Printz Award winners & Honor books

Literary excellence in young adult books.

Included: Winners and Honor books, 2016–2025

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Browse the included records below. Award years refer to the award, not the publication date.

Michael L. Printz Award

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  • Bone Gap — Laura Ruby (2016) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • The Ghosts of Heaven — Marcus Sedgwick (2016) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Out of Darkness — Ashley Hope Pérez (2016) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • March: Book Three — John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (2017) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Asking for It — Louise O’Neill (2017) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • The Passion of Dolssa — Julie Berry (2017) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Scythe — Neal Shusterman (2017) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • The Sun is Also a Star — Nicola Yoon (2017) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • We Are Okay — Nina LaCour (2018) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Long Way Down — Jason Reynolds (2018) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas (2018) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Strange the Dreamer — Laini Taylor (2018) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers — Deborah Heiligman (2018) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • The Poet X — Elizabeth Acevedo (2019) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Damsel — Elana K. Arnold (2019) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • A Heart in a Body in the World — Deb Caletti (2019) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • I, Claudia — Mary McCoy (2019) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Dig — A.S. King (2020) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • The Beast Player — Nahoko Uehashi (2020) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me — Mariko Tamaki (2020) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir — Nikki Grimes (2020) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Where the World Ends — Geraldine McCaughrean (2020) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) — Daniel Nayeri (2021) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Apple (Skin to the Core) — Eric Gansworth (2021) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Dragon Hoops — Gene Luen Yang (2021) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Every Body Looking — Candice Iloh (2021) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • We Are Not Free — Traci Chee (2021) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Firekeeper's Daughter — Angeline Boulley (2022) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Concrete Rose — Angie Thomas (2022) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club — Malinda Lo (2022) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People — Kekla Magoon (2022) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Starfish — Lisa Fipps (2022) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • All My Rage — Sabaa Tahir (2023) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Icebreaker — A.L. Graziadei (2023) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality — Eliot Schrefer (2023) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Scout's Honor — Lily Anderson (2023) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • When the Angels Left the Old Country — Sacha Lamb (2023) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • The Collectors: Stories — A.S. King (2024) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Fire from the Sky — Moa Backe Åstot (2024) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Gather — Kenneth M. Cadow (2024) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption — Shannon Gibney (2024) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Salt the Water — Candice Iloh (2024) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Brownstone — Samuel Teer (2025) · Young Adult · winner · Source
  • Bright Red Fruit — Safia Elhillo (2025) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Compound Fracture — Andrew Joseph White (2025) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • The Deep Dark — Molly Knox Ostertag (2025) · Young Adult · honor · Source
  • Road Home — Rex Ogle (2025) · Young Adult · honor · Source