CCBC Choices is a best-of-the-year list created annually by the librarians of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center.
Books recommended in CCBC Choices are included in the searchable CCBC-Recommended Book Search database.
CCBC Choices 2025
Fully annotated digital publication
Citation list (bibliographic information only)
CCBC Choices 2025, recommending 251 books published in 2024 for children and teens from birth through high school age, is now available!
CCBC Choices 2025 is a digital publication. Entries for each book include full bibliographic citation, annotation, age recommendation and cover image, and a link to the book’s entry in the CCBC-Recommended Book Search database, where custom lists can be created. The publication also includes an introductory essay and name/title index.
Past Editions of CCBC Choices
Past editions of CCBC Choices are available as PDFs online through the University of Wisconsin Digital Library. (This is not a searchable database.) Annotations from CCBC Choices since 1990 are part of the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database, a subscription-based searchable database with reviews from the CCBC and many other sources.
Choices Essays on Publishing Trends
Each edition of CCBC Choices includes observations on books in Choices as they relate to publishing trends that we observed in the previous year. Read our annual essays, which are part of our occasional On Books and Publishing series.