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Best Newbery Honor Books

Based on bookaward: Newbery Honor

1 2 3 4

Rank Title Author Added CK Order

1

Charlotte's Web

36,346 members

1,027 reviews

4.2

15 Members: timspalding, kageeh, foggidawn, amysisson, bestem, DeltaQueen50, susiesharp, rretzler, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, kerrygiven, nhadley, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

10,196 members

96 reviews

4.2

12 Members: hipdeep, _Zoe_, foggidawn, aulsmith, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, susiesharp, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len

3

On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,327 members

103 reviews

4.1

11 Members: hipdeep, _Zoe_, foggidawn, smcwl, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len

4

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

12,010 members

148 reviews

4

10 Members: timspalding, foggidawn, keeneam, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

5

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

by Beverly Cleary

9,268 members

124 reviews

4

11 Members: timspalding, kageeh, foggidawn, bestem, merrystar, susiesharp, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,255 members

76 reviews

4.1

11 Members: foggidawn, smcwl, bestem, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, kerrygiven, nhadley, el_len

7

Frog and Toad Together

by Arnold Lobel

8,237 members

158 reviews

4.2

10 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, bestem, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

8

By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,705 members

67 reviews

4.1

11 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, smcwl, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len, EGBERTINA

9

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

6,873 members

99 reviews

4.1

10 Members: timspalding, hipdeep, bestem, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, cej1027, al.vick, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

10

These Happy Golden Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

8,943 members

65 reviews

4.1

10 Members: _Zoe_, foggidawn, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len, EGBERTINA

11

Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Atwater

9,239 members

159 reviews

3.9

10 Members: foggidawn, smcwl, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, al.vick, kerrygiven, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,513 members

228 reviews

4.1

9 Members: foggidawn, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, susiesharp, al.vick, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

13

The Cricket in Times Square

by George Selden

8,316 members

76 reviews

4

8 Members: kageeh, foggidawn, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, cej1027, al.vick, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

4,838 members

63 reviews

3.8

7 Members: foggidawn, bell7, bestem, merrystar, keeneam, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Misty of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

8,054 members

58 reviews

3.9

7 Members: kageeh, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, al.vick, kerrygiven

16

by Gary Paulsen

17,770 members

581 reviews

3.8

6 Members: DeltaQueen50, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Princess Academy

by Shannon Hale

6,687 members

194 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, merrystar, keeneam, el_len, EGBERTINA

18

Pictures of Hollis Woods

by Patricia Reilly Giff

4,183 members

107 reviews

4

5 Members: amysisson, Whisper1, keeneam, susiesharp, cej1027

19

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

6,031 members

71 reviews

4.1

6 Members: timspalding, hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, kerrygiven, el_len

20

by William Steig

3,430 members

61 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Megan Whalen Turner

5,239 members

212 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, bell7, bestem, ManWithAnAgenda

22

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

12,094 members

108 reviews

4

6 Members: foggidawn, bestem, merrystar, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

23

The Tombs of Atuan

by Ursula K. Le Guin

8,996 members

164 reviews

4

6 Members: aulsmith, bestem, merrystar, al.vick, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda,amysisson

24

3,355 members

199 reviews

4

5 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, bell7, keeneam, cej1027

25

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

6,848 members

139 reviews

4

5 Members: Whisper1, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

26

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis

7,562 members

398 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, bell7, Whisper1, keeneam

27

Catherine, Called Birdy

by Karen Cushman

5,436 members

85 reviews

3.8

5 Members: _Zoe_, foggidawn, cej1027, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

28

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia

4,094 members

227 reviews

4.2

4 Members: foggidawn, CurrerBell, Whisper1, susiesharp

29

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

15,428 members

565 reviews

4.1

5 Members: foggidawn, bestem, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963

30

8,337 members

112 reviews

3.9

5 Members: smcwl, DeltaQueen50, cej1027, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Millions of Cats

3,874 members

110 reviews

4

5 Members: hailelib, smcwl, cej1027, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

by Marguerite Henry

3,211 members

18 reviews

3.9

5 Members: kageeh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

33

The Headless Cupid

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1,083 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: bestem, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Gail Carson Levine

13,343 members

401 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, bestem, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

4,123 members

214 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, keeneam, EGBERTINA

36

by Sterling North

5,248 members

42 reviews

4

3 Members: rretzler, al.vick, kerrygiven

37

Three Tales of My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

1,131 members

15 reviews

4.2

4 Members: timspalding, hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Robin McKinley

6,163 members

138 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, bestem, merrystar

39

Ramona and Her Father

by Beverly Cleary

6,848 members

69 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, bestem, cej1027, ahef1963

40

Elijah of Buxton

by Christopher Paul Curtis

3,596 members

114 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, keeneam, cej1027

41

The Family Under the Bridge

by Natalie Savage Carlson

6,442 members

54 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, keeneam, cej1027, nhadley

42

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

5,591 members

330 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963

43

by Cynthia Lord

5,559 members

534 reviews

4.2

3 Members: foggidawn, bell7, rretzler

44

A Ring of Endless Light

by Madeleine L'Engle

3,431 members

38 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, amysisson, merrystar

45

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

4,033 members

234 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

46

The Perilous Gard

by Elizabeth Marie Pope

1,598 members

42 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, merrystar, cej1027

47

The Upstairs Room

by Johanna Reiss

2,230 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Whisper1, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

48

by Elizabeth Enright

2,538 members

32 reviews

4.1

3 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

49

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

by Jacqueline Kelly

3,373 members

215 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, keeneam, susiesharp

50

2,757 members

65 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, cej1027

51

The Great Gilly Hopkins

by Katherine Paterson

4,746 members

156 reviews

3.9

3 Members: foggidawn, susiesharp, cej1027

52

by Kirby Larson

1,656 members

95 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, bell7, keeneam

53

The Hundred Penny Box

by Sharon Bell Mathis

1,802 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: bell7, Whisper1, cej1027

54

by Julia L. Sauer

791 members

11 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, EGBERTINA

55

A String in the Harp

1,001 members

6 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, kerrygiven, EGBERTINA

56

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

by Gary D. Schmidt

1,853 members

72 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, EGBERTINA

57

Turtle in Paradise

by Jennifer L. Holm

1,467 members

96 reviews

3.9

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, keeneam

58

Across Five Aprils

5,006 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: DeltaQueen50, cej1027, EGBERTINA

59

Inside Out and Back Again

by Thanhhà Lại

4,888 members

558 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, cej1027

60

A Solitary Blue

by Cynthia Voigt

1,478 members

23 reviews

4

2 Members: foggidawn, bell7

61

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath

2,249 members

70 reviews

3.8

3 Members: foggidawn, cej1027, EGBERTINA

62

2,130 members

26 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, EGBERTINA

63

26 Fairmount Avenue

by Tomie dePaola

2,036 members

33 reviews

4

2 Members: hailelib, cej1027

64

Belle Prater's Boy

1,639 members

24 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

65

by Carolyn Coman

529 members

18 reviews

3.9

2 Members: susiesharp, cej1027

66

Lily's Crossing

by Patricia Reilly Giff

2,618 members

43 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Whisper1, keeneam

67

by Laurence Yep

2,533 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: cej1027, el_len

68

Breaking Stalin's Nose

by Eugene Yelchin

1,338 members

98 reviews

3.9

2 Members: foggidawn, EGBERTINA

69

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

by Avi

6,837 members

147 reviews

4

2 Members: foggidawn, kerrygiven

70

by Norma Fox Mazer

469 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Whisper1, keeneam

71

1,010 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

72

Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer

by Hildegarde H. Swift

28 members

1 review

3

2 Members: smcwl, EGBERTINA

73

Heart of a Samurai

989 members

45 reviews

4

2 Members: bell7, EGBERTINA

74

My Brother Sam is Dead

by James Lincoln Collier

3,986 members

89 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

75

Enchantress from the Stars

by Sylvia Engdahl

1,330 members

25 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

76

by Sharon Creech

3,763 members

36 reviews

3.9

2 Members: bell7, EGBERTINA

77

George Washington's World

by Genevieve Foster

1,470 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: kerrygiven, EGBERTINA

78

The Good Master

2,044 members

22 reviews

4.1

2 Members: cej1027, EGBERTINA

79

The House of the Scorpion

by Nancy Farmer

6,047 members

238 reviews

4.1

2 Members: foggidawn, EGBERTINA

80

Penny from Heaven

by Jennifer L. Holm

1,228 members

43 reviews

3.9

2 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1

81

A Wish in the Dark

by Christina Soontornvat

405 members

25 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

82

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

by E. L. Konigsburg

1,302 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: foggidawn, ahef1963

83

by Eloise McGraw

1,608 members

29 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

84

The Night Diary

by Veera Hiranandani

918 members

39 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

85

After Tupac and D Foster

by Jacqueline Woodson

821 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1

86

The Book of Boy

by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

338 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

87

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

by Russell Freedman

841 members

6 reviews

4

Member: hailelib

88

The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure

by William Bowen

49 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: EGBERTINA

89

The War That Saved My Life

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3,115 members

359 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

90

Homesick: My Own Story

1,739 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: foggidawn, cej1027

91

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

1,803 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: cej1027, EGBERTINA

92

The Witches of Worm

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

926 members

15 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

93

Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon

by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

449 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

94

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson

4,482 members

377 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

95

by Jacqueline Woodson

835 members

119 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

96

by Rachel Field

1,638 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: cej1027, EGBERTINA

97

The Apple and the Arrow

1,649 members

9 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, EGBERTINA

98

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years

by Rachel Field

1,812 members

37 reviews

3.8

Member: EGBERTINA

99

Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night

by Joyce Sidman

556 members

89 reviews

4.2

Member: bell7

100

by Jane Langton

2,279 members

16 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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