These are the books that have been recommended for the 2019-2020 Battle.

Recommendations are now closed. The BOTB sponsors will now review the books to determine their suitability for Battle,  and then voting will be open for a two week period starting on March 8.

• The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
• Refugee – Alan Gratz
• Loving Vs. Virginia – Patricia Powell
• The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness
• Far Far Away – Tom McNeal
• The Astonishing Color of After – Emily X.R. Pan
• The Selection – Keira Cass
• Storm Runner – J.C. Cervantes
• The Catcher Was a Spy – Nicholas Dawidoff
• Band of Brothers – Stephen Ambrose
• Nil – Lynne Matson
• Eragon – Chrisopher Paolini
• The War Outside – Monica Hesse
• The Young Elites – Marie Lu
• Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
• Eliza and Her Monsters – Francesca Zappia
• Red Rising – Pierce Brown
• Mistborn – Bryan Sanderson

Ineligible Books Recommended:

• Eleanor and Park* – Rainbow Rowell (previous Battle Book 2014-2015)
• The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (previous Battle book)