The tentative 2026 - 2027 Battle of the Books title list has been released. Changes to the list will only be made in the event of supply chain issues with vendors/publishers.

 

 

Lists for all grade levels are available on the Alaska's Battle of the Books website.  Romig 6th graders may choose between the 6th grade list or the middle school list.

Visit the West/Romig library catalog or Sora to check out a title!

6th Grade Titles:

The Academy by TZ Layton
Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived) by Lauren Tarshis
City Spies by James Ponti
The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham by Ryan James Black
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
I am Rebel by Ross Montgomery
The Last Kids on Earth (graphic novel) by Scott Brailler
Leonard: My Life as a Cat by Carlie Sorosiak
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Spy School by Scott Gibbs
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

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Middle School Titles:

The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinken
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Framed! by James Ponti
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Scat by Carl Hiassen
Tasty: a History of Yummy Experiments by Victoria Grace Elliot

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High School Titles

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Thieves Gambit by Kyvion Lewis
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir