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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: 15 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
by J. K. Rowling
110,877 members, 1,839 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

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

Score: 10

Explanations:

souloftherose (21): Commended 1997

2
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
18,382 members, 159 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

Thumbs down: Anjali.Negi

Score: 9

Explanations:

souloftherose (14): Winner: 1956

3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
90,475 members, 871 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

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

Score: 8

Explanations:

souloftherose (20): Shortlisted 1999

4
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
31,343 members, 675 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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

Score: 7

Explanations:

souloftherose (2): Winner 1995

5
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
40,028 members, 1,258 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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

Score: 6

Explanations:

souloftherose (19): Shortlisted 2003

6
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
20,704 members, 352 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Score: 6

Explanations:

souloftherose (23): Highly commended 2000

7
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
6,408 members, 108 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

Score: 6

Explanations:

souloftherose (6): Winner 1952

8
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
by Terry Pratchett
6,096 members, 112 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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

Score: 5

Explanations:

souloftherose (5): Winner 2001

9
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
21,270 members, 422 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: eromsted, souloftherose, SylviaC, al.vick

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (3): Winner 1972

10
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
18,617 members, 1,170 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, aulsmith, blackdove07, souloftherose

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (10): Winner 2010

11
Ballet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild
2,815 members, 60 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: merrystar, SylviaC, daisy_may, souloftherose

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (24): Highly Commended: 1936

12
The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
2,059 members, 46 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, souloftherose, merrystar, SylviaC

Score: 4

Explanations:

souloftherose (4): Winner 1946

13
Charmed Life
by Diana Wynne Jones
2,326 members, 55 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: merrystar, daisy_may, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (39): Commended 1977

14
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,040 members, 39 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (7): Winner 1958

15
The Lantern Bearers
by Rosemary Sutcliff
1,042 members, 17 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: Edward, cej1027, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (32): Winner 1959

16
The Family from One End Street
by Eve Garnett
399 members, 9 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Edward, daisy_may, souloftherose

Score: 3

Explanations:

souloftherose (26): Winner 1937

17
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
4,362 members, 410 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: souloftherose, blackdove07

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (1): Winner 2012

18
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
3,900 members, 342 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (34): Shortlisted 2013

19
A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
3,580 members, 170 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (29): Winner 2003

20
Skellig
by David Almond
2,766 members, 197 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, daisy_may

Score: 2

21
Goodnight Mister Tom
by Michelle Magorian
2,167 members, 60 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, merrystar

Score: 2

Explanations:

merrystar (14): Commended, 1981

22
The Owl Service
by Alan Garner
1,699 members, 43 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: SylviaC, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (8): Winner 1967

23
Dogsbody
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,328 members, 33 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (38): Commended 1975

24
Bog Child
by Siobhán Dowd
736 members, 46 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: daisy_may, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (27): Winner 2009

25
Cuckoo Song
by Frances Hardinge
520 members, 28 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Anjali.Negi, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (40): Shortlisted 2015

26
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
by Penelope Lively
450 members, 10 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: Edward, souloftherose

Score: 2

Explanations:

souloftherose (11): Winner 1973

27
The Circus is Coming
by Noel Streatfeild
328 members, 4 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: merrystar, SylviaC

Score: 2

28
The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness
5,301 members, 369 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (17): Shortlisted 2009

29
Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko
4,533 members, 324 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: cej1027

Score: 1

30
Nation
by Terry Pratchett
4,526 members, 230 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (16): Shortlisted 2010

31
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
3,793 members, 319 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: dara85

Score: 1

32
The Ask and the Answer
by Patrick Ness
2,437 members, 162 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (25): Shortlisted 2010

33
Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys
2,223 members, 160 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: dara85

Score: 1

34
Monsters of Men
by Patrick Ness
2,059 members, 147 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (28): Winner 2011

35
Johnny and the Bomb
by Terry Pratchett
1,432 members, 25 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (22): Commended 1996

36
Clockwork
by Philip Pullman
1,222 members, 37 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (35): Shortlisted 1996

37
King of Shadows
by Susan Cooper
1,069 members, 17 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: merrystar

Score: 1

Explanations:

merrystar (3): shortlist, 1999

38
Tamar
by Mal Peet
895 members, 47 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (36): Winner 2005

39
Pigeon Post
by Arthur Ransome
799 members, 15 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (9): Winner 1936

40
The Changeover
by Margaret Mahy
763 members, 32 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

41
Revolver
by Marcus Sedgwick
674 members, 47 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (15): Shortlisted 2010

42
A Stranger at Green Knowe
by L. M. Boston
535 members, 47 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

43
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
by Helen Grant
533 members, 86 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler

Score: 1

44
My Swordhand is Singing
by Marcus Sedgwick
473 members, 27 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (18): Shortlisted 2007

45
The Little Grey Men
by B. B.
366 members, 8 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (12): Winner 1942

46
River Boy
by Tim Bowler
337 members, 5 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (31): Winner 1997

47
The Wind on the Moon
by Eric Linklater
326 members, 7 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

48
The Haunting
by Margaret Mahy
301 members, 11 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

49
The Wool-Pack
by Cynthia Harnett
296 members, 1 review
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (37): Winner: 1951

50
The Weight of Water
by Sarah Crossan
264 members, 18 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (33): Shortlisted 2013

51
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
by Gene Kemp
245 members, 5 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: daisy_may

Score: 1

52
The Edge of the Cloud
by K. M. Peyton
230 members, 5 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

53
Stop the Train
by Geraldine McCaughrean
186 members, 6 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (13): Highly Commended 2001

54
The Ghosts
by Antonia Barber
180 members, 7 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

55
Out of Shadows
by Jason Wallace
166 members, 7 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: daisy_may

Score: 1

56
A Pack of Lies
by Geraldine McCaughrean
161 members, 1 review
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: SylviaC

Score: 1

57
Knight Crusader
by Ronald Welch
121 members, 2 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: souloftherose

Score: 1

Explanations:

souloftherose (30): Winner 1954

58
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
21,934 members, 324 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: blackdove07

Thumbs down: souloftherose

Score: 0

Explanations:

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

59
The Wee Free Men
by Terry Pratchett
9,354 members, 221 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: blackdove07

Thumbs down: souloftherose

Score: 0

Explanations:

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

60
Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
3,095 members, 205 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Score: 0

61
The Borrowers Afloat
by Mary Norton
1,813 members, 11 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Score: 0

62
Fever Crumb
by Philip Reeve
923 members, 59 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Score: 0

63
Trash
by Andy Mulligan
840 members, 44 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Score: 0

64
The White Darkness
by Geraldine McCaughrean
839 members, 72 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Score: 0

65
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
by Annabel Pitcher
645 members, 56 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Score: 0

66
The Ropemaker
by Peter Dickinson
615 members, 14 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Score: 0

67
A Swift Pure Cry
by Siobhán Dowd
488 members, 24 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Score: 0

68
My Name Is Mina
by David Almond
408 members, 23 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Score: 0

69
One
by Sarah Crossan
323 members, 22 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Score: 0

70
The Sterkarm Handshake
by Susan Price
309 members, 12 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Score: 0

71
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
by Geraldine McCaughrean
240 members, 29 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Score: 0

72
The Midnight Zoo
by Sonya Hartnett
188 members, 9 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Score: 0

73
Everybody Jam
by Ali Lewis
64 members, 0 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Score: 0

74
Postcards from No Man's Land
by Aidan Chambers
738 members, 22 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)
75
Ruby Holler
by Sharon Creech
2,218 members, 52 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)
76
The Machine Gunners
by Robert Westall
466 members, 4 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)
77
Millions
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
728 members, 28 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)
78
Just in Case
by Meg Rosoff
668 members, 31 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)
79
The Other Side of Truth
by Beverley Naidoo
509 members, 12 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)
80
The Return of the Twelves
by Pauline Clarke
231 members, 4 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)
81
Here Lies Arthur
by Philip Reeve
563 members, 28 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)
82
The Little Bookroom
by Eleanor Farjeon
490 members, 9 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)
83
Whispers in the Graveyard
by Theresa Breslin
112 members, 4 reviews
3.12 stars (3.12 stars)
84
The Lark on the Wing
by Elfrida Vipont
87 members, 2 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)
85
Flour Babies
by Anne Fine
439 members, 11 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)
86
The Bunker Diary
by Kevin Brooks
303 members, 19 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)
87
Junk
by Melvin Burgess
1,373 members, 27 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)
88
Stone Cold
by Robert Swindells
229 members, 8 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)
89
The Scarecrows
by Robert Westall
129 members, 1 review
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)
90
Granny Was a Buffer Girl
by Berlie Doherty
77 members, 1 review
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)
91
We Couldn't Leave Dinah
by Mary Treadgold
55 members, 0 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)
92
Dear Nobody
by Berlie Doherty
229 members, 4 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)
93
Wolf
by Gillian Cross
145 members, 3 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)
94
The Moon in the Cloud
by Rosemary Harris
98 members, 4 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)
95
Thunder and Lightnings
by Jan Mark
73 members, 0 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)
96
Time of Trial
by Hester Burton
62 members, 0 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)
97
Maggot Moon
by Sally Gardner
502 members, 38 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)
98
Where the World Ends
by Geraldine McCaughrean
171 members, 8 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)
99
The God Beneath the Sea
by Leon Garfield
130 members, 1 review
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)
100
The Ghost Drum
by Susan Price
64 members, 1 review
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)
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