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Booklist Editors Choice – Adult Books for Young Adults Winners

Browse Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Booklist Editors Choice history.

Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults Cross-year archive

2025

Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults results for the 2025 award year.

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All the Water in the World

Caffall, Eiren

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Cursed Daughters

Braithwaite, Oyinkan

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The El

Van Alst, Theodore C., Jr.

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The Filling Station

Miller, Vanessa

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Freakslaw

Flett, Jane

Standalone · Horror

Apr-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

I, Medusa

Gray, Ayana

Standalone · Historical

Nov-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives

Jones, Stephen Graham

Standalone · Horror

Jul-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Our Beautiful Boys

Pandya, Sameer

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

To the Moon and Back

Ramage, Eliana

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Hendrix, Grady

Standalone · Horror

Jan-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Woodworking

St. James, Emily

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2025 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

2024

Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults results for the 2024 award year.

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Bless Your Heart

Ryan, Lindy

A Bless Your Heart Novel Series · Book 1 · Horror

Apr-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The Border between Us

Ruiz, Rudy

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

Clark, P. Djeli

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

I Was A Teenage Slasher

Jones, Stephen Graham

Standalone · Horror

Jul-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Lola in the Mirror

Dalton, Trent

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Road to Ruin

Lee, HaNa

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Some Strange Music Draws Me In

Hansbury, Griffin

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Sweetness in the Skin

Robinson, Ishi

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

We Burn Daylight

Johnston, Bret Anthony

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2024 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

2023

Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults results for the 2023 award year.

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Bright Young Women

Knoll, Jessica

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Chlorine

Song, Jade

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Forged by Blood

Okosun, Ehigbor

The Tainted Blood Duology Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

Aug-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Gone to the Wolves

Wray, John

Standalone · Literary

May-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The Manor House Governess

Castle, C.A.

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Nov-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The Reformatory

Due, Tananarive

Standalone · Horror

Oct-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

Blackgoose, Moniquill

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Whalefall

Kraus, Daniel

Standalone · Science Fiction

Aug-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Your Driver Is Waiting

Guns, Priya

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2023 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

2022

Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults results for the 2022 award year.

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The Ballad of Perilous Graves

Jennings, Alex

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Big Girl

Sullivan, Mecca Jamilah

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jul-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Dark Earth

Stott, Rebecca

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The Ghost That Ate Us

Kraus, Daniel

Standalone · Horror

Jul-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Never Been Kissed

Janovsky, Timothy

Boy Meets Boy Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

May-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Nightcrawling

Mottley, Leila

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Other Birds

Allen, Sarah Addison

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

True Biz

Novic, Sara

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Yerba Buena

LaCour, Nina

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

2021

Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults results for the 2021 award year.

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Gold Diggers

Sathian, Sanjena

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

How to Kidnap the Rich

Raina, Rahul

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Infinite Country

Engel, Patricia

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Libertie

Greenidge, Kaitlyn

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Apr-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body

Milks, Megan

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

Jones, Stephen Graham

Jade Daniels / Indian Lake Series · Book 1 · Horror

Jan-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Chambers, Becky

Monk & Robot Series · Book 1 · Science Fiction

Jul-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

The Turnout

Abbott, Megan

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2021 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults *

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