1. The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond – illustrated by Alex T. Smith (Walker Books)
2. The Hypnotist by Laurence Anholt (Penguin Random House)
3. Overheard in a Tower Block Joseph Coelho – illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books)
4. Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans (David Fickling Books)
5. The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Chicken House)
6. The Song from Somewhere Else by A.F. Harrold – illustrated by Levi Pinfold (Bloomsbury)
7. After the Fire by Will Hill (Usborne)
8. Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird (Macmillan)
9. Out of Heart by Irfan Master (Bonnier Zaffre)
10. A Berlin Love Song by Sarah Matthias (Troika Books)
11. Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean (Usborne)
12. Rook by Anthony McGowan (Barrington Stoke)
13. Release by Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
14. The Call by Peadar O'Guilin (David Fickling Books)
15. Black Light Express by Philip Reeve (Oxford University Press)
16. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell – illustrated by Hannah Horn (Bloomsbury)
17. Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick (Hachette)
18. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Walker Books)
19. Encounters by Jason Wallace (Andersen Press)
20. Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (Penguin Random House)