Virginia Readers' Choice High School 2025-2026

Nominees for the Virginia Readers' Choice award for the 2025-2026 school year

Updated March 4, 2025
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How to survive your murder
Valentine, Danielle
Paper Book
Scream meets Happy Death Day in this terrifying young adult horror novel from New York Times bestselling scream queen Danielle Valentine. "This terrifying book reads like a horror movie. No, wait. It has the suspense and shocks and screams of TEN horror movies in...
Now let me fly : a portrait of Eugene Bullard
Wimberly, Ronald
Paper Book
From author Ronald Wimberly, creator of the viral comic Lighten Up, comes a soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot. On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to...
The red palace
Hur, June
Paper Book
June Hur, critically acclaimed author of The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, returns with The Red Palace--a third evocative, atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kerri Maniscalco. To enter the palace...
Rez Ball
Graves, Byron.
Paper Book
HarperStacks New Voices/debut novel promotion Featured title in Shake Up Your Shelves, a campaign to promote inclusive texts in curriculum and library collections
The silence that binds us
Ho, Joanna
Paper Book
"A grieving teen fights Asian hate by finding her voice in this complex, timely story." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "With a layered, sensitive voice, Ho's weighty novel delves into themes of racism, classism, loss, and healing." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) ...

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