that I have ever done. I've started 4 times and just could not figure out how I wanted to share my best of as there were so many great books this year. But, finally, I decided on a Oscar-esque type best of list with many different categories.
So *drum roll* here is my list:
Young Adult
Best YA Realistic Fiction Novel of 2011
Best YA Sci-Fi Novel of 2011
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Runner ups: All of the other dystopian novels of 2011 I've enjoyed- Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky,
Wither by Lauren DeStefano, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Across the Universe by Beth Revis,
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Best YA Novel in Verse of 2011
The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
Best YA Fantasy Novel of 2011
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Best YA Horror Novel of 2011
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Runner up: Ashes by Ilsa Bick
Best YA Humor Novel of 2011
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (though it was scarily serious as well as hilarious.)
Best YA Graphic Novel of 2011
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Runner up: Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
Runner up: Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
Best YA Historical Fiction Novel of 2011
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best YA Sequel of 2011
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Best YA Survival Novel of 2011
Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
Middle Grade
Best MG Realistic Fiction Novel of 2011
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
Best MG Fantasy Novel of 2011
Bigger than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder
Runner up: Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
Best MG Historical Fiction Novel of 2011
Runner up: Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
Best Overlooked MG Novel of 2011
Under the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham
Best MG Picture Book of 2011
I Want my Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Best MG Humor Novel of 2011
Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger
Best MG Graphic Novel of 2011
Squish #1 & #2 by Matt and Jenni Holm
Children's & Picture Books
Best Children's Chapter Book of 2011
Marty McGuire by Kate Messner
Runner up: Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight
Best Fiction Picture Book of 2011
Should I Share my Ice Cream? by Mo Willems
Runner ups: Happy Pig Day! I Broke my Trunk! & Horray for Amanda and her Alligator! by Mo Willems
Best Nonfiction Picture Book of 2011
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins
Runner up: Seabird in the Forest by Joan Dunning
Miscellaneous
Best Final Book of a Trilogy of 2011
Everfound by Neal Shusterman
Runner up: The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan
Best Finale Book of a Series of 2011
Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz
Best Audio Book of 2011
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens, narrated by Jim Dale
Runner up: Red Glove by Holly Black, narrated by Jesse Eisenberg
Read this year, but not published in 2011
Top 15 Novels/Books I Read in 2011 (that aren't from 2011) in no particular order
Sticky Burr #1 by John Lechner
Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
The Odyssey Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner
Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Chalk by Bill Thomson
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Chalk by Bill Thomson
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
I hope you enjoyed my best books of 2011 list!
What was your favorite book from this year?
Happy new year!
Here's to another year of great books, lots of reading and fabulous friends,
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