Battle of the Books 2023 Reading Lists
List A
| Author | Title | Level | Interest | Pages |
| Betty G. Birney | Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs | 4.8 | MG | 224 |
| Peter Brown | The Wild Robot | 4.5 | MG | 320 |
| Amy Guglielmo | Pocket Full of Colors | 4.3 | LG | 48 |
| Dan Gutman | The Million Dollar Shot | 4.2 | MG | 114 |
| Ellen Levine | Henry’s Freedom Box | 3.0 | LG | 40 |
| Lenore Look | Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things | 3.8 | MG | 172 |
| Lois Lowry | All About Sam | 4.0 | LG | 135 |
| Doreen Rappaport | Helen’s Big World: the life of Helen Keller | 4.9 | LG | 44 |
| Emily Rodda | Rowan of Rin | 5.1 | MG | 151 |
| Deborah Wiles | Each Little Bird that Sings | 4.5 | MG | 247 |
List B
| Author | Title | Level | Interest | Pages |
| G. Choldenko | Al Capone Does My Shirts | 3.5 | MG | 248 |
| Jack Gantos | Dead End in Norvelt | 5.7 | MG | 341 |
| Patricia R. Giff | Nory Ryan’s Song | 4.3 | MG | 148 |
| Lynne Kelly | A Song for a Whale | 5.2 | MG | 320 |
| Jack London | Call of the Wild | 8.0 | UG | 139 |
| Jenifer Nielsen | A Night Divided | 5.4 | MG | 317 |
| Scott O’Dell | Black Star, Bright Dawn | 4.3 | MG | 134 |
| Richard Peck | The Teacher’s Funeral | 4.7 | MG | 190 |
| Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | 4.7 | MG | 377 |
| Louis Sachar | Fuzzy Mud | 5.0 | MG | 181 |