Nerdy Book Award2016

Given by Nerdy Book Club

Other Names: Nerdies
154 Works 99,885 Books 4,924 Reviews 4.2
Way back on December 1, 2011, this site began with a post explaining about how we would choose the Best Books of 2011.


That was not only the beginning of this site, but also the beginning of what show more would be called the Nerdy Book Awards.

Nominations and voting takes place in December with winners announced during the last days of December. show less
Categories:
All, Early Readers and Chapter Books (133), Fiction Picture Books (215), Graphic Novels (186), Long Form Nonfiction (178), Middle Grade Fiction (250), Nonfiction Picture Books (186), Poetry and Novels in Verse (175), Young Adult Literature (222)
Years:
All, 2023 (141), 2022 (154), 2021 (142), 2020 (115), 2019 (153), 2018 (138), 2017 (151), 2016 (154), 2015 (138), 2014 (154), 2013 (35), 2012 (44), 2011 (26)
Announced:
January 3: Young Adult Literature2023 Recent
January 1: Middle Grade Fiction2023 Recent
December 2023: Long Form Nonfiction2023 Recent
December 2023: Poetry and Novels in Verse2023 Recent
December 2023: Early Readers and Chapter Books2023 Recent
December 2023: Graphic Novels2023 Recent
December 2023: Nonfiction Picture Books2023 Recent
December 2023: Fiction Picture Books2023 Recent
WorkCategoryYear
Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit by Cece Bell
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? by Kate DiCamillo
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde by Shannon Hale
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation by Shannon Hale
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
Dory Fantasmagory: Dory Dory Black Sheep by Abby Hanlon
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
The Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
I am Jane Goodall (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
The Cookie Fiasco by Dan Santat
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
Dance! Dance! Underpants! by Bob Shea
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
The Thank You Book by Mo Willems
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
Duck, Duck, Porcupine! by Salina Yoon
Early Readers and Chapter Books2016
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
Fiction Picture Books2016
Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian
Fiction Picture Books2016
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Fiction Picture Books2016
Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol
Fiction Picture Books2016
The Airport Book by Lisa Brown
Fiction Picture Books2016
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy
Fiction Picture Books2016
The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas
Fiction Picture Books2016
Horrible Bear! by Ame Dyckman
Fiction Picture Books2016
Du Iz Tak by Carson Ellis
Fiction Picture Books2016
Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book!) by Julie Falatko
Fiction Picture Books2016
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan
Fiction Picture Books2016
Shy by Deborah Freedman
Fiction Picture Books2016
Dear Dragon: A Pen Pal Tale by Josh Funk
Fiction Picture Books2016
A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers
Fiction Picture Books2016
Penguin Problems by Jory John
Fiction Picture Books2016
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
Fiction Picture Books2016
Ida, Always by Caron Levis
Fiction Picture Books2016
Let Me Finish! by Minh Lê
Fiction Picture Books2016
School's First Day of School by Adam Rex
Fiction Picture Books2016
Ideas Are All Around by Philip C. Stead
Fiction Picture Books2016
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Fiction Picture Books2016
Be a Friend by Salina Yoon
Fiction Picture Books2016
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper
Graphic Novels2016
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea! by Ben Clanton
Graphic Novels2016
Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green
Graphic Novels2016
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
Graphic Novels2016
The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks
Graphic Novels2016
Babymouse Goes for the Gold by Jennifer L. Holm
Graphic Novels2016
Comics Squad #2: Lunch! by Jennifer L. Holm
Graphic Novels2016
The Great Pet Escape (Pets on the Loose!) by Victoria Jamieson
Graphic Novels2016
Compass South (Four Points) by Hope Larson
Graphic Novels2016
March: Book Three by John Lewis
Graphic Novels2016
The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded by Jim Ottaviani
Graphic Novels2016
Snow White: A Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan
Graphic Novels2016
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Graphic Novels2016
Ghosts: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier
Graphic Novels2016
Paper Girls Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Graphic Novels2016
Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang
Graphic Novels2016
Sabotage: The Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb [YA] by Neal Bascomb
Long Form Nonfiction2016
The Story of Seeds: From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World by Nancy Castaldo
Long Form Nonfiction2016
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Vietnam: A History of the War by Russell Freedman
Long Form Nonfiction2016
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Feminism: Reinventing the F-Word by Nadia Abushanab Higgins
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America by Gail Jarrow
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin
Long Form Nonfiction2016
The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero by Patricia McCormick
Long Form Nonfiction2016
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original "Girl" Reporter, Nellie Bly by Deborah Noyes
Long Form Nonfiction2016
This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osborne
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Everything Robotics: All the Photos, Facts, and Fun to Make You Race for Robots by Jennifer Swanson
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird by Pamela S. Turner
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich Wallace
Long Form Nonfiction2016
Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson
Middle Grade Fiction2016
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley
Middle Grade Fiction2016
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
Middle Grade Fiction2016
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
Middle Grade Fiction2016
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand
Middle Grade Fiction2016
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
Middle Grade Fiction2016
The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Wish by Barbara O'Connor
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Middle Grade Fiction2016
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Middle Grade Fiction2016
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
The Secret Subway by Shana Corey
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation by Gilbert Ford
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial by Susan E. Goodman
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Animal Infographics by Steve Jenkins
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Pink Is For Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals by Jess Keating
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer by Diane Stanley
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Nonfiction Picture Books2016
Booked by Kwame Alexander
LOVE BOOKS AND READING
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science by Jeannine Atkins
LOVE THE NATURAL WORLD
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party by Skila Brown
LOVE PEOPLE, PLACES, YOURSELF, YOUR LIFE
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
LOVE FREEDOM
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Moo by Sharon Creech
LOVE OTHERS, NO MATTER THEIR AGE
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words by Margarita Engle
LOVE FREEDOM
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano
LOVE THE NATURAL WORLD
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Applesauce Weather by Helen Frost
LOVE OTHERS, NO MATTER THEIR AGE
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes
LOVE PEOPLE, PLACES, YOURSELF, YOUR LIFE
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
American Ace by Marilyn Nelson
LOVE HISTORY
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney
LOVE BOOKS AND READING
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems by Bob Raczka
LOVE CREATIVITY
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan
LOVE PEOPLE, PLACES, YOURSELF, YOUR LIFE
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Before Morning by Joyce Sidman
LOVE THE NATURAL WORLD
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer
LOVE CREATIVITY
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Saving Red by Sonya Sones
LOVE PEOPLE, PLACES, YOURSELF, YOUR LIFE
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford
LOVE FREEDOM
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen by Carole Boston Weatherford
LOVE HISTORY
Poetry and Novels in Verse2016
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Young Adult Literature2016
The Reader by Traci Chee
Young Adult Literature2016
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle
Young Adult Literature2016
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Young Adult Literature2016
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Young Adult Literature2016
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
Young Adult Literature2016
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston
Young Adult Literature2016
Still Life with Tornado by A. S. King
Young Adult Literature2016
Still a Work in Progress by Jo Knowles
Young Adult Literature2016
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Young Adult Literature2016
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
Young Adult Literature2016
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
Young Adult Literature2016
All We Have Left by Wendy Mills
Young Adult Literature2016
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Young Adult Literature2016
The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner
Young Adult Literature2016
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Young Adult Literature2016
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Young Adult Literature2016
Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick
Young Adult Literature2016
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
Young Adult Literature2016
The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork
Young Adult Literature2016
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Young Adult Literature2016
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
Young Adult Literature2016

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