the 2026-2027 tome society book award winners

Announcing the 2026-2027 Tome Society Book Award winners!  We can't wait for our students to read these amazing books in the 2026-2027 school year.  

The Tome Society Book Award is awarded annually to excellent juvenile fiction and young adult fiction titles .   The list is used by over 275 member schools across the country  for book clubs, discussions, competitions, projects and  library purchasing. 

Tome Society (grades 9-12)

1. A Curious Kind of Magic by Mara Rutherford
2. A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
3. Few Blue Skies by Carolina Ixta
4. Flying Through Water by Mamle Wolo
5. Illuminary by Chawna Schroeder
6. In the Tunnel by Julie Lee
7. Kill Call by Jeff Wooten
8. Room to Breathe by Kasie West
9. Salvación by Sandra Proudman
10. Sonnets and Serpents by Elizabeth Lowham
11. Sonora by Jenni L. Walsh
12. Steel & Spellfire by Laura E. Weymouth
13. The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
14. The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson Wheeler
15. The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer
16. The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
17. The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso
18. Wendy’s Ever After by Julie Wright
19. Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer
20. Wild Song by Candy Gourlay

Junior Tome (grades 6-8) 

1. Away by Megan Freeman
2. Coach by Jason Reynolds
3. Once For Yes by Allie Millington
4. Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson
5. School for Thieves by Peter Burns
6. Secrets of the Broken House by Taryn Souders
7. The Carrefour Curse by Diane K. Salerni
8. The Island of Forgotten Gods by Victor Piñeiro
9. The Lions’ Run by Sara Pennypacker
10. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
11. Weirdo by Tony Weaver Jr. 
12. What If You Fall For Me First? by G.F. Miller  ​

​Club Tome (grades 2-5) 

1. Forever Ripley by McCall Hoyle
2. Growing Home by Beth Ferry (Primary Pick)
3. Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti 
4. Reach by Celesta Rimington
5. The Bug Bandits by Jenni L. Walsh (Primary Pick) 
6. The Enemy’s Daughter by Anne Blankman
7. The Girl Who Kept the Castle by Ryan Graudin
8. The House with the Dragon In It by Nick Lake (Primary Pick) 
9. The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
10. Where Only Storms Grow by Alyssa Colman