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The Book Love Foundation celebrates educators who are passionate about helping every student develop an independent reading life filled with depth, joy, and meaning. These teachers champion inclusive, authentic stories, nurture diverse reading identities, and lead by example—both in their classrooms and across their school communities.
On this page, you’ll find thoughtfully curated book selections recommended by Book Love and chosen by past grant winners. Use these ideas to inspire your own classroom library and support every reader.
Middle School: Top 5 choices from past winners!
Check out all Middle School titles here!
Before the Ever After
King and the Dragonflies
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Ghost (Track #1)
The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Adaptation)
High School: Top 5 choices from past winners!
Check out all High School titles here!
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
Unbroken (the Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
Illegal (Disappeared #2)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Backfield Boys: A Football Mystery in Black and White
2017-2025 Summer Book Club Titles
See all Book Love Book Club Recomendations here!
Behind You Is the Sea
Carmela Full of Wishes
The Collectors
by M T Anderson
The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return #1)
Last Stop on Market Street
Milo Imagines the World
You Are Here: Connecting Flights
by Ellen Oh
Love Is a Revolution
by Renée Watson
Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
Far from the Tree
by Robin Benway
All My Rage
by Sabaa Tahir
Firekeeper's Daughter
This Is My Brain in Love
by I W Gregorio
Una Semilla Al Sol (Spanish Edition)
by Aida Salazar
What about Will
A Wish in the Dark
Swim Team
Berry Song
This Is My America
by Kim Johnson
Me (Moth)
Surviving the City (Surviving the City #1)
Becoming Muhammad Ali
Red, White, and Whole
Dad Bakes
We Can: Portraits of Power
by Tyler Gordon
Rez Dogs
Counting Descent
by Clint Smith
Kindred Graphic Novel
King and the Dragonflies
Efrén Divided
Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away
by Meg Medina
We Are Water Protectors
When Stars Are Scattered
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
by Kate Fagan
Patron Saints of Nothing
by Randy Ribay
Indian No More
Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z
by Irene Latham
A Different Pond
by Bao Phi
Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
by Michelle Kuo
Still Life with Tornado
by A S King
The Red Pencil
Dreamers
by Yuyi Morales
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
I'll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
Brown Girl Dreaming
The Crossover (Crossover)
Experience Spotlights
Collections that center around lived experiences that have historically been underrepresented in traditional media.