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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel

Mystery Writers of America

An annual award presented by the Mystery Writers of America honoring the best mystery or crime novel written for young adult readers, part of the broader Edgar Awards recognizing excellence in mystery writing.

Search through 6,630 awarded or nominated books

2026

  1. Under the Same Stars

    Libba Bray

    Won
  2. Catch Your Death

    Ravena Guron

    Shortlisted
  3. Codebreaker

    Jay Martel

    Shortlisted
  4. The Scammer

    Tiffany D. Jackson

    Shortlisted
  5. This is Where We Die

    Cindy R. X. He

    Shortlisted

2025

  1. 49 Miles Alone

    Natalie D. Richards

    Won
  2. A Crane Among Wolves

    June Hur

    Shortlisted
  3. Death at Morning House

    Maureen Johnson

    Shortlisted
  4. Looking for Smoke

    K. A. Cobell

    Shortlisted
  5. The Bitter End

    Alexa Donne

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. Girl Forgotten

    April Henry

    Won
  2. Just Do This One Thing for Me

    Laura Zimmermann

    Shortlisted
  3. My Flawless Life

    Yvonne Woon

    Shortlisted
  4. Star Splitter

    Matthew J. Kirby

    Shortlisted
  5. The Sharp Edge of Silence

    Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. The Red Palace

    June Hur

    Won
  2. Frightmares

    Eva V. Gibson

    Shortlisted
  3. Lock the Doors

    Vincent Ralph

    Shortlisted
  4. Pretty Dead Queens

    Alexa Donne

    Shortlisted
  5. The Black Girls Left Standing

    Juliana Goodman

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. Firekeeper's Daughter

    Angeline Boulley

    Won
  2. Ace of Spades

    Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

    Shortlisted
  3. The Forest of Stolen Girls

    June Hur

    Shortlisted
  4. The Girls I've Been

    Tess Sharpe

    Shortlisted
  5. When You Look Like Us

    Pamela N. Harris

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. The Companion

    Katie Alender

    Won
  2. Silence of Bones

    June Hur

    Shortlisted
  3. The Cousins

    Karen M. McManus

    Shortlisted
  4. The Inheritance Games

    Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Shortlisted
  5. They Went Left

    Monica Hesse

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. Catfishing on CatNet

    Naomi Kritzer

    Won
  2. Killing November

    Adriana Mather

    Shortlisted
  3. Patron Saints of Nothing

    Randy Ribay

    Shortlisted
  4. The Deceivers

    Kristen Simmons

    Shortlisted
  5. Wild and Crooked

    Leah Thomas

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. Sadie

    Courtney Summers

    Won
  2. A Room Away From the Wolves

    Nova Ren Suma

    Shortlisted
  3. After the Fire

    Will Hill

    Shortlisted
  4. Blink

    Sasha Dawn

    Shortlisted
  5. Contagion

    Erin Bowman

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. Long Way Down

    Jason Reynolds

    Won
  2. Grit

    Gillian French

    Shortlisted
  3. The Cruelty

    Scott Bergstrom

    Shortlisted
  4. The Hate U Give

    Angie Thomas

    Shortlisted
  5. The Impossible Fortress

    Jason Rekulak

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. Girl in the Blue Coat

    Monica Hesse

    Won
  2. My Sister Rosa

    Justine Larbalestier

    Shortlisted
  3. The Girl I Used to Be

    April Henry

    Shortlisted
  4. Thieving Weasels

    Billy Taylor

    Shortlisted
  5. Three Truths and a Lie

    Brent Hartinger

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. A Madness So Discreet

    Mindy McGinnis

    Won
  2. Ask the Dark

    Henry Turner

    Shortlisted
  3. Endangered

    Lamar Giles

    Shortlisted
  4. The Sin Eater's Daughter

    Melinda Salisbury

    Shortlisted
  5. The Walls Around Us

    Nova Ren Suma

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. The Art of Secrets

    James Klise

    Won
  2. Fake ID

    Lamar Giles

    Shortlisted
  3. Nearly Gone

    Elle Cosimano

    Shortlisted
  4. The Doubt Factory

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Shortlisted
  5. The Prince of Venice Beach

    Blake Nelson

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. Ketchup Clouds

    Annabel Pitcher

    Won
  2. All the Truth That's In Me

    Julie Berry

    Shortlisted
  3. Criminal

    Terra Elan McVoy

    Shortlisted
  4. Far Far Away

    Tom McNeal

    Shortlisted
  5. How to Lead a Life of Crime

    Kirsten Miller

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. Code Name Verity

    Elizabeth Wein

    Won

2012

  1. The Silence of Murder

    Dandi Daley Mackall

    Won
  2. Kill You Last

    Todd Strasser

    Shortlisted
  3. Shelter

    Harlan Coben

    Shortlisted
  4. The Girl is Murder

    Kathryn Miller Haines

    Shortlisted
  5. The Name of the Star

    Maureen Johnson

    Shortlisted

2011

  1. The Interrogation of Gabriel James

    Charlie Price

    Won

2010

  1. Reality Check

    Peter Abrahams

    Won

2009

  1. Paper Towns

    John Green

    Won

2008

  1. Rat Life

    Tedd Arnold

    Won

2007

  1. Buried

    Robin Merrow MacCready

    Won

2006

  1. Last Shot

    John Feinstein

    Won

2005

  1. In Darkness, Death

    Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

    Won

2004

  1. Acceleration

    Graham McNamee

    Won

2003

  1. The Wessex Papers

    Daniel Parker

    Won

2002

  1. The Boy in the Burning House

    Tim Wynne-Jones

    Won

2001

  1. Counterfeit Son

    Elaine M. Alphin

    Won

2000

  1. Never Trust a Dead Man

    Vivian Vande Velde

    Won

1999

  1. The Killer's Cousin

    Nancy Werlin

    Won

1998

  1. Ghost Canoe

    Will Hobbs

    Won

1997

  1. Twisted Summer

    Willo Davis Roberts

    Won

1996

  1. Prophecy Rock

    Rob MacGregor

    Won

1995

  1. Toughing It

    Nancy Springer

    Won

1994

  1. The Name of the Game Was Murder

    Joan Lowery Nixon

    Won

1993

  1. A Little Bit Dead

    Chap Reaver

    Won

1992

  1. The Weirdo

    Theodore Taylor

    Won

1991

  1. Mote

    Chap Reaver

    Won

1990

  1. Show Me the Evidence

    Alane Ferguson

    Won

1989

  1. Incident at Loring Groves

    Sonia Levitin

    Won