- Hanukkah hamster, written by Michelle Markel and illustrated by André Ceolin
- How not to die alone, Richard Roper
- A tiger called Tomás, Charlotte Zolotow, Marta Álvarez Miguéns ; afterword by Crescent Dragonwagon
- The storm whale, Benji Davies
- A small zombie problem, K.G. Campbell
- The heart of a whale, Anna Pignataro
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- A friend for Dragon, Dav Pilkey
- Cold paws, warm heart, Madeleine Floyd
- Jeremy draws a monster, Peter McCarty
- Squish Rabbit, by Katherine Battersby
- The lonely hearts book club, Lucy Gilmore
- Little dog, lost, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer Bell
- Out of the clear blue sky, Kristan Higgins
- The sisters of Straygarden Place, [by] Hayley Chewins
- The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane, Kate O'Shaughnessy
- The bear and the wildcat, written by Kazumi Yumoto and illustrated by Komako Sakai ; translated by Cathy Hirano
- The music shop, a novel, Rachel Joyce
- La la la, Kate DiCamillo ; a story of hope illustrated by Jaime Kim
- Little Mole's wish, Sang-Keun Kim
- House of dolls, Francesca Lia Block ; [illustrations by Barbara McClintock]
- Caspian finds a friend, by Jacqueline Véissid ; illustrated by Merrilees Brown
- Love, Holly, a novel, Emily Stone
- Scrawny cat, Phyllis Root ; illustrated by Alison Friend
- Little Robot alone, by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest ; illustrated by Matt Phelan
- Daisy and Josephine, written by Melissa Gilbert ; drawn by Julia Kuo
- Snow foal, Susanna Bailey
- Lucy's advice, adapted by Nancy Krulik ; art adapted by Peter and Nick LoBianco
- My pillow keeps moving!, written by Laura Gehl ; illustrated by Christopher Weyant
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- Chirp!, Chipmunk sings for a friend, Jamie A. Swenson ; Scott Magoon
- Gingerbread friends, Jan Brett
- Nora, a love story of Nora and James Joyce, Nuala O'Connor
- The only girl in town, Ally Condie
- Herman and Rosie, Gus Gordon
- Melrose and Croc, a Christmas to remember, Emma Chichester Clark
- Adelaide's secret world, Elise Hurst
- The dog who belonged to no one, by Amy Hest
- Our souls at night, Kent Haruf
- Snow hunters, Paul Yoon
- Pandora, Victoria Turnbull
- Everything for a dog, Ann M. Martin
- The misremembered man, Christine McKenna
- The lonely book, Kate Bernheimer ; [illustrated by Chris Sheban]
- Little Cub, Olivier Dunrea
- Big Wolf & Little Wolf, Nadine Brun-Cosme ; [illustrated by] Olivier Tallec ; [translated by Claudia Bedrick]
- Un amigo para Dragón, Dav Pilkey
- Ugly Fish, Kara LaReau, Scott Magoon
- Margaret's Unicorn, by Briony May Smith
- Sugar in milk, by Thrity Umrigar ; illustrated by Khoa Le