Digital Branch: What to Read Next: Award Winners

Award Winning Titles for Teens

There's tons of great tools to help you find award winning or notable Teen books, audiobooks, and graphic novels!

YALSA Book Finder
A one-stop shop for finding award winners and best of lists.
Search the database for award, list name, year, author, genre and more!

Recommended Awards to search for:

Alex Award
Books written for adults that have special appeal to Teens, ages 12 through 18.
Coretta Scott King Award (CSK)
Odyssey
Best audiobooks for Teens & Children
Printz Award (Michael Printz)
Best book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Recommended Lists to search for:

Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Amelia Bloomer List
Books with significant feminist content.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for those ages 12-18.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
Rainbow Book List
Database includes Adult titles; select Teen/Young Adult to display Teen content.
Teens' Top Ten
Nominators are members of Teen book groups in 15 school and public libraries around the country.

Pura Belpré Award
Presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for Children and Teens.
*Scroll past Children's Awards to see Teen titles.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for Children or Teens.
Stonewall Book Awards
Award for LGBTQIA+ books, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table.
Honors books for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.

Rainbow Book List
A curated bibliography highlighting books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, aimed at children and youth from birth to age 18.