ACL 2014 Distinguished Books

1.
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up 4.03 avg rating — 3,517 ratings
2.
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla 4.35 avg rating — 2,972 ratings
3.
Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle
Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle 4.12 avg rating — 137 ratings
4.
Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog
Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog 4.04 avg rating — 494 ratings
5.
Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights 3.76 avg rating — 76 ratings
6.
Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It
Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It 4.19 avg rating — 108 ratings
7.
The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond
The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond 4.32 avg rating — 320 ratings
8.
Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific
Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific 4.19 avg rating — 634 ratings
9.
Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education 3.82 avg rating — 80 ratings
10.
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines 3.72 avg rating — 429 ratings
11.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia 4.16 avg rating — 13,135 ratings
12.
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain 3.93 avg rating — 321 ratings
13.
Branching Out: How Trees Are Part of Our World
Branching Out: How Trees Are Part of Our World 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
14.
Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster
Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster 3.78 avg rating — 91 ratings
15.
Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents
Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents 4.25 avg rating — 613 ratings
16.
The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement 4.16 avg rating — 285 ratings
17.
Go
Go
by: Chip Kidd
4.11 avg rating — 1,952 ratings
18.
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out 3.80 avg rating — 5,178 ratings
19.
At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui
At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui 3.90 avg rating — 143 ratings
20.
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse 4.05 avg rating — 1,940 ratings
21.
Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond between a Soldier and his Service Dog
Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond between a Soldier and his Service Dog 4.38 avg rating — 1,159 ratings
22.
Bedtime Math: This Time It's Personal (Bedtime Math Series Book 2)
Bedtime Math: This Time It's Personal (Bedtime Math Series Book 2) 4.38 avg rating — 230 ratings
23.
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands 4.15 avg rating — 1,836 ratings
24.
Hades Speaks!: A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead
Hades Speaks!: A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead 3.94 avg rating — 117 ratings
25.
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights 4.04 avg rating — 6,581 ratings
26.
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation 4.41 avg rating — 6,283 ratings
27.
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems 4.11 avg rating — 1,631 ratings
28.
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold 4.27 avg rating — 1,445 ratings
29.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,866 ratings
30.
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus 4.07 avg rating — 6,647 ratings
31.
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius 3.92 avg rating — 480 ratings
32.
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books)
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) 3.87 avg rating — 4,491 ratings
33.
Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious (Food Heroes, 2)
Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious (Food Heroes, 2) 3.88 avg rating — 179 ratings
34.
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone 4.17 avg rating — 1,541 ratings
35.
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 3.98 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
36.
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos 4.12 avg rating — 1,534 ratings
37.
The Noisy Paint Box
The Noisy Paint Box 4.16 avg rating — 4,441 ratings
38.
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 4.33 avg rating — 34,052 ratings
39.
El Deafo
El Deafo
by: Cece Bell
4.20 avg rating — 89,217 ratings
40.
Monster on the Hill
Monster on the Hill 4.01 avg rating — 5,156 ratings
41.
The Undertaking of Lily Chen
The Undertaking of Lily Chen 3.43 avg rating — 3,358 ratings
42.
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir 3.90 avg rating — 13,503 ratings
43.
This One Summer
This One Summer 3.69 avg rating — 90,780 ratings
44.
Sisters (Smile, #2)
Sisters (Smile, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 108,527 ratings
45.
The Shadow Hero
The Shadow Hero 3.87 avg rating — 8,423 ratings
46.
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust 4.15 avg rating — 7,714 ratings
47.
A Bag of Marbles
A Bag of Marbles
by: Kris
3.79 avg rating — 1,254 ratings
48.
The Crossover
The Crossover 4.22 avg rating — 68,008 ratings
49.
Minion (Sidekicked, #2)
Minion (Sidekicked, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 709 ratings
50.
The Impossible Knife of Memory
The Impossible Knife of Memory 3.91 avg rating — 29,610 ratings
51.
The Night Gardener
The Night Gardener 4.05 avg rating — 21,613 ratings
52.
Caminar
Caminar 3.95 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
53.
The Madman of Piney Woods
The Madman of Piney Woods 3.99 avg rating — 1,644 ratings
54.
Nest
Nest really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,768 ratings
55.
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal 4.04 avg rating — 832 ratings
56.
There Will Be Bears
There Will Be Bears 3.77 avg rating — 642 ratings
57.
The Princess in Black (The Princess in Black, #1)
The Princess in Black (The Princess in Black, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 11,391 ratings
58.
The Fourteenth Goldfish
The Fourteenth Goldfish 3.88 avg rating — 24,278 ratings
59.
The Fire Horse Girl
The Fire Horse Girl 3.81 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
60.
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere 4.22 avg rating — 4,650 ratings
61.
Sophie Scott Goes South
Sophie Scott Goes South 4.21 avg rating — 359 ratings
62.
We Were Liars
We Were Liars 3.65 avg rating — 1,305,036 ratings
63.
Half a Chance
Half a Chance 3.99 avg rating — 6,267 ratings
64.
Rain Reign
Rain Reign 4.22 avg rating — 23,990 ratings
65.
Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 26,625 ratings
66.
I'll Give You the Sun
I'll Give You the Sun 4.15 avg rating — 353,493 ratings
67.
The Boundless
The Boundless 3.86 avg rating — 6,597 ratings
68.
Nuts to You
Nuts to You 3.68 avg rating — 1,784 ratings
69.
The Red Pencil
The Red Pencil 3.91 avg rating — 7,285 ratings
70.
West of the Moon
West of the Moon 3.72 avg rating — 3,871 ratings
71.
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces 3.95 avg rating — 11,451 ratings
72.
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms 3.97 avg rating — 2,824 ratings
73.
She Is Not Invisible
She Is Not Invisible 3.60 avg rating — 5,684 ratings
74.
The Swap
The Swap 4.13 avg rating — 4,673 ratings
75.
Grasshopper Jungle
Grasshopper Jungle 3.64 avg rating — 18,794 ratings
76.
The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2)
The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2) 4.33 avg rating — 41,707 ratings
77.
Lies We Tell Ourselves
Lies We Tell Ourselves 4.05 avg rating — 14,296 ratings
78.
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #2)
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 6,877 ratings
79.
Loot (Loot, #1)
Loot (Loot, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 7,112 ratings