2023

English Picture Books

Anzu the Great Kaiju
by Benson Shum

English Chapter Books

Starfish  
by Lisa Fipps

Graphic Novels

Marshmallow and Jordan
by Alina Chau

Middle School

When the World Was Ours   
by  Liz Kessler 

High School

The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides

Japanese Picture Books

 じゃない！
by  チョーヒカル 

Japanese Chapter Books

オオハシ・キング ぼくのなまいきな鳥  
by  当原珠樹　

Japanese Middle/ High School

 聲の形   
by  倉橋燿子 

2022

English Picture Books

Bad Dog 

by Mike Boldt

English Chapter Books

City Spies
by James Ponti

Graphic Novels

Cat Kid Comic Club
by Dav Pilkey

Middle School

Bloom
by  Kenneth Oppel

High School

The Inheritance Games
by Jennifer Lynne Barnes

Japanese Picture Books

 細菌ホテル  
by キム・ソンファ & クォン・スジン 

Japanese Chapter Books

 猫町ふしぎ事件簿 猫神さまはお怒りです
by   廣嶋 玲子 

Japanese Middle/ High School

保健室経由、かねやま本館
by 松素めぐり 

2021

English Picture Books

The Panda Problem
by Deborah Underwood

English Chapter Books

Ninja Kid
by Anh Do

Graphic Novels

Guts 

by Raina Telgemeier

English Middle School

White Bird 
by  R.J. Palacio

English High School

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson

Japanese Picture Books

 パンどろぼう
by 柴田ケイコ

Japanese Chapter Books

 生き残りゲーム ラストサバイバル 最後まで歩けるのはだれだ!?
by 大久保 開 

Japanese Middle/ High School

 世界は「 」で満ちている
by 櫻いいよ

2020

English Picture Books

 Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

by Andrea Wang

English Chapter Books

 The boy at the Back of the Class

by Rauf Onjali

Graphic Novels

The Cardboard Kingdo

 by Chad Sell

English Middle School

Skyward

by Brandon Sanderson

English High School

Warcross

by Marie Lu

Japanese Picture Books

 なまえのないねこ

by 竹下文子 

Japanese Chapter Books

ぼくとニケ

by 片川優子

Japanese Middle/ High School(tie)

僕は上手にしゃべれない

by 椎野直弥

&

母さんがどんなに僕を嫌いでも

by 歌川たいじ

2019

English Picture Books

The Bad Seed

by Jory John

English Chapter Books

The Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

by Dusti Bowling

Graphic Novels

Real Friends

by Shannon Hale

English Middle School

Refugee

by Alan Gratz

English High School

Nyxia

by Scott Reintgen

Japanese Picture Books せかいいちまじめなレストラン

by たしろちさと

Japanese Chapter Books

ぼく、ちきゅうかんさつたい

by 松本聰美

Japanese Middle School

繕い屋の娘カヤ 

by 曄田依子

Japanese High School

かがみの孤城 

by 辻村深月

2018

English Picture Books

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

by Drew Daywalt

English Chapter Books

The Last Kids on Earth

by Max Brallier

Graphic Novels

Ghosts

by Raina Telgemeier

English Middle School

The Novice

by Taran Matharu

English High School

 Scythe

by Neal Shusterman

Japanese Picture Books

てのりにんじゃ

by 山田マチ

Japanese Chapter Books

牛乳カンパイ係、田中くん 

by 並木たかあき

Japanese Middle School

いい人ランキング

by 吉野万理子

Japanese High School

世界の果てのこどもたち

by 中脇初枝

2017

English Picture Books

Ida, Always

by Caron Levis

English Chapter Books

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman

Graphic Novels

Roller Girl 

by Victoria Jamieson

English Middle School

The Rule of Thre3

by Eric Walters

English High School

Six of Crows

by Leigh Bardugo

Japanese Picture Books

チュンとカァのじゃんけんぽん! (PHPにこにこえほん) 

by 大森 裕子 

Japanese Middle School (tie!)

おなやみ相談部

by みうら かれん 

&

繕い屋の娘カヤ 

by 曄田 依子 

Japanese High School (tie!)

羊と鋼の森

by 宮下奈都

&

かがみの孤城下

by 辻村深月

2016

English Picture Books

The Book with No Pictures 

by B.J. Novak

English Chapter Books

Space Case

by Stuart Gibbs

Graphic Novels

Sisters

by Raina Telgemeier

English Middle School

Wild Boy 

by Rob Lloyd Jones

English High School

The Bunker Diary

by Kevin Brooks

Japanese Picture Books

村上海賊の娘 上巻

by 和田 竜

Japanese Middle School

ふたり

by 福田隆浩 

Japanese High School

アヴェ・マリアのヴァイオリン (角川文庫)

by 香川 宜子 

2015

English Picture Books

 The Day the Crayons Quit

by Drew Daywalt

English Chapter Books

Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

by Chris Grabenstein

Graphic Novels

Monster on the Hill

by Rob Harrell

English Middle School

Bodyguard (Hostage) 

by Chris Bradford

English High School

Butter

by Erin Lange

Japanese Middle School

クサヨミ (21世紀空想科学小説 3) 

by 藤田 雅矢 

Japanese High School

慈雨の人

by 江宮 隆之 

2014

English Picture Books

Anton and the Battle 

by Ole Könnecke

English Chapter Books

Fake Mustache

by Tom Angleberger

Graphic Novels

Cardboard

by Doug TenNapel

English Middle School

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

English High School

Every Day

by David Levithan

Japanese Middle School 

心の森 

by 小手鞠るい 

Japanese High School

ルーズヴェルト・ゲーム

by 池井戸 潤 

2013

English Picture Books

E-mergency! 

by Tom Lichtenheld

English Chapter Books 

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

by L. Pichon

English Middle School

Legend

by Marie Lu 

English High School (tie!)

Divergent 

by Veronica Roth

&

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

Japanese Picture Books

地球をほる

by 川端誠

Japanese Chapter Books

あけちゃダメ！

by 小川英子

Japanese Middle School

一円大王さま (Ichienn Daiou Sama) すとうあさえ 

Japanese High School

ぼくらのメリークリスマス

by 宗田理 

2012

English Picture Books

Interrupting Chicken

by David Ezra Stein 

English Chapter Books

 Out of my Mind

by Sharon Draper 

English Middle School

 Blood Ninja 

by Nick Lake 

English High School

Boys Don’t Cry

by Malory Blackman 

Japanese Picture Books

こんもりくん 

by 山西 ゲンイチ 

Japanese Chapter Books

さらば、シッコザウルス

by 服部千春 

Japanese Middle School

秘密のスイーツ

by はやしまりこ 

Japanese High School

お父やんとオジさん

by 伊集院 静

2011

English Picture Books

The Book That Eats People

by John Perry 

English Chapter Books

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

by Grace Lin 

English Middle School

Cosmic

by Frank Cottrell Boyce 

English High School

The Nest

by Paul Jennings 

Japanese Picture Books (tie!)

べべべん べんとう

by さいとうしのぶ

&

むしばいっかのおひっこし

by にしもとやすこ 

Japanese Chapter Books

小さなりゅう

by 長井るり子 

Japanese Middle School

招福堂のまねきねこ

 by 茂市久美子 

Japanese High School

神様のカルテ

by 夏川 草介

2010

English Picture Books

The Pencil 

by Allan Ahlberg

English Chapter Books

Sisters of the Sword 

by Maya Snow

English Middle School

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

English High School

Numbers 

by David A. Poulsen

Japanese Picture Books

100かいだてのいえ

by 岩井 俊雄

Japanese Chapter Books (tie)

ナニワのMANZAIプリンセス (ノベルズ・エクスプレス)

by 荒井 寛子

&

は なこ 八月七日にひろったこねこ

by なりゆき わかこ

Japanese Middle/High School

告白

by 湊 かなえ

2009

English Picture Books

Penguin

by Polly Dunbar

English Chapter Books

The Name of this Book is Secret

by Pseudonymous Bosch

English Middle School

Unwind

by Neal Shusterman

English High School

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss

Japanese Picture Books

 ふしぎなでまえ

by かがくい ひろし

Japanese Middle/High School

夢をかなえるゾウ

by 水野敬也

2008

English Picture Books

Library Lion

by Michelle Knudsen & Kevin Hawkes

English Chapter Books

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

English Middle School

Girl Missing

by Sophie McKenzie

English High School

Firestorm

by David Klass

Japanese Middle/High School

獣の奏者

by 上橋 菜穂子

2007

English Picture Books

Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear

by Matt Dray

English Chapter Books

Cryptid Hunters

by Roland Smith

English Middle School

The Recruit

by Robert Muchamore

English High School Books (tie!)

Elsewhere

by Gabrielle Zevin 

&

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

Japanese High School

佐賀のがばいばあちゃん 

by 島田 洋七

2006

English Picture Books

Mystery at the Club Sandwich 

by Doug Cushman

English Chapter Books

Dragon Rider

by Cornelia Funke

English Middle/High School

Arkangel 

by Anthony Horowitz

Japanese High School

幸福な食卓

by 瀬尾 まいこ