- The first phone call from Heaven, Mitch Albom
- Can't wait to get to heaven, a novel, Fannie Flagg
- The adventures of taxi dog, by Debra and Sal Barracca ; pictures by Mark Buehner
- The mercy seat, a novel, Elizabeth H. Winthrop
- The very, very, very long dog, written and illustrated by Julia Patton
- Rosetown, Cynthia Rylant
- Clown in a cornfield, Adam Cesare
- Hilda and the bird parade, Luke Pearson
- The ladies of Garrison Gardens, a novel, Louise Shaffer
- Looking for Peyton Place, a novel, Barbara Delinsky
- The moonlit vine, Elizabeth Santiago
- Four blondes, Candace Bushnell
- The flicker of old dreams, a novel, Susan Henderson
- Ohio, a novel, Stephen Markley
- Before morning, by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beth Krommes
- The eyes & the impossible, Dave Eggers ; illustrations of Johannes by Shawn Harris
- Britt-Marie was here, a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Henning Koch
- Brown Rabbit in the city, by Natalie Russell
- Eventide, a novel, Kent Haruf
- ¡Vamos! Let's go eat!, by Raúl the Third ; colors by Elaine Bay
- Mike Mulligan and more, a Virginia Lee Burton treasury
- Secret sisters, Avi
- A Redbird Christmas, a novel, Fannie Flagg
- Mr. Tiger goes wild, Peter Brown
- Cat up a tree, written and illustrated by John and Ann Hassett
- Ain't she sweet, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- You remind me of me, a novel, Dan Chaon
- My two border towns, by David Bowles ; illustrated by Erika Meza
- Room one, a mystery or two, Andrew Clements ; illustrations by Chris Blair
- After Annie, a novel, Anna Quindlen
- Kiyoshi's walk, by Mark Karlins ; illustrated by Nicole Wong
- Tribute, Nora Roberts
- Claude in the city, written and illustrated by Alex T. Smith
- Tenmile, Sandra Dallas
- Birds without wings, by Louis de Bernières
- The festival of insignificance, a novel, Milan Kundera ; translated from the French by Linda Asher
- Black road, Nancy Zafris
- A murder for the books, Victoria Gilbert
- At night, Jonathan Bean
- After dark with Roxie Clark, by Brooke Lauren Davis
- Harriet gets carried away, Jessie Sima
- Clang-clang! Beep-beep!, listen to the city, by Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Beppe Giacobbe
- In West Mills, a novel, De'Shawn Charles Winslow
- Wonder Valley, Ivy Pochoda
- Little dog, lost, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer Bell
- Good morning, good night, a book of opposites in the city, Anita Lobel
- Coldwater, Samuel Parker
- Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
- The city baker's guide to country living, Louise Miller
- Bridge of sighs, Richard Russo