[SEO-Members] 20 Books Selected for the 2025 Choose to Read Ohio Booklist

[marshams at library.ohio.gov]

[Logo, company name    Description automatically generated]<https://library.ohio.gov/libraries/library-programs-and-development/ctro/ctro>The State Library of Ohio and the Ohioana Library Association, with the Ohio Center for the Book and the Choose to Read Ohio Advisory Council, are pleased to announce the 2025 Choose to Read Ohio (CTRO) booklist.

CTRO spotlights books by exciting, talented creators who, collectively, write across genres, explore a wide array of topics, and appeal to all age groups.

Each CTRO booklist features 20 representative titles for all ages by creators born in, residing in, or associated with Ohio. The titles are selected by Ohio teachers, librarians, and other advocates for readers and reading.

Starting with the new 2025 booklist, CTRO has changed from a biennial to an annual cycle, so there will now be a new CTRO booklist every year.
[2025 CTRO poster featuring book jacket images from the 20 books on the 2025 CTRO booklist]
Previous CTRO booklists have spotlighted titles by Ohio authors and illustrators including Toni Morrison, Susan Orlean, Wil Haygood, Mindy McGinnis, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Drew Daywalt, Louise Borden, Denise Fleming, Angela Johnson, Paula McLain, J. Patrick Lewis, Oge Mora, Andrea Wang, Daniel Kirk, Dav Pilkey, Katrina Kittle, and many others.

2025 Choose to Read Ohio booklist

Books for Adults

Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
Kelcey Ervick, The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives
John Scalzi, Starter Villain
Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

Books for Teens

Jorge Aguirre*, Call Me Iggy, illustrated by Rafael Rosado*
Kristy Boyce, Dungeons and Drama
Luma Mufleh, From Here: A Memoir
Ashley Hope Pérez, Out of Darkness
Natalie D. Richards, Four Found Dead

Books for Tweens/Middle Grades

Richard Adams, Watership Down: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Joe Sutphin*, adapted by James Sturm
Elisa Stone Leahy, Tethered to Other Stars
Jasmine Warga, A Rover’s Story
Misty Wilson*, Play Like a Girl: A Graphic Memoir, illustrated by David Wilson*
Jacqueline Woodson, Remember Us

Books for Young Children

Lindsay Bonilla*, The Storyteller, illustrated by Noar Lee Naggan
Keila V. Dawson*, Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book, illustrated by Alleanna Harris
Julia Kuo, Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night
Chiquita Mullins Lee* and Carmella Van Vleet*, You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce! The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce, illustrated by Jennifer Mack-Watkins
Connie Schultz*, Lola and the Troll, illustrated by Sandy Rodríguez

*Asterisk denotes Ohio creator of co-created book.

Download the new 2025 CTRO booklist<https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/v1731693059/library.ohio.gov/ctro-files/2025/CTRO_2025_booklist_flyer.pdf> formatted for printing and sharing.

Teachers, librarians, and other experts graciously offered their time, support, and expertise as CTRO 2025 booklist electors. CTRO electors evaluate the nominated books for one or more age groups and vote for those they consider best suited to CTRO. The CTRO Advisory Council and the CTRO partner organizations are indebted to these individuals for their generous participation. See the State Library website for a complete list of 2025 electors.<https://library.ohio.gov/about/committees-and-councils/committees-councils>

CTRO<https://library.ohio.gov/ctro> is a project of the State Library of Ohio, the Ohioana Library Association, and the Ohio Center for the Book, in collaboration with Ohio’s libraries.
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Marsha McDevitt-Stredney
Director, Marketing & Communications
State Library of Ohio
274 E. 1st Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
Tel: 614.644.6875
marshams at library.ohio.gov<mailto:marshams at library.ohio.gov>
library.ohio.gov<https://library.ohio.gov/>

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