2025-2026 books of the month

Tome Society (grades 9-12)
August
The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
September 
Salt and Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho
The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le
October 
Rhythm & Muse by India Hill Brown
The Smoke That Thunders by Erhu Kome
November
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen 
December
Sweetest Darkness by Leslie Lutz
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
January 
Stay Dead by April Henry
The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones
February
The Brightwood Code by Monica Hesse
Our Divine Mischief by Hanna C. Howard
March 
The Only Girl in Town by Ally Condie
Once a Queen by Sarah Arthur
April 
Casters & Crowns by Elizabeth Lowham 
The Art of Us by Julie Wright 
May
Dust by Alison Stine
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

Junior Tome (grades 6-8)
August
Slug Fest by Gordon Korman
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
September 
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
October 
The Legend of the Last Library by Frank L. Cole
November
Westfallen by Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares
December
One Wrong Step by Jennifer Nielsen
Jupiter Rising by Gary D. Schmidt 
January 
Perry Homer Ruins Everything by Beth Vrabel
February
Not If You Break Up With Me First by G.F. Miller
March 
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
April 
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
May
Wild Poppies by Haya Saleh

Club Tome (grades 2-5) 
August
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
September 
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
October 
Olivetti by Allie Millington
November
The Race for the Ruby Turtle by Steve Bramucci
December
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
January 
The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly
February
Thea and the Mischief Makers
March 
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
April 
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
May
Operation Happy by Jenni L. Walsh