Michael L. Printz Award
American Library Association (ALA) - Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
An annual award presented by YALSA to honor the best book written for teens, based entirely on literary merit as judged by a committee of librarians; considered the most prestigious award in young adult literature.
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2026
- Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal StoriesWon
Cynthia Leitich Smith (ed.)
- Cope FieldShortlisted
T.L. Simpson
- Sisters in the WindShortlisted
Angeline Boulley
- Song of a BlackbirdShortlisted
Maria van Lieshout
- The House No One SeesShortlisted
Adina King
2025
- BrownstoneWon
Samuel Teer with Mar Julia (illus.)
- Bright Red FruitShortlisted
Safia Elhillo
- Compound FractureShortlisted
Andrew Joseph White
- Road HomeShortlisted
Rex Ogle
- The Deep DarkShortlisted
Lee Knox Ostertag
2024
- The Collectors: StoriesWon
A. S. King (ed.), written by King, M. T. Anderson, E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, Greg Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay, and Jenny Torres Sanchez
- Fire from the SkyShortlisted
Moa Backe Åstot with Eva Apelqvist (trans.)
- GatherShortlisted
Kenneth M. Cadow
- Salt the WaterShortlisted
Candice Iloh
- Shortlisted
2023
- All My RageWon
Sabaa Tahir
- IcebreakerShortlisted
A. L. Graziadei
- Shortlisted
- Scout's HonorShortlisted
Lily Anderson
- When the Angels Left the Old CountryShortlisted
Sacha Lamb
2022
- Firekeeper's DaughterWon
Angeline Boulley
- Concrete RoseShortlisted
Angie Thomas
- Last Night at the Telegraph ClubShortlisted
Malinda Lo
- Shortlisted
- StarfishShortlisted
Lisa Fipps
2021
- Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story)Won
Daniel Nayeri
- Apple (Skin to the Core)Shortlisted
Eric Gansworth
- Dragon HoopsShortlisted
Gene Luen Yang with Lark Pien (color)
- Every Body LookingShortlisted
Candice Iloh
- We Are Not FreeShortlisted
Traci Chee
2020
- DigWon
A. S. King
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with MeShortlisted
Mariko Tamaki with Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (illus.)
- Ordinary Hazards: A MemoirShortlisted
Nikki Grimes
- The Beast PlayerShortlisted
Nahoko Uehashi with Cathy Hirano (trans.)
- Where the World EndsShortlisted
Geraldine McCaughrean
2019
- The Poet XWon
Elizabeth Acevedo
- A Heart in a Body in the WorldShortlisted
Deb Caletti
- DamselShortlisted
Elana K. Arnold
- I, ClaudiaShortlisted
Mary McCoy
2018
- We Are OkayWon
Nina LaCour
- Long Way DownShortlisted
Jason Reynolds
- Strange the DreamerShortlisted
Laini Taylor
- The Hate U GiveShortlisted
Angie Thomas
- Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh BrothersShortlisted
Deborah Heiligman
2017
- March: Book ThreeWon
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
- Asking for ItShortlisted
Louise O'Neill
- ScytheShortlisted
Neal Shusterman
- The Passion of DolssaShortlisted
Julie Berry
- The Sun Is Also a StarShortlisted
Nicola Yoon
2016
- Bone GapWon
Laura Ruby
- Out of DarknessShortlisted
Ashley Hope Pérez
- The Ghosts of HeavenShortlisted
Marcus Sedgwick
2015
- I'll Give You the SunWon
Jandy Nelson
- And We StayShortlisted
Jenny Hubbard
- Grasshopper JungleShortlisted
Andrew Smith
- The Carnival at BrayShortlisted
Jessie Ann Foley
- This One SummerShortlisted
Mariko Tamaki
2014
- MidwinterbloodWon
Marcus Sedgwick
- Eleanor & ParkShortlisted
Rainbow Rowell
- Kingdom of Little WoundsShortlisted
Susann Cokal
- Maggot MoonShortlisted
Sally Gardner
- Navigating EarlyShortlisted
Clare Vanderpool
2013
- In DarknessWon
Nick Lake
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseShortlisted
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Code Name VerityShortlisted
Elizabeth Wein
- DodgerShortlisted
Terry Pratchett
- The White BicycleShortlisted
Beverley Brenna
2012
- Where Things Come BackWon
John Corey Whaley
- Jasper JonesShortlisted
Craig Silvey
- The ReturningShortlisted
Christine Hinwood
- The Scorpio RacesShortlisted
Maggie Stiefvater
- Why We Broke UpShortlisted
Daniel Handler
2011
- Ship BreakerWon
Paolo Bacigalupi
- NothingShortlisted
Janne Teller
- Please Ignore Vera DietzShortlisted
A.S. King
- RevolverShortlisted
Marcus Sedgwick
- StolenShortlisted
Lucy Christopher
2010
- Going BovineWon
Libba Bray
- Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of FaithShortlisted
Deborah Heiligman
- PunkzillaShortlisted
Adam Rapp
- Shortlisted
- The MonstrumologistShortlisted
Rick Yancey
2009
- Jellicoe RoadWon
Melina Marchetta
- NationShortlisted
Terry Pratchett
- Tender MorselsShortlisted
Margo Lanagan
- Shortlisted
- The Kingdom on the Waves (Octavian Nothing, Vol II)Shortlisted
M. T. Anderson
2008
- The White DarknessWon
Geraldine McCaughrean
- DreamquakeShortlisted
Elizabeth Knox
- One Whole and Perfect DayShortlisted
Judith Clarke
- RepossessedShortlisted
A. M. Jenkins
- Your Own SylviaShortlisted
Stephanie Hemphill
2007
- American Born ChineseWon
Gene Luen Yang
- An Abundance of KatherinesShortlisted
John Green
- SurrenderShortlisted
Sonya Hartnett
- The Book ThiefShortlisted
Markus Zusak
- The Pox Party (Octavian Nothing, Vol I)Shortlisted
M. T. Anderson
2006
- Looking for AlaskaWon
John Green
- A Wreath for Emmett TillShortlisted
Marilyn Nelson
- Black JuiceShortlisted
Margo Lanagan
- I Am the MessengerShortlisted
Markus Zusak
- John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic BiographyShortlisted
Elizabeth Partridge
2005
- How I Live NowWon
Meg Rosoff
- AirbornShortlisted
Kenneth Oppel
- Chanda's SecretsShortlisted
Allan Stratton
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster BoyShortlisted
Gary D. Schmidt
2004
- The First Part LastWon
Angela Johnson
- A Northern LightShortlisted
Jennifer Donnelly
- Fat Kid Rules the WorldShortlisted
K. L. Going
- Keesha's HouseShortlisted
Helen Frost
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round ThingsShortlisted
Carolyn Mackler
2003
- Postcards from No Man's LandWon
Aidan Chambers
- Hole in My LifeShortlisted
Jack Gantos
- My HeartbeatShortlisted
Garret Freymann-Weyr
- The House of the ScorpionShortlisted
Nancy Farmer
2002
- A Step From HeavenWon
An Na
- FreewillShortlisted
Chris Lynch
- Shortlisted
Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art
Jan Greenberg
- The RopemakerShortlisted
Peter Dickinson
- True BelieverShortlisted
Virginia Euwer Wolff
2001
- Kit's WildernessWon
David Almond
- Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal SnoggingShortlisted
Louise Rennison
- Many StonesShortlisted
Carolyn Coman
- Stuck in NeutralShortlisted
Terry Trueman
- The Body of Christopher CreedShortlisted
Carol Plum-Ucci