Richie of Richie’s Picks has released his best of 2008 list.  You will find great nonfiction and fiction for middle schoolers and older.  Though he does sneak in one wonderful wordless picture book at the very end.

Richie is fabulous for finding boy-friendly titles and books that kids will love but which are also really well written.  This is a great list of books.  Also check out his reviews that come out regularly throughout the year.  There are treasures there that didn’t make his annual list.