2026 ALA Youth Media Awards: Young Adult BooksLike this list

40 items

• Legendary Frybread Drive-in

  Intertribal Stories

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  Michael Printz Award winner for excellence in literature written for young adults; Odyssey Award for Best Audiobook honoree; American Indian Youth Literature Award (Young Adult) winner

• COPE FIELD

  ON ORDER

  Simpson, T L. ON ORDER

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  Printz honoree

• The House No One Sees

  King, Adina,

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  Printz honoree

• Sisters in the Wind

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Printz honoree; American Indian Youth Literature Award (Young Adult) honoree

• Song of a Blackbird

  Van Lieshout, Maria,

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  Printz honoree

• SPLIT THE SKY (CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR HONOR TITLE)

  ON ORDER

  Arnold, Marie. ON ORDER

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  Coretta Scott King Award honoree for African American Author

• UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS

  ON ORDER

  Vinson, Arriel. ON ORDER

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  Coretta Scott King (Steptoe New Talent) winner

• Whale Eyes

  a Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen

  Robinson, James (Filmmaker),

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Young Adult) winner, for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience ; Odyssey Award for Best Audiobook honoree

• The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar

  Reyes, Sonora

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Young Adult) honoree

• THE POETRY OF CAR MECHANICS

  ON ORDER

  Stemple, Heidi E Y. ON ORDER

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Young Adult) honoree

• Trans History

  From Ancient Times to the Present Day

  Combs, Alex L.

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  Odyssey Award for Best Audiobook (Young Adult) winner

• Soundtrack

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Odyssey Award for Best Audiobook (Young Adult) honoree

• The Dead of Summer

  Sala, Ryan La

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  Odyssey Award for Best Audiobook (Young Adult) honoree

• ON THE WINGS OF LA NOCHE

  ON ORDER

  Torres, Vanessa L. ON ORDER

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  Pura Belpre Award (Young Adult Author) winner, for Latinx writers and illustrators

• ROSA BY ANY OTHER NAME

  ON ORDER

  Alcaraz, Hailey. ON ORDER

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  Pura Belpre Award (Young Adult Author) honoree

• Silenced Voices

  ON ORDER : Reclaiming Memories From the Guatemalan Genocide

  Leon, Pablo. ON ORDER

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  Pura Belpre Award (Young Adult Author) honoree; Sibert Informational Book Award honoree

• The Story of My Anger

  Méndez, Jasminne,

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  Pura Belpre Award (Young Adult Author) honoree

• One of the Boys

  Zeller, Victoria,

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  Stonewall Book Award (Young Adult) winner, for books relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience

• Devils Like Us

  Thompson, Lin

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  Stonewall Book Award (Young Adult) honoree

• HE'S SO POSSESSED WITH ME

  ON ORDER

  Liu, Corey. ON ORDER

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  Stonewall Book Award (Young Adult) honoree