Latest book-trailer rankings
1. Deficient by Michael Solis , BHC Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=0TPIR3Wruc39Q0E5&embeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJUv-mZ0vo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ngLGHSc9w
3. Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4BfxWr28K8
4. Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WNJq-bAuMk&list=PLm16vtyhIqoTcu2pQ3r0Mm-OaLILIlyQ3&index=6
5. The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6dJhllihVI
6. Dreaming Eagles by Garth Ennis, Diamond Book Distributors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGYKF_-vp0g
(in Spanish)
Best book trailers, ranked November 2023 by Weldon Ngetich
1. How to Change Everything by Naomi Klein, Penguin Randomhouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VUDAOxDhBI
2. Summer’s End by Kristy Brown, Muse It Up Publishing
https://youtu.be/SfmGkRxXkrI
3. The Diamond Mistake Mystery by Sylvia McNicoll, Dundurn
https://youtu.be/j2C0YcKT1hk
4. Body Talk by Kelly Jensen, Algonquin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmgi4CZ14cM
5. Letters from Johnny by Wayne Ng, Guernica Editions
https://youtu.be/cPJR_8tECM4
6. Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora, Flux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb6mvLGGi5Q
7. King of Jam Sandwiches by Eric Walters, Orca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVsRXcS-e0U
8. Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth, Levine Querido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbTKdJlMo4c
And one unranked:
Drone Chase by Pam Withers, Dundurn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYp9eDra860
Book book trailers, ranked November 2023 by Weldon Ngetich
1. One of Us is Next by Carol M McManus, Delacorte Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4y8HkaS6Hw
2. The Murder Game by Carrie Doule, Sourcebooks Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRa9qR7Xb0
3. When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler, Simon & Schuster / Aladdin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEB3hixqBw0
4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A6LAeQy0eE
5. Stranger in a Familiar Place by Barakah Smith, Newman Springs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY49Ow4oIwU
6. The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu, Simon & Schuster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neJ1MX5aSHc
Best book trailers, ranked March 2021 by Irfan Rafi
1. Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera; Quill Tree Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWcASz66M4
2. Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give) by Angie Thomas; Balzer & Bray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdyA8Q6Jx4
3. Fireborne by Rosaria Munda; G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyhx0kePlVU
4. Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo; Feiwel & Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyeb3jyygKw
5. The Obsession (The Obsession #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto; Sourcebooks Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnummVKOAmc
6. The Desolations of Devil's Acre (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #6) by Ransom Riggs; Dutton Books for Young Readers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTruhiGnW5g
7. Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz, Julia Iredale (illustrator); Candlewick Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgkuE2YjbZ4
Best 2020 YA Canadian book trailers, reviewed by Irfan Rafi
1. The Other Side by Heather Camlot; Red Deer Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGSu7U0IjqY
2. Breakdown by David A Robertson, HighWater Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQqusJNdFg
3. Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman; Pajama Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqgBEcUAA2E
4. Pine Island Home by Polly Horvath; Penguin Random House Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kft6iFM5MU
And one unrated:
The Parkour Club by Pam Withers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGhsJiMDiU8
Oldies but goodies:
10 best Canadian YA book trailers, ranked by Irfan Rafi
3. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline; Cormorant Books Dancing Cat Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0DJLFEZ-4Y
5. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel; HarperCollins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVXlAKfDf0
6. Arctic Thunder by Robert Feagan; Dundurn Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbYFg3UuWc0
8. Audacious by Gabrielle Prendergrast; Orca Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7P6ZJlFoh8
More oldies but goodies:
When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Byl8-C0T6U
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3k5dkUk0vU
A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1cjsyOhWQ"
The AetherBorn Saga by Alexis N. Sage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8KqNkSMMI8
The Dogs by Allan Stratton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFgUiyiZyEY
The Reckoner Trilogy by David A. Robertson
https://www.facebook.com/235896416615982/videos/261131884593136
No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turansky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szjg0-IRdss
Allies by Alan Gratz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9lJ4wzn7h8
Red Wolf by Marlon James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2-rVV0WzQQ
Darkest Light by Hiromi Goto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMFCy2-ppAk
Fishtailing by Wendy Phillips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3YDBlpTJug
The Lynching of Louie Sam by Elizabeth Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHBPMiWHRpY
Hold Fast by Kevin Major
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNPpy-EyQA
Book of Darkness by Alexis N. Sage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHABQ4hkWA
Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guXUQjMAfRI