The Barnes & Noble Children's & Young Adult Book Awards are a series of annual literary awards presented by Barnes & Noble starting in 2021. There are three categories; Picture Book, Young Reader, and Young Adult. Additionally, an overall winner is chosen from the three category winners.
Lists +YearCategoryAuthorTitleResult2021Picture BookMel FellCategory WinnerAll Because You Matter Finalist; illustrated by Gianna RuggieroEvery Night Is Pizza NightFern and Otto; illustrated by Zoe PersicoThe Whatifs; illustrated by Lucie de MoyencourtWhat the Road Said Young ReadersAmari and the Night BrothersOverall WinnerEverything Sad Is UntrueFinalistThe List of Things That Will Not Change; illustrated by Shannon WrightTwins and Omar MohamedWhen Stars Are ScatteredWinkYoung AdultFirekeeper's Daughter Category WinnerThe Black KidsFinalistCemetery BoysFelix Ever After and Yusef SalaamPunching the AirThese Violent Delights2022Picture BookKnight OwlOverall Winner, illustrated by Eve FarbClovis Keeps His CoolFinalistMina, illustrated by Mercè López Room for EveryoneWutaryooDragonboyYoung ReadersHookyCategory WinnerAlmost FlyingFinalistA Kind of SparkThe Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed KnightsBarakah BeatsThe Shape of ThunderYoung AdultIron WidowCategory WinnerAce of SpadesFinalistThe Sky BluesWhat We HarvestThe Lost DreamerThe Girl from the Sea2023Picture BookHow to Eat a BookCategory WinnerLouFinalist, illustrated by Brizida MagroLet Me Call You Sweetheart, illustrated by Vera BrosgolA Spoonful of FrogsThe Worst Teddy EverAnne Wynter, illustrated by Daniel MiyaresNell Plants a TreeYoung Readers, Claire PowellThe Swifts: A Dictionary of ScoundrelsOverall WinnerSwim TeamFinalist and Gabriela EpsteinInvisible: A Graphic NovelKiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de FrestonJulia and the SharkTolá OkogwuOnyeka and the Academy of the SunSkandar and the Unicorn ThiefYoung AdultJudy I. LinMagic Steeped in PoisonCategory WinnerJumata EmillThe Black QueenFinalistJas HammondsWe Deserve MonumentsAs Long as the Lemon Trees GrowRyan La SalaThe Honeys M. K. LobbSeven Faceless Saints2024Picture BookXin LiI Lived Inside a Whale Category WinnerBig FinalistThe Book That Can Read Your MindBess Kalb, illustrated by Erin KraanBuffalo FluffaloScott Slater, illustrated by Adam MingDown the HoleJ.P. Takahashi, illustrated by Minako TomigaharaTokyo Night ParadeWhile You're Asleep Young Readers, illustrated by Dan SantatThe Misfits #1: A Royal ConundrumOverall WinnerEllie Engle Saves Herself Finalist, Shawn Harris The Eyes and the Impossible Ghost Book Greenwild: The World Behind the Door Mexikid Kiyash MonsefOnce There Was Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel Matthew FoxThe Sky Over RebeccaYoung AdultLauren RobertsPowerless Category WinnerCurious TidesFinalistGwen & Art Are Not in Love: A Novel The Last Bloodcarver Their Vicious Games Thieves' Gambit Katherine QuinnTo Kill a Shadow Isabel IbañezWhat the River Knows2025Picture BookThe Bakery DragonOverall WinnerHayley Rocco, illustrated by John RoccoAll the BooksFinalistStalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little CaveA Little Like MagicAlice Pung, illustrated by Sher RillBe Careful, Xiao Xin!Marissa ValdezHedgehogs Don't Wear UnderwearYoung ReadersSangu MandannaVanya and the Wild HuntCategory WinnerAmy SparkesThe House at the Edge of Magic FinalistH.E. EdgmonThe FlickerAwayTina Cho, Deb JJ LeeThe Other Side of Tomorrow: A Graphic NovelMia AraujoAfia in the Land of WondersYoung AdultDon’t Let the Forest InCategory WinnerThey Bloom at Night FinalistThese Vengeful GodsOur Infinite FatesImmortal DarkNever Thought I'd End Up Here2026Picture BookBrokenCategory WinnerMatt PhelanBartlebyFinalistBriony May SmithHogbert, illustrated by Emily HughesIf You Make a Call on a Banana PhoneYoung ReadersPeter BurnsThe School for ThievesOverall WInnerAlan BarillaroBunns RabbitFinalistStruan MurrayDragonbornChibundu OnuzoMayowa and the Sea of WordsYoung AdultThe Secret AstronomersCategory WinnerShannon J. SpannA Stage Set for VillainsFinalistKiera AzarThorn SeasonDon MartinVerity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire
See also
Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Barnes & Noble Discover Prize
References