*Asterisk denotes a local author or Indiana connection
Children and Young Adult
1. “Grime and Punishment (Dog Man #9),” Dav Pilkey
2. “Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure,” Jeff Kinney
3. “Claudia and Mean Janine (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #4),” Ann M. Martin
4. “Everywhere Babies,” Susan Meyers
5. “Alligator vs Python (Who Would Win? #12),” Jerry Pallotta
6. “The Wishing Spell (Land of Stories #1),” Chris Colfer
7. “Pete the Cat’s Family Road Trip,” James Dean
8. * “Kid Architect Goes to Columbus Indiana,” Gary Vance
9. “Drama” Raina Telgemeier
10. “I Promise,” LeBron James
11. “Antiracist Baby Board Book,” Ibram X. Kendi
12. “Pocket Genius: Cars,” DK Publishing
13. “Beyond the Bright Sea,” Lauren Wolk
14. “Bo the Brave,” Bethan Woollvin
15. “Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket (Mr. Lemoncello’s Library),” Chris Grabenstein
Adult Non-Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism,” Robin Diangelo (P)
2. “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Isabel Wilkerson (H)
3. “Poems of Resistance Poems of Hope,” Multiple Poets (P)
4. “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” Kamala Harris (P)
5. “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America,” Richard Rothstein (P)
6. “How to Be an Anti-Racist,” Ibram X. Kendi (H)
7. “Birds of Indiana Field Guide,” Stan Tekiela (P)
8. “The Splendid & the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family & Defiance During the Blitz,” Erik Larson (H)
9. “The Angela Project Presents 40 Days of Prayer for the Liberation of American Descendants of Slavery,” Cheri L. Mills (P)
10. “Tales from the Ant World,” Edward O. Wilson (H)
11. “The Fire Next Time,” James Baldwin (P)
12. “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness,” Austin Channing Brown (H)
13. “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News & the Dangerous Distortion of Truth,” Brian Stelter (H)
14. “Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard,” Laura Bates
15. “The Answer Is…Reflections on My Life,” Alex Trebek (H)
Adult Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. “Squeeze Me,” Carl Hiaasen (H)
2. “A Long Petal of the Sea (Signed First Edition),” Isabel Allende (H)
3. “Eight Perfect Murders,” Peter Swansom (H)
4. “No Offense (Little Bridge Island, #2),” Meg Cabot (P)
5. “Behind Her Eyes: A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller,” Sarah Pinborough (P)
6. “Red, White & Royal Blue,” Casey McQuiston (P)
7. “The Alchemist,” Paulo Coelho (P)
8. “The Pull of the Stars,” Emma Donoghue (H)
9. “Walk the Wire (Memory Man #6),” David Baldacci (H)
10. “A Nearly Normal Family,” M. T. Edvardsson (P)
11. “Beartown,” Fredrik Backman (P)
12. “The Vanishing Half,” Brit Bennett (H)
13. “Midnight Sun,” Stephanie Meyer (H)
14. “The Death of Vivek Oji,” Akwaeke Emezi (H)
15. “Stranger Planet (Signed First Edition),” Nathan W. Pyle (H)
