BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana has announced the nominated book titles for the 2027-2028 Louisiana Readers' Choice program.

The program began in 1999 and has seen more than half a million K-12 students read more than 1.6 million books. Last year, more than 26,000 Louisiana students participated, reading more than 89,000 books, according to the state library.

The 2027-2028 nominated titles include 86 starred reviews, 27 Junior Library Guild selections, five Young Adult Library Services Association Quick Picks, 18 Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Books and 58 "Best of the Year" selections.

Click here for the full list of nominated titles.

Booklists are chosen by committees of school and public librarians across the state and include a mix of fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels and poetry. Nominees are announced a year in advance to give libraries enough time to add the selections to their collections.

Louisiana students in grades K-12 are eligible to vote after reading or listening to two or three nominated titles from the booklist for their grade level. An award winner and an honor book are chosen in each grade level category based on student votes, with many students casting ballots on voting machines supplied by the Secretary of State's Voter Outreach Division.

For more information about the program, click here.