What follows is a complete list of Newbery Medal winning books and Newbery Honor books from the year of the medal’s inception, 1922, to the present day. I’ve long had the desire to read all the books on this list. As you’ll see, I have a long way to go to become a real Newbery completist but I’m making progress.
My life has undergone many changes since I started dreaming this goal into existence. It started around 1995. That’s when I created the first version of this Literature For Kids website. That site lasted only a few years. I can’t remember why I removed it from the web.
Later I went through a tumultuous relationship that seriously hindered my ability to read books from the Newbery Medal list. This controlling man actively tried to keep me from reading children’s books and wanted me to change my writing genres from middle grade and YA to fantasy and sci-fi, which he thought were more popular. That seemed so crazy to me because juvenile literature is natural for my type of writing. Plus, who wants to be pushed around by a control freak who intrudes on such a deeply personal aspect of life?
During the seven years of that relationship many of the books on this list were in my possession but I hid them so as not to irritate the man who thought I should not read them. And at the end of the relationship I was so desperate to leave him I gave away almost all the books in my possession, even many I had not read. Hard times! The silver lining to this dark cloud in my life is that after moving north 700 miles I suddenly found Jesus and became a Christian! Life has been getting gradually better since then. To God be the glory!!
I started over on my Newbery completist quest a few years ago. I’ve already reviewed some of the books but most of those reviews were written on one of the former versions of this site, or on a third party site. I need to gather them here on this blog. It will take time. The project seems massive but this is my hobby, something I love to think about and do. Little by little this blog will expand and a lot of it will be centered around this list of books.
I will not focus only on this list, however. I have a dedication to exploring all of juvenile literature and my articles will draw on many sources. I want to present the work of indie and small press authors, as well as books like these with better known publishers. If you have a book you want me to review, let me know in a comment.
A note on my numbering system. You will see a number after each title. I am the only one using this numbering system so you can ignore it. I numbered the books starting in 1922 when the award started. I use this for fun activities like using a random number generator to choose what book I read next and keeping track of how many books I’ve read.
Without further explanation, here’s my list of the Newbery Medal winning books and Newbery Honor books. I’ve personalized this list to record what I’ve already read. Feel free to copy and paste this list into your own blog and please share a link to your Newbery page in the comments so I can visit to see what you’re doing with it.
☆ – I own the book and am ready to read.
★ – I’m reading it.
✓ – I finished reading it. Yay!
2022 Newbery Medal Winner
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera – 429
2022 Newbery Honor Books
Watercress by Andrea Wang – 430
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca – 431
Too Bright to See, by Kyle Lukoff – 432
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger – 433
✓ When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller – 423
2020 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley – 424
✓ We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly – 425
✓ All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat – 426
✓ Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford – 427
✓ A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat – 428
2020 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ New Kid by Jerry Craft – 418
2020 Newbery Honor Books
✓ The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander – 419
✓ Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams – 420
✓ Other Words for Home, by Jasmine Warga – 421
☆ Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker – 422
2019 Newbery Medal Winner
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina – 415
2019 Newbery Honor Books
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani – 416
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock – 417
2018 Newbery Medal Winner
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly – 411
2018 Newbery Honor Books
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes – 412
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds – 413
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson – 414
2017 Newbery Medal Winner
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill – 407
2017 Newbery Honor Books
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan – 408
The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz – 409
☆ Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk – 410
2016 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña – 403
2016 Newbery Honor Books
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley – 404
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson – 405
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan – 406
2015 Newbery Medal Winner
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) – 400
2015 Newbery Honor Books
El Deafo by Cece Bell (Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS) – 401
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group LLC) – 402
2014 Newbery Medal Winner
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) – 395
2014 Newbery Honor Books
Doll Bones by Holly Black (Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) – 396
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) – 397
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books) – 398
Paperboy by Vince Vawter (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books) – 399
2013 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate – 391
2013 Newbery Honor Books
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick Press) – 392
✓ Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin (Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press) – 393
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (Dial/Penguin Young Readers Group) – 394
2012 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos – 388
2012 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai (HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers) – 389
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Henry Holt and Company, LLC) – 390
2011 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books) – 383
2011 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (Random House Children’s Books) – 384
✓ Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams) – 385
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) – 386
✓ One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins) – 387
2010 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books) – 378
2010 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux) – 379
✓ The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (Henry Holt) – 380
✓ Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers) – 381
★ The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.) – 382
2009 Newbery Medal Winner
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean – 373
2009 Newbery Honor Books
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, illus. by David Small (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster) – 374
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle (Henry Holt) – 375
✓ Savvy by Ingrid Law (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media) – 376
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers) – 377
2008 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz – 369
2008 Newbery Honor Books
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic) – 370
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion) – 371
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam) – 372
2007 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan – 365
2007 Newbery Honor Books
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm, (Random House) – 366
✓ Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Delacorte Press) – 367
Rules by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic) – 368
2006 Newbery Medal Winner
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins) – 360
2006 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Whittington, by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Random House) – 361
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic) – 362
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) – 363
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) – 364
2005 Newbery Medal Winner
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster) – 356
2005 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) – 357
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin) – 358
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin) – 359
2004 Newbery Medal Winner
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering, (Candlewick Press) – 353
2004 Newbery Honor Books
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books) – 354
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (Clarion Books) – 355
2003 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (Hyperion Books for Children) – 347
2003 Newbery Honor Books
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum) – 348
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (Random House/Wendy Lamb Books) – 349
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf) – 350
A Corner of The Universe by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic) – 351
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan (HarperCollins) – 352
2002 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin) – 344
2002 Newbery Honor Books
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath (Farrar Straus Giroux) – 345
Carver: A Life In Poems by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street) – 346
2001 Newbery Medal Winner
A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck (Dial) – 339
2001 Newbery Honor Books
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) – 340
✓ Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) – 341
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) – 342
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins) – 343
2000 Newbery Medal Winner
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte) – 335
2000 Newbery Honor Books
Getting Near to Baby by by Audrey Couloumbis (Putnam) – 336
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm (HarperCollins) – 337
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola (Putnam) – 338
1999 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Holes by Louis Sachar (Frances Foster) – 333
1999 Newbery Honor Books
✓ A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck (Dial) – 334
1998 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Scholastic) – 329
1998 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins) – 330
✓ Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff (Delacorte) – 331
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli (HarperCollins) – 332
1997 Newbery Medal Winner
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (Jean Karl/Atheneum) – 324
1997 Newbery Honor Books
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books) – 325
✓ Moorchild by Eloise McGraw (Margaret McElderry/Simon & Schuster) – 326
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow/Morrow) – 327
Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White (Farrar Straus Giroux) – 328
1996 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (Clarion) – 319
1996 Newbery Honor Books
✓ What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman (Front Street) – 320
✓ The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte) – 321
Yolonda’s Genius by Carol Fenner (Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster) – 322
✓ The Great Fire by Jim Murphy (Scholastic) – 323
1995 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins) – 316
1995 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (Clarion) – 317
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer (Jackson/Orchard) – 318
1994 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Giver by Lois Lowry (Houghton) – 312
1994 Newbery Honor Books
Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly (HarperCollins) – 313
Dragon’s Gate by Laurence Yep (HarperCollins) – 314
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books) – 315
1993 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (Jackson/Orchard) – 308
1993 Newbery Honor Books
✓ What Hearts by Bruce Brooks (A Laura Geringer Book, a HarperCollins imprint) – 309
The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack (Knopf) – 310
Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic Hardcover) – 311
1992 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum) – 305
1992 Newbery Honor Books
☆ Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel by Avi (Jackson/Orchard) – 306
✓ The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman (Holiday House) – 307
1991 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little, Brown) – 303
1991 Newbery Honor Books
✓ The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (Jackson/Orchard) – 304
1990 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Houghton) – 299
1990 Newbery Honor Books
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle (Jackson/Orchard) – 300
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Knopf) – 301
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen (Jackson/Orchard) – 302
1989 Newbery Medal Winner
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman (Harper) – 296
1989 Newbery Honor Books
In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton (Harcourt) – 297
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers (Harper) – 298
1988 Newbery Medal Winner
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (Clarion) – 293
1988 Newbery Honor Books
After The Rain by Norma Fox Mazer (Morrow) – 294
✓ Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury) – 295
1987 Newbery Medal Winner
☆ The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (Greenwillow) – 289
1987 Newbery Honor Books
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury) – 290
✓ On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer (Clarion) – 291
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber (Bradbury) – 292
1986 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Harper) – 284
1986 Newbery Honor Books
Commodore Perry In the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg (Lothrop) – 285
✓ Dogsong by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury) – 286
1985 Newbery Medal Winner
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (Greenwillow) – 280
1985 Newbery Honor Books
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes (Knopf) – 281
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks (Harper) – 282
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox (Bradbury) – 283
1984 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (Morrow) – 275
1984 Newbery Honor Books
✓ The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton) – 276
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum) – 277
Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky (Macmillan) – 278
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain (Harper) – 279
1983 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum) – 269
1983 Newbery Honor Books
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (Greenwillow) – 270
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig (Farrar) – 271
Graven Images by Paul Fleischman (Harper) – 272
Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz (Putnam) – 273
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton (Philomel) – 274
1982 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard (Harcourt) – 266
1982 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Morrow) – 267
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal (Farrar) – 268
1981 Newbery Medal Winner
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (Crowell) – 263
1981 Newbery Honor Books
The Fledgling by Jane Langton (Harper) – 264
A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle (Farrar) – 265
1980 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos (Scribner) – 261
1980 Newbery Honor Books
The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by David Kherdian (Greenwillow) – 262
1979 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (Dutton) – 259
1979 Newbery Honor Books
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (Crowell) – 260
1978 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (Crowell) – 256
1978 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary (Morrow) – 257
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater (Lippincott) – 258
1977 Newbery Medal Winner
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Dial) – 253
1977 Newbery Honor Books
Abel’s Island by William Steig (Farrar) – 254
A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond (Atheneum) – 255
1976 Newbery Medal Winner
The Grey King by Susan Cooper (McElderry/Atheneum) – 250
1976 Newbery Honor Books
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis (Viking) – 251
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (Harper) – 252
1975 Newbery Medal Winner
M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton (Macmillan) – 245
1975 Newbery Honor Books
Figgs & Phantoms by Ellen Raskin (Dutton) – 246
✓ My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier (Four Winds) – 247
✓ The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope (Houghton) – 248
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe by Bette Greene (Dial) – 249
1974 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (Bradbury) – 243
1974 Newbery Honor Books
✓ The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper (McElderry/Atheneum) – 244
1973 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (Harper) – 239
1973 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel (Harper) – 240
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss (Crowell) – 241
The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Atheneum) – 242
1972 Newbery Medal Winner
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien (Atheneum) – 233
1972 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Incident At Hawk’s Hill by Allan W. Eckert (Little, Brown) – 234
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton (Macmillan) – 235
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin (Atheneum) – 236
Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles (Little, Brown) – 237
✓ The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Atheneum) – 238
1971 Newbery Medal Winner
Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (Viking) – 229
1971 Newbery Honor Books
Knee Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (Farrar) – 230
Enchantress From the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl (Atheneum) – 231
✓ Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell (Houghton) – 232
1970 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Sounder by William H. Armstrong (Harper) – 225
1970 Newbery Honor Books
Our Eddie by Sulamith Ish-Kishor (Pantheon) – 226
The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art by Janet Gaylord Moore (World) – 227
Journey Outside by Mary Q. Steele (Viking) – 228
1969 Newbery Medal Winner
The High King by Lloyd Alexander (Holt) – 222
1969 Newbery Honor Books
To Be a Slave by Julius Lester (Dial) – 223
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Farrar) – 224
1968 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (Atheneum) – 217
1968 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E. L. Konigsburg (Atheneum) – 218
✓ The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell (Houghton) – 219
The Fearsome Inn by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Scribner) – 220
☆ The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Atheneum) – 221
1967 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (Follett) – 213
1967 Newbery Honor Books
The King’s Fifth by Scott O’Dell (Houghton) – 214
✓ Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Harper) – 215
The Jazz Man by Mary Hays Weik (Atheneum) – 216
1966 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (Farrar) – 209
1966 Newbery Honor Books
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander (Holt) – 210
The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell (Pantheon) – 211
The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz (Harper) – 212
1965 Newbery Medal Winner
Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska (Atheneum) – 207
1965 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (Follett) – 208
1964 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville (Harper) – 204
1964 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era by Sterling North (Dutton) – 205
The Loner by Ester Wier (McKay) – 206
1963 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (Farrar) – 201
1963 Newbery Honor Books
Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. (Leclaire Alger) (Holt) – 202
Men of Athens by Olivia Coolidge (Houghton) – 203
1962 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton) – 197
1962 Newbery Honor Books
Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis (World) – 198
☆ The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Coward) – 199
Belling The Tiger by Mary Stolz (Harper) – 200
1961 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (Houghton) – 193
1961 Newbery Honor Books
America Moves Forward: A History for Peter by Gerald W. Johnson (Morrow) – 194
Old Ramon by Jack Schaefer (Houghton) – 195
✓ The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden, pseud. (George Thompson) (Farrar) – 196
1960 Newbery Medal Winner
Onion John by Joseph Krumgold (Crowell) – 189
1960 Newbery Honor Books
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (Dutton) – 190
America Is Born: A History for Peter by Gerald W. Johnson (Morrow) – 191
✓ The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall (Harcourt) – 192
1959 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton) – 184
1959 Newbery Honor Books
✓ The Family Under The Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson (Harper) – 185
✓ Along Came A Dog by Meindert Dejong (Harper) – 186
Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa by Francis Kalnay (Harcourt) – 187
The Perilous Road by William O. Steele (Harcourt) – 188
1958 Newbery Medal Winner
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith (Crowell) – 179
1958 Newbery Honor Books
The Horsecatcher by Mari Sandoz (Westminster) – 180
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright (Harcourt) – 181
The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson (Viking) – 182
Tom Paine, Freedom’s Apostle by Leo Gurko (Crowell) – 183
1957 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen (Harcourt) – 173
1957 Newbery Honor Books
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (Harper) – 174
✓ The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong (Harper) – 175
Mr. Justice Holmes by Clara Ingram Judson (Follett) – 176
✓ The Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads (Viking) – 177
Black Fox of Lorne by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday) – 178
1956 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (Houghton) – 168
1956 Newbery Honor Books
The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Scribner) – 170
The Golden Name Day by Jennie Lindquist (Harper) – 171
Men, Microscopes, and Living Things by Katherine Shippen (Viking) – 172
1955 Newbery Medal Winner
The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong (Harper) – 166
1955 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner) – 167
Banner In The Sky by James Ullman (Lippincott) – 168
1954 Newbery Medal Winner
…And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold (Crowell) – 160
1954 Newbery Honor Books
✓ All Alone by Claire Huchet Bishop (Viking) – 161
Shadrach by Meindert Dejong (Harper) – 162
Hurry Home, Candy by Meindert Dejong (Harper) – 163
Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot by Clara Ingram Judson (Follett) – 164
Magic Maize by Mary & Conrad Buff (Houghton) – 165
1953 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark (Viking) – 154
1953 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (Harper) – 155
✓ Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Coward) – 156
Red Sails to Capri by Ann Weil (Viking) – 157
✓ The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner) – 158
Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1 by Genevieve Foster (Scribner) – 159
1952 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt) – 148
1952 Newbery Honor Books
Americans Before Columbus by Elizabeth Baity (Viking) – 149
Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling (Houghton) – 150
The Defender by Nicholas Kalashnikoff (Scribner) – 151
✓ The Light at Tern Rock by Julia Sauer (Viking) – 152
The Apple and the Arrow by Mary & Conrad Buff (Houghton) – 153
1951 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (Dutton) – 143
1951 Newbery Honor Books
Better Known as Johnny Appleseed by Mabel Leigh Hunt (Lippincott) – 144
Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword by Jeanette Eaton (Morrow) – 145
Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People by Clara Ingram Judson (Follett) – 146
The Story of Appleby Capple by Anne Parrish (Harper) – 147
1950 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday) – 137
1950 Newbery Honor Books
Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill (Viking) – 138
The Blue Cat of Castle Town by Catherine Coblentz (Longmans) – 139
Kildee House by Rutherford Montgomery (Doubleday) – 140
George Washington by Genevieve Foster (Scribner) – 141
Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin by Walter & Marion Havighurst (Winston) – 142
1949 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry (Rand McNally) – 132
1949 Newbery Honor Books
Seabird by Holling C. Holling (Houghton) – 133
✓ Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin (Viking) – 134
✓ >My Father’s Dragon by Ruth S. Gannett (Random House) – 135
Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps (Knopf) – 136
1948 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois (Viking) – 126
1948 Newbery Honor Books
Pancakes-Paris by Claire Huchet Bishop (Viking) – 127
Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger (Abingdon) – 128
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot by Catherine Besterman (Bobbs-Merrill) – 129
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander (Holt) – 130
✓ Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (Rand McNally) – 131
1947 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (Viking) – 120
1947 Newbery Honor Books
Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes (Messner) – 121
Big Tree by Mary & Conrad Buff (Viking) – 122
The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell (Harper) – 123 public domain book online
The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher, pseud. (Darwin L. Teilhet) (Appleton) – 124
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanor Jewett (Viking) – 125
1946 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (Lippincott) – 115
1946 Newbery Honor Books
Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry (Rand McNally) – 116
The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means (Houghton) – 117
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear by Christine Weston (Scribner) – 118
New Found World by Katherine Shippen (Viking) – 119
1945 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson (Viking) – 110
1945 Newbery Honor Books
✓ The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt) – 111
The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner) – 112
Abraham Lincoln’s World by Genevieve Foster (Scribner) – 113
Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams by Jeanetter Eaton (Harcourt) – 114
1944 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (Houghton) – 105
1944 Newbery Honor Books
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper) – 106
✓ Fog Magic by Julia Sauer (Viking) – 107
Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt) – 108
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates (Coward) – 109
1943 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Viking) – 102
1943 Newbery Honor Books
The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt) – 103
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? by Mabel Leigh Hunt (Lippincott) – 104
1942 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds (Dodd) – 97
1942 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper) – 98
✓ George Washington’s World by Genevieve Foster (Scribner) – 99
✓ Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski (Lippincott) – 100
Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin (Viking) – 101
1941 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry (Macmillan) – 92
1941 Newbery Honor Books
✓ Blue Willow by Doris Gates (Viking) – 93
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr (Crowell) – 94
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper) – 95
Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall (Viking) – 96
1940 Newbery Medal Winner
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty (Viking) – 87
1940 Newbery Honor Books
The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy (Viking) – 88
*** Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz by Mabel Robinson (Random House) – 89
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper) – 90
Boy with a Pack by Stephen W. Meader (Harcourt) – 91
1939 Newbery Medal Winner
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright (Rinehart) – 81
1939 Newbery Honor Books
Nino by Valenti Angelo (Viking) – 82
✓ Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater (Little, Brown) – 83
Hello the Boat! by Phyllis Crawford (Holt) – 84
Leader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot by Jeanette Eaton (Harcourt) – 85
Penn by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Viking) – 86
1938 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The White Stag by Kate Seredy (Viking) – 77
1938 Newbery Honor Books
Pecos Bill by James Cloyd Bowman (Little, Brown) – 78
✓ Bright Island by Mabel Robinson (Random House) – 79
✓ On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper) – 80
1937 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer (Viking) – 70
1937 Newbery Honor Books
Phebe Fairchild: Her Book by Lois Lenski (Stokes) – 71
Whistler’s Van by Idwal Jones (Viking) – 72
The Golden Basket by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking) – 73
Winterbound by Margery Bianco (Viking) – 74
The Codfish Musket by Agnes Hewes (Doubleday) – 75
Audubon by Constance Rourke (Harcourt) – 76
1936 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Macmillan) – 65
1936 Newbery Honor Books
Honk, the Moose by Phil Stong (Dodd) – 66
The Good Master by Kate Seredy (Viking) – 67
Young Walter Scott by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Viking) – 68
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud by Armstrong Sperry (Winston) – 69
1935 Newbery Medal Winner
Dobry by Monica Shannon (Viking) – 61
1935 Newbery Honor Books
Pageant of Chinese History by Elizabeth Seeger (Longmans) – 62
Davy Crockett by Constance Rourke (Harcourt) – 63
Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic by Hilda Von Stockum (Harper) – 64
1934 Newbery Medal Winner
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs (Little, Brown) – 52
1934 Newbery Honor Books
The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Snedeker (Doubleday) – 53
Swords of Steel by Elsie Singmaster (Houghton) – 54
ABC Bunny by Wanda Gág (Coward) – 55
Winged Girl of Knossos by Erik Berry, pseud. (Allena Best) (Appleton) – 56
New Land by Sarah Schmidt (McBride) – 57
Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside by Padraic Colum (Macmillan) – 58
Glory of the Seas by Agnes Hewes (Knopf) – 59
Apprentice of Florence by Ann Kyle (Houghton) – 60
1933 Newbery Medal Winner
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis (Winston) – 48
1933 Newbery Honor Books
Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs (Little, Brown) – 49
The Railroad To Freedom: A Story of the Civil War by Hildegarde Swift (Harcourt) – 50
Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon (Doubleday) – 51
1932 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans) – 41
1932 Newbery Honor Books
The Fairy Circus by Dorothy P. Lathrop (Macmillan) – 42
✓ Calico Bush by Rachel Field (Macmillan) – 43
Boy of the South Seas by Eunice Tietjens (Coward-McCann) – 44
Out of the Flame by Eloise Lownsbery (Longmans) – 45
Jane’s Island by Marjorie Allee (Houghton) – 46
Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy by Mary Gould Davis (Harcourt) – 47
1931 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth (Macmillan) – 32
1931 Newbery Honor Books
Floating Island by Anne Parrish (Harper) – 33
The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of A Pagan Princess by Alida Malkus (Harcourt) – 34
Queer Person by Ralph Hubbard (Doubleday) – 35
Mountains are Free by Julia Davis Adams (Dutton) – 36
Spice and the Devil’s Cave by Agnes Hewes (Knopf) – 37
Meggy MacIntosh by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Doubleday) – 38
Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes by Herbert Best (Doubleday) – 39
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer by Alice Lide & Margaret Johansen (Little, Brown) – 40
1930 Newbery Medal Winner
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field (Macmillan) – 25
1930 Newbery Honor Books
A Daughter of the Seine: The Life of Madame Roland by Jeanette Eaton (Harper) – 26
Pran of Albania by Elizabeth Miller (Doubleday) – 27
Jumping-Off Place by Marion Hurd McNeely (Longmans) – 28
The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales by Ella Young (Longmans) – 29
Vaino by Julia Davis Adams (Dutton) – 30
Little Blacknose by Hildegarde Swift (Harcourt) – 31
1929 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly (Macmillan) – 18
1929 Newbery Honor Books
Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo by John Bennett (Longmans) – 19
✓ Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág (Coward) – 20
The Boy Who Was by Grace Hallock (Dutton) – 21
Clearing Weather by Cornelia Meigs (Little, Brown) – 22
Runaway Papoose by Grace Moon (Doubleday) – 23
Tod of the Fens by Elinor Whitney (Macmillan) – 24
1928 Newbery Medal Winner
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji (Dutton) – 15
1928 Newbery Honor Books
The Wonder Smith and His Son by Ella Young (Longmans) – 16
Downright Dencey by Caroline Snedeker (Doubleday) – 17
1927 Newbery Medal Winner
Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James (Scribner) – 14
1927 Newbery Honor Books
[None recorded]
1926 Newbery Medal Winner
Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman (Dutton) – 12
1926 Newbery Honor Books
The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery by Padraic Colum (Macmillan) – 13
1925 Newbery Medal Winner
☆ Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger (Doubleday) – 9
1925 Newbery Honor Books
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story by Annie Carroll Moore (Putnam) – 10
The Dream Coach by Anne Parrish (Macmillan) – 11
1924 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes (Little, Brown) – 8
1924 Newbery Honor Books
There were no Newbery Honor Books in 1924.
1923 Medal Winner
☆ The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (Stokes) – 7
1923 Newbery Honor Books
There were no Newbery Honor Books in 1923.
1922 Newbery Medal Winner
✓ The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon (Liveright) – 1
1922 Newbery Honor Books
The Great Quest by Charles Hawes (Little, Brown) – 2
☆ Cedric the Forester by Bernard Marshall (Appleton) – 3
The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by William Bowen (Macmillan) – 4
The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum (Macmillan) – 5
The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs (Macmillan) – 6
Medal Winners – 61/101
Honor Books – 76/332 – 22%
About 31% total.
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We’ve read a lot of the same ones. I’m anxious to see your reviews on some of the ones I also reviewed on my site. I started a similar projects of reading the books from this list. I haven’t read many of the recent ones, but I did discover some now favorite authors I hadn’t read and was happy to see some of my favorite books were on the list. Many that I read because they were on that list disappointed me.
I’d love to see your list, Barbara… you’re welcome to take the list to your site to keep track of which ones you’ve read, if you’d like. I would like to read your reviews and will go look for them on your book site.