High School Battle of the Books 2025-2026

North Carolina School Library Media Association's High School Battle of the Books list for the 2025-2026 school year.

Updated October 30, 2025
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New Hanover County Public Library
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Dancing at the pity party : a dead mom graphic memoir
Feder, Tyler
Paper Book
Part poignant cancer memoir and part humorous reflection on a motherless life, this debut graphic novel is extraordinarily comforting and engaging. From before her mother's first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward,...
Cemetery boys
Thomas, Aiden
Paper Book
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature! A New York Times Bestseller! A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten pick! "Goundbreaking." -Entertainment Weekly A trans boy determined to prove his gender to...

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