2026-2027 OBOB Title List
The first half of the 2026-27 OBOB Season Title Lists have been selected!
Our Title Selection Committees are hard at work reading books, reviewing public input and preparing to finalize the second half of our 2026-27 lists. Expect the final lists (minus the Student Votes from State) by March!
Thank you to EVERYONE who nominated titles and offered feedback for the 2026-2027 season!
Book Editions and ISBNs
- Cost Considerations: Title Selection Committees make every effort to choose books that are available in paperback in order to lower costs to schools, libraries, and families. For books that that are unlikely to ever come out in paperback, exceptions may be made for consideration of a hardback title.
- ISBN Matters: We are sharing the ISBN of the specific edition that question writers use as they develop questions for competition. Unless specified, readers should familiarize themselves with the same edition so they can answer any questions that come from edition-specific forwards, author’s notes, end material, etc. For classic books, you may use any edition you have available – OBOB question writers will only pull from the original text.
3rd-5th Grade Division
The text list of title with ISBN numbers will be published here when the full list is released by March!
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Guardian Test by Christina Soontornvat
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Snow and Rose by Emily Winfield Martin
The Witch Boy by Lee Knox Ostertag
6th-8th Grade Division
The text list of title with ISBN numbers will be published here when the full list is released by March!
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
9th-12th Grade Division
The text list of title with ISBN numbers will be published here when the full list is released by March!
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai