I was happy to see Robin McKinley, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen’s exquisite, shattering Briar Rose on the list, also Lois Lowry’s The Giver (which has two sequels). I love Bujold’s Verkosigan books so should give her fantasy books a chance.

A fantasy/sf suggestion–How Like a God and it’s sequel, Doors of Death and Life, by Christian writer Brenda W. Clough are excellent. Anyone interested in reimagined fairy tales will enjoy Donna Napoli’s YA books, Beast (listed), Spinners and Zel. Also, Zenna Henderson’s People stories (there is ia compendium called Ingathering) are favorites, especially with their biblical verse themes.

I’ll be checking into some authors on this list. Thanks, John.

The kitties want to know why Lloyd Alexander’s The Town Cats and Time Cat aren’t on the list along with The Misadventures of Sebastian…

Just a tip for those considering taking part in the Mythopoeic Awards Reading Challenge: a great way to find good quality used copies of these books for very little cost is Bookins. I’ve been using this site for almost a year to trade books, and I highly recommend it; moreover, you can search under Books, Award Winners, and then Mythopoeic Awards to go directly to the relevant titles available.

Also, the final list of this year’s award nominees and winners will be announced by the Mythopoeic Society in August, so more books will be a part of the challenge soon! (Who knows, perhaps even another Harry Potter title…!)