Book Awards
The Alex Awards
The top ten adult books of the year for teenage readers.
The Batchelder Award
The best children's book translated into English, awarded by The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
Best Books for Young Adults, YALSA Full List
A wide range of choices for young adults, presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).
Best Books for Young Adults, YALSA Top Ten
Click on the link for "top of the list" best books of the year for young adults, according to YALSA.
Blue Ribbon Books
Blue Ribbon award winners named by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
Booklist Editors' Choice
The editors at Booklist Magazine choose books "based on literary and artistic merit and on special appeal to youth."
The Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards
Winners and honor books are named each year during the fall.
The Christopher Awards
These awards are granted each year to works that "affirm the value of the human spirit." Click on the list to see books for young people which have received the award.
Coretta Scott King Award Books
The Coretta Scott King award is given annually to the black author who has made the most outstanding contribution to literature during the previous year.
Horn Book Fanfare
Yearly honor books named by Horn Book magazine.
JHunt Award
Adbooks' own home-grown award, with titles nominated and voted upon by members in an exciting annual process, honors the best in young adult literature.
National Book Awards for Young People's Literature
Added to the National Book Awards in 1996, this award honors outstanding work in the fields of children's and young adults' literature.
The Newbery Award
This prestigious award is granted annually to the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
The Scott O'Dell Award
Established in 1981, this award honors historical fiction published and set in the United States.
The Michael L. Printz Award
Established in 2000 by the American Library Association, this award honors excellence in the field of literature for young adults.
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of the Year
Publisher's Weekly names outstanding fiction and non-fiction written for children and young adults during the previous year.
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
The School Library Journal chooses the top sixty books from the thousands reviewed on its pages each year. See choices for middle school and high school readers.