Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

It’s been a good one. Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai discuss the books that have stayed with them.

Her books, many of which were best sellers, often described empty marriages, love affairs (with tasteful sex) and heroic clergymen.Joanna Trollope after she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2019.

Matt Dinniman introduced his series about an alien reality TV show free on the web. But readers ate up the goofy humor, now to the tune of 6 million books sold.Matt Dinniman signing books at New York Comic Con this fall.

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist.