* Asterisk denotes a local author or Indiana connection
Children and Young Adult
1. “The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy,” Jane Thayer
2. “Touch and Feel Trucks,” Scholastic Early Learners Publishing
3. “Misunderstood Shark,” Ame Dyckman
4. “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?,” Bill Martin
5. “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” Eric Carle
6. “My Little Golden Book about Abraham Lincoln,” Bonnie Bader
7. “Baby Dinosaur Pop-up Peekaboo!,” DK Publishing
8. “Mighty Jack,” Ben Hatke
9. “The Haunted House Project,” Tricia Clasen
10. “Count with Little Fish,” Lucy Cousins
11. “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” Crockett Johnson
12. * “Something’s Different About Andrew,” Kyndal Gary
13. “George,” Alex Gino
14. “Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France,” Mara Rockliff
15. “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates,” Ryan Higgins
Adult Non-Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. * “Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back,” Melissa Stephenson (H)
2. * “Unknown, Untold and Unbelievable Stories of I.U. Sports,” John C. Decker (P)
3. * “Pence: The Path to Power,” Andrea Neal (H)
4. “The Cost of Discipleship,” Dietrich Bonhoeffer (P)
5. “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live…,” Brené Brown (P)
6. “The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity,” Cynthia Bourgeault (P)
7. “Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are…,” Rachel Hollis (H)
8. “Alexander Hamilton,” Ron Chernow (P)
9. * “The Cathedral Builder: A Biography of J. Irwin Miller,” Charles E. Mitchell Rentschler (H & P)
10. “Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom,” Thomas E. Ricks (P)
11. “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly,” Anthony Bourdain (P)
12. “Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder,” Caroline Fraser (P)
13. “Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity,” Ronald Rolheiser (P)
14. “Educated: A Memoir,” Tara Westover (H)
15. “Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics,” Charles Krauthammer (P)
Adult Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. “My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton,” Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie (P)
2. “The Summer Before the War,” Helen Simonson (P)
3. “Warlight,” Michael Ondaatje (H)
4. “Crazy Rich Asians,” Kevin Kwan (P)
5. “Milk and Honey,” Rupi Kaur (P)
6. “The Kite Runner,” Khaled Hosseini (P)
7. “Little Fires Everywhere,” Celeste Ng (H)
8. “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories,” Raymond Carver (P)
9. “The Woman in the Window,” A. J. Finn (H)
10. “Into the Water,” Paula Hawkins (P)
11. “The Child Finder,” Rene Denfeld (P)
12. “Less,” Andrew Sean Greer (P)
13. “All We Ever Wanted,” Emily Giffin (H)
14. “Unraveling Oliver,” Liz Nugent (P)
15. “The Last Mrs. Parrish,” LIV Constantine (P)
