Teens' Top Ten 2023 Winners

The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups from school and public libraries around the country selected by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) to participate. This year's list of winners features 10 titles that were published between January 1st, 2022 and December 31st, 2022

Updated November 21, 2023
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All my rage
Tahir, Sabaa
Paper Book
National Book Award WINNER Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature WINNER An INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER! "All My Rage is a love story, a tragedy and an infectious teenage fever dream about what home...
Five survive
Jackson, Holly
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NUMBER 1 NYT BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YA CRIME THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER. AN INSTANT NUMBER 1 NYT BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! WINNER of the CrimeFest award 2022...
Gallant
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A KIRKUS BEST BOOK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER "A bone-chilling standalone . . . which fuses Shirley Jackson's gothic horror sensibilities with the warmth and dark whimsy of Neil Gaiman."--Publishers Weekly...
The girl who fell beneath the sea
Oh, Axie
Paper Book
Icebreaker : a novel
Grace, Hannah
Paper Book
" A TikTok sensation! Sparks fly when a competitive figure skater and hockey team captain are forced to share a rink. Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a...
The lesbiana's guide to Catholic school
Reyes, Sonora
Paper Book
Sonora Reyes' debut YA novel is a knockout-a sharply funny and incredibly moving portrait of a queer Mexican American girl learning to celebrate who she is at her very core. Seventeen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers drawing attention for her killer eyeliner, not for being one...
I must betray you
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book
Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A powerful, heart-breaking thriller based on real events. *Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing 2023*
Nothing more to tell
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of One of Us is Lying comes another page-turning thriller from the Queen of Crime . . . Someone got away with murder. The most terrifying part is that they're back - or maybe they never left. . . Five years ago,...
The rumor game
Clayton, Dhonielle
Paper Book
"A juicy, elegant, absolutely flawless thriller with a twist. It's the diverse Gossip Girl we've been waiting for!" --Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times best-selling author of Grown and White Smoke "Explosive." --Entertainment Weekly <...
Some mistakes were made
Dwyer, Kristin
Paper Book
Sarah Dessen meets Adam Silvera in the debut YA romance everyone is talking about! "A breathtaking tour de force of angst and longing. Heartbreaking, painfully romantic, and deeply human." --STEPHANIE GARBER, #1 bestselling author of Caraval "A novel you can make...

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