i mostly read from awards lists because if i were to write a book, i’d want to write like these authors. tbh idk if i want to write a book, but we’ll see \shrug
i am open to book recs and sometimes ill just read a book if i see it in store and it looks interesting
Time 100 Best YA Books
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank The
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
- I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan
- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich by Alice Childress
- Forever by Judy Blume
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
- The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
- Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabott
- A Step from Heaven by An Na Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
- Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
- Feed by M.T. Anderson
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
- Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
- Tyrell by Coe Booth
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Ship Breaker by Paulo Bacigalupi
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
- Legend by Marie Lu
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
- Every Day by David Levithan
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- If You Could Be Nice by Sara Farizan
- March: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illus. by Nate Powell
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Noggin by John Corey Whaley
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
- Dumplin’ by Julie Murphey
- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
- March: Book Two by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illus. by Nate Powell
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
- Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
- When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
- American Street by Ibi Zoboi
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahareh Mafi
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Frankly in Love by David Yoon
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illus. by R. Valero-O’Connell
- Like A Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callendar
- Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
- We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Printz Award
https://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/printzaward/previouswinners/winners
2024
- The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King. Written by King, M.T. Anderson, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez.
- Fire from the Sky by Moa Backe Åstot, translated by Eva Apelqvist
- Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow
- The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Shannon Gibney
- Salt the Water by Candice Iloh
2023
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
- Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei
- Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer
- Scout’s Honor by Lily Anderson
- When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
2022
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Revolution In Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon
- Starfish by Lisa Fipps
2021
- Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri
- Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth
- Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang, color by Lark Pien
- Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh
- We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
2020
- Dig by AS King
- The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi, translated by Cathy Hirano
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
- Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes
- Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
2019
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
- A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti
- I, Claudia by Mary McCoy
2018
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
- Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
2017
- March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
- Asking for It by Louise O’Neill
- The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
- Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
2016
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
- The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
- Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
2015
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
- The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
- Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
2014
- Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal
- MAGGOT MOON by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch
- Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
2013
- In Darkness by Nick Lake
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
- Dodger by Terry Pratchett
- The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
2012
- Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, art by Maira Kalman
- The Returning by Christine Hinwood
- Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
2011
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Stolen by Lucy Christopher
- Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
- Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
- Nothing by Janne Teller
2010
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
- Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
- Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
- Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes
2009
- Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 2: The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
- Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
2008
- The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox
- One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
- Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins
- Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
2007
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2006
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
- John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography by Elizabeth Partridge
- A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
2005
- how i live now by Meg Rosoff
- Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
- Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
2004
- The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
- A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
- Keesha’s House by Helen Frost
- Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
2003
- Postcards from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr
- Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
2002
- A Step From Heaven by An Na
- The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
- Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art by Jan Greenberg Abrams
- Freewill by Chris Lynch
- True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
2001
- Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
- Many Stones by Carolyn Coman
- The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
- Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
2000
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers
- Skellig by David Almond
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger