Middle Grade Fiction
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
LGBTQ Protagonist
- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- YA: I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
A Book Over 400 Pages
- Prior of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
- YA: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
African American/ Black Author
- Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
- The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall
- Perfectly Nice Neighbors by Kia Abdullah
- Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- YA: Chaos Theory by Nic Stone
Award Winners
- Pulitzer Prize
- National Book Award
- Science Fiction: Hugo Award
- Science Fiction: Nebula Award
- Mystery/ Thriller Edgar Award
- YA: Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
