2026 Youth Media Awards for Teens

The American Library Association (ALA) 2026 award winners and honor books for teens!

This list includes the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, the Schneider Young Adult Award -- Ages 14-18, the Odyssey Award for Young Adults, the Belpré Young Adult Author Award, the Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award, the Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, the American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Young Adult Book, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and the Sydney Taylor Book Award Gold Medalist.


"American Library Association announces 2026 Youth Media Award winners", American Library Association, January 26, 2026

https://www.ala.org/news/2026/01/american-library-association-announces-2026-youth-media-award-winners (Accessed February 20, 2026)

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Updated February 20, 2026
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Devils Like Us
Thompson, L. T.
Paper Book
A Stonewall Honor Winner New York Public Library Best Book of 2025 Our Flag Means Death meets The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue in this YA historical fantasy about three queer teens and their found family of queer pirates facing down a...
Hole in the sky : a novel
Wilson, Daniel H.
Paper Book
A gripping sci-fi thriller--and Native American First Contact story--from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse, Daniel Wilson, who is a Cherokee Nation citizen and works as a threat forecaster for NASA. Heliopause is a real place--the very outer...
Legendary frybread drive-in /
Paper Book
Michael L. Printz Award Winner American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter...
Sisters in the wind /
Boulley, Angeline,
Paper Book
A Printz Honor Book! An AIYLA Honor Book! A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! From the instant New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed comes a daring new mystery about a foster teen claiming her heritage on her own...
The story of my anger
Méndez, Jasminne
Paper Book
PURA BELPRÉ HONOR BOOK * A powerful young adult novel-in-verse about a Texas teen battling racism in her theater program and book banning efforts by her town's school board--from the acclaimed author of Aniana del Mar Jumps In. An International Literacy Association Notable...
White lies :
Bausum, Ann.
Paper Book
This powerful and unflinching examination of racism in America by award-winning historian Ann Bausum deconstructs the warped history of the Civil War, perfect for fans of STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING and JUST MERCY. Warning: This is not your average U.S. history book.
A world without summer :
Day, Nicholas,
Paper Book
The true story of how a massive catastrophic eruption plunged the world into darkness, altering the global climate and inspiring the likes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein--from the award-winning author of The Mona Lisa Vanishes and featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout....

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