Ask your favorite librarian, bookseller, or bookworm... or try the book lists Mrs. Baker compiled!
1. Audiobook
2. Award winner
3. Became a movie or TV series
4. Biography or memoir *
5. Book of poetry *
6. Challenged, banned, or censored *
7. Class assignment
8. Classic or retelling/adaptation of a classic *
9. Collection of short stories or essays
10. Color in the title
11. Dystopian or post-apocalyptic
12. Fantasy
13. Fiction graphic novel *
14. Friend or family member recommendation
15. Historical fiction
16. Horror or supernatural fiction
17. Humor *
18. LGBTQIAP+ characters or themes
19. Love story
20. Main character has a disability
21. Main character is ethnically/culturally different than you
22. Multiple narrators
23. Music, art, theater *
24. Mystery, crime, or true crime
25. Narrative nonfiction
26. Nature, outdoors, survival
27. Nonfiction graphic novel *
28. Nonfiction picture book *
29. Nonhuman characters (animal or other)
30. Novel in verse *
31. One-word title
32. #OwnVoices
33. Published in the decade you were born
34. Published this year
35. Re-read a childhood favorite *
36. Realistic fiction
37. Regional author or setting (Idaho/Northwest)
38. Science fiction
39. Science, technology, engineering, math *
40. Set in another country
41. Special program (YRCA, IBOB, TTT)
42. Sports, e-sports, immersive gaming
43. Superhero or superpower story *
44. Takes place in a specific season
45. Teacher or librarian recommendation
46. Thriller, suspense, page-turner
47. Wildcard (your choice) *
48. Wordless picture book *
49. Written in notes, letters, texts, email, etc.
50. You've been meaning to read