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Carnegie Medal books I've read (shortlist and winners)

Description: A list of the books I've read which were shortlisted for or won the Carnegie Medal. Ranked in order of preference.

Based on tag: Carnegie Medal

Members: 16 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
20,045 members, 174 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: cej1027, eclecticdodo, eromsted, SylviaC, aulsmith, daisy_may, al.vick, Edward, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee

Thumbs down: Anjali.Negi

Score: 10

Explanations:

souloftherose (14): Winner: 1956

2
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
by J. K. Rowling
118,409 members, 1,929 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, blackdove07, cej1027, eclecticdodo, dara85, SylviaC, al.vick, Edward, merrystar, souloftherose

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 9

Explanations:

souloftherose (21): Commended 1997

3
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
32,999 members, 699 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda, blackdove07, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, elkiedee, Edward, merrystar

Score: 9

Explanations:

souloftherose (2): Winner 1995

4
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
41,600 members, 1,285 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: dara85, ManWithAnAgenda, cej1027, daisy_may, blackdove07, eclecticdodo, elkiedee, souloftherose

Score: 8

Explanations:

souloftherose (19): Shortlisted 2003

5
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
21,685 members, 374 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda, blackdove07, eclecticdodo, merrystar, Edward, elkiedee, souloftherose

Score: 8

Explanations:

souloftherose (23): Highly commended 2000

6
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
7,122 members, 115 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: SylviaC, aulsmith, Edward, eclecticdodo, ManWithAnAgenda, souloftherose, merrystar, elkiedee

Score: 8

Explanations:

souloftherose (6): Winner 1952

7
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
95,634 members, 913 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: cej1027, daisy_may, blackdove07, al.vick, eclecticdodo, Edward, merrystar, souloftherose

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 7

Explanations:

souloftherose (20): Shortlisted 1999

8
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
22,513 members, 442 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: eromsted, souloftherose, SylviaC, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda, elkiedee

Score: 6

Explanations:

souloftherose (3): Winner 1972

9
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
by Terry Pratchett
6,437 members, 119 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: cej1027, daisy_may, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, al.vick, eclecticdodo

Score: 6

Explanations:

souloftherose (5): Winner 2001

10
Ballet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild
3,044 members, 64 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: elkiedee, merrystar, SylviaC, daisy_may, al.vick, souloftherose

Score: 6

Explanations:

souloftherose (24): Highly Commended: 1936

11
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
19,886 members, 1,208 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, aulsmith, blackdove07, ManWithAnAgenda, souloftherose

Score: 5

Explanations:

souloftherose (10): Winner 2010

12
Charmed Life
by Diana Wynne Jones
2,454 members, 57 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: elkiedee, merrystar, daisy_may, ManWithAnAgenda, souloftherose

Score: 5

Explanations:

souloftherose (39): Commended 1977

13
The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
2,221 members, 47 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, souloftherose, merrystar, SylviaC

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (4): Winner 1946

14
The Owl Service
by Alan Garner
1,807 members, 45 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: elkiedee, SylviaC, souloftherose, al.vick

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (8): Winner 1967

15
Dogsbody
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,385 members, 35 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: merrystar, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda, souloftherose

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (38): Commended 1975

16
The Lantern Bearers
by Rosemary Sutcliff
1,127 members, 18 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Edward, cej1027, elkiedee, souloftherose

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (32): Winner 1959

17
The Family from One End Street
by Eve Garnett
424 members, 8 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: Edward, daisy_may, elkiedee, souloftherose

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (26): Winner 1937

18
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
4,936 members, 433 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: souloftherose, blackdove07, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (1): Winner 2012

19
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
4,362 members, 356 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, elkiedee, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (34): Shortlisted 2013

20
A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
3,705 members, 170 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, elkiedee, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (29): Winner 2003

21
Goodnight Mister Tom
by Michelle Magorian
2,322 members, 62 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: elkiedee, daisy_may, merrystar

Score: 3

Explanations:

merrystar (14): Commended, 1981

22
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,187 members, 40 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (7): Winner 1958

23
Bog Child
by Siobhán Dowd
757 members, 46 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: elkiedee, daisy_may, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (27): Winner 2009

24
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
by Penelope Lively
465 members, 10 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: Edward, souloftherose, elkiedee

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (11): Winner 1973

25
The Circus is Coming
by Noel Streatfeild
354 members, 5 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee

Score: 3

26
Skellig
by David Almond
2,898 members, 200 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, daisy_may

Score: 2

27
Johnny and the Bomb
by Terry Pratchett
1,491 members, 25 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (22): Commended 1996

28
Clockwork
by Philip Pullman
1,285 members, 37 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (35): Shortlisted 1996

29
Pigeon Post
by Arthur Ransome
848 members, 18 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: souloftherose, elkiedee

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (9): Winner 1936

30
Cuckoo Song
by Frances Hardinge
583 members, 30 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (40): Shortlisted 2015

31
The Wool-Pack
by Cynthia Harnett
310 members, 1 review
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: elkiedee, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (37): Winner: 1951

32
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
by Gene Kemp
253 members, 5 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, elkiedee

Score: 2

33
The Edge of the Cloud
by K. M. Peyton
239 members, 5 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: elkiedee, SylviaC

Score: 2

34
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
22,979 members, 336 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: blackdove07, ManWithAnAgenda

Thumbs down: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (0): This wasn't shortlisted for the Carnegie

35
Holes
by Louis Sachar
20,628 members, 920 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 1

36
The Wee Free Men
by Terry Pratchett
9,878 members, 235 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: blackdove07, ManWithAnAgenda

Thumbs down: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (0): This wasn't shortlisted for the Carnegie

37
The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness
5,743 members, 381 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (17): Shortlisted 2009

38
Nation
by Terry Pratchett
4,858 members, 234 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (16): Shortlisted 2010

39
Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko
4,845 members, 325 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: cej1027

Score: 1

40
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
4,206 members, 334 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: dara85

Score: 1

41
Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys
2,654 members, 174 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: dara85

Score: 1

42
The Ask and the Answer
by Patrick Ness
2,640 members, 163 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (25): Shortlisted 2010

43
Monsters of Men
by Patrick Ness
2,247 members, 149 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (28): Winner 2011

44
Private Peaceful
by Michael Morpurgo
1,400 members, 57 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

45
The Lie Tree
by Frances Hardinge
1,304 members, 61 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

46
King of Shadows
by Susan Cooper
1,143 members, 17 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: merrystar

Score: 1

Explanations:

merrystar (3): shortlist, 1999

47
Tamar
by Mal Peet
917 members, 47 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (36): Winner 2005

48
Carrie's War
by Nina Bawden
832 members, 12 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

49
The Changeover
by Margaret Mahy
793 members, 35 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

50
Postcards from No Man's Land
by Aidan Chambers
759 members, 22 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

51
Revolver
by Marcus Sedgwick
701 members, 48 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (15): Shortlisted 2010

52
A Stranger at Green Knowe
by L. M. Boston
555 members, 47 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

53
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
by Helen Grant
548 members, 87 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler

Score: 1

54
The Little Bookroom
by Eleanor Farjeon
518 members, 9 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

55
The Machine Gunners
by Robert Westall
496 members, 4 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

56
My Swordhand is Singing
by Marcus Sedgwick
481 members, 28 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (18): Shortlisted 2007

57
Smith
by Leon Garfield
456 members, 9 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

58
The Little Grey Men
by B. B.
398 members, 9 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (12): Winner 1942

59
River Boy
by Tim Bowler
353 members, 5 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (31): Winner 1997

60
The Wind on the Moon
by Eric Linklater
345 members, 6 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

61
The Haunting
by Margaret Mahy
314 members, 11 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

62
The Weight of Water
by Sarah Crossan
293 members, 20 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (33): Shortlisted 2013

63
The Ghosts
by Antonia Barber
204 members, 9 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

64
Stop the Train
by Geraldine McCaughrean
200 members, 6 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (13): Highly Commended 2001

65
Out of Shadows
by Jason Wallace
170 members, 8 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: daisy_may

Score: 1

66
A Pack of Lies
by Geraldine McCaughrean
169 members, 1 review
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

67
Knight Crusader
by Ronald Welch
127 members, 2 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (30): Winner 1954

68
The Moon in the Cloud
by Rosemary Harris
99 members, 4 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

69
The Lark on the Wing
by Elfrida Vipont
92 members, 2 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

70
Time of Trial
by Hester Burton
67 members, 0 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

71
We Couldn't Leave Dinah
by Mary Treadgold
56 members, 0 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

72
The Radium Woman: A Life of Marie Curie
by Eleanor Doorly
48 members, 0 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: elkiedee

Score: 1

73
Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
3,414 members, 212 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Score: 0

74
The Borrowers Afloat
by Mary Norton
1,971 members, 13 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Score: 0

75
Fever Crumb
by Philip Reeve
989 members, 63 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Score: 0

76
Trash
by Andy Mulligan
891 members, 45 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Score: 0

77
The White Darkness
by Geraldine McCaughrean
864 members, 73 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Score: 0

78
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
by Annabel Pitcher
675 members, 59 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Score: 0

79
The Ropemaker
by Peter Dickinson
632 members, 14 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Score: 0

80
A Swift Pure Cry
by Siobhán Dowd
501 members, 25 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Score: 0

81
My Name Is Mina
by David Almond
434 members, 23 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Score: 0

82
One
by Sarah Crossan
353 members, 22 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Score: 0

83
The Sterkarm Handshake
by Susan Price
320 members, 12 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

84
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
by Geraldine McCaughrean
245 members, 29 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Score: 0

85
The Midnight Zoo
by Sonya Hartnett
194 members, 8 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Score: 0

86
Everybody Jam
by Ali Lewis
68 members, 0 reviews
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

Score: 0

87
Ruby Holler
by Sharon Creech
2,372 members, 52 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)
88
The Return of the Twelves
by Pauline Clarke
249 members, 4 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)
89
Millions
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
767 members, 29 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)
90
Just in Case
by Meg Rosoff
687 members, 32 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)
91
The Other Side of Truth
by Beverley Naidoo
542 members, 12 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)
92
Here Lies Arthur
by Philip Reeve
587 members, 28 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)
93
Whispers in the Graveyard
by Theresa Breslin
113 members, 4 reviews
3.12 stars (3.12 stars)
94
Flour Babies
by Anne Fine
461 members, 11 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)
95
Smack
by Melvin Burgess
1,415 members, 27 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)
96
The Bunker Diary
by Kevin Brooks
326 members, 21 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)
97
Stone Cold
by Robert Swindells
253 members, 8 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)
98
The Scarecrows
by Robert Westall
135 members, 1 review
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)
99
Granny Was a Buffer Girl
by Berlie Doherty
82 members, 1 review
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)
100
Dear Nobody
by Berlie Doherty
239 members, 4 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)
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