2026-2027 Book List
Battle of the Books participants read off the book list (which has a variety of genres). They do NOT have to read all of the books to participate, but the more books read, the greater chance they can help their team answer competition questions correctly!
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Fiction
Book 1: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
Book 2: The Experiment by Rebecca Stead
Book 3: The Lion’s Run by Sara Pennypacker
Book 4: The Little Prince by Antonie de Saint-Exupery
Book 5: Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
Book 6: Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
Book 7: Will’s Race from Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Book 8: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Book 9: We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
Book 10: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Book 11: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Book 12: The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan by Jasmine Warga
Nonfiction
Book 13: An Epic History of Failure: A Blundering Book Full of Fun Facts and Mindless Mishaps by Natalie Younger
Book 14: Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Gym Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy
Book 15: Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming
Book 16: Kid Musicians: True Tales of Childhood from Entertainers, Songwriters, and Stars by Robin Stevenson
Book 17: Volcanoes (Adventures through Nature) by Nell Beckerman
Book 18: You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Dentists! by Fiona Macdonald
Book 19: Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon by Simran Jeet Singh
Poetry
Book 20: Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
Book 21: Words with Wings and Magic Things by Matthew Burgess
Picture Book
Book 22: Cat Nap by Brian Lies illus by Brian Lies
Book 23: Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King illus by Maurice Sendak
Book 24: The Keeper of Wild Words by Brooke Smith illus by Madeline Kloepper
Book 25: Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl’s Adventures in the Big Apple by Allison Pataki and Marya Myers illus by Kristi Valiant
Graphic Novel
Book 26: The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier, illus by Raina Telgemeier
Book 27: Four Eyes by Rex Ogle, illus by Dave Valeza
Book 28: I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tashis, illus by Leo Trinidad
Book 29: One Crazy Summer, The Graphic Novel by Rita Williams-Garcia, illus by Sharee Miller
Book 30: Oasis by Guojing, illus by Guojing
A note:
Sometimes books can be classified under multiple genres.
Titles & Authors no longer need to be memorized for the competition.
Also, We chose to include the illustrators’ names for only the books listed in the picture book & graphic novels sections above but hope that you will pay attention to the illustrators’ names for every book you read. Questions about the illustrations are allowed for every book on the list, as this is an integral part of the story.