Award-winning Books
YALSA Database: Search for award-winning books here.
To learn more about different awards related to young adult (YA) books, please see below.
Alex Awards: This award is given to 10 books every year that were originally published for adults but may appeal to teens too.
NCSLMA Young Adult Book Awards: North Carolina students vote on their favorite book of the year.
National Book Award (Young People's Award): This award is sometimes given to a YA book.
Odyssey Award: This award is for the best audio book of the year.
The Printz Award: This award is for the best YA book published in the previous year.
Teens Top 10: Teens nominate and vote for 10 books to get this award every year.
William C. Morris Award: This award goes to an author who wrote his/her first YA book.