2022 New York Public Library Best Books (Awarded by New York Public Library)

Awards List

Comics

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
(*)
Ram V

The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, Volume 1
(*)
Kyle Starks

Alice in Borderland, Vol. 1
(*)
Haro Aso

Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball
(*)
Jon Chad

The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.
(*)
James Spooner

What is Home, Mum?
(*)
Sabba Khan

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
(*)
Kevin B. Eastman

Wash Day Diaries
(*)
Jamila Rowser

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
(*)
Tom King

Animal Castle Vol 1
(*)
Xavier Dorison

Fantasy

Nettle & Bone
(*)
T. Kingfisher

Siren Queen
(*)
Nghi Vo

Ordinary Monsters
(*)
J.M. Miro

Fiction

Foster
(*)
Claire Keegan

Men in My Situation
(*)
Per Petterson

Vladimir
(*)
Julia May Jonas

My Volcano
(*)
John Elizabeth Stintzi

When I Sing, Mountains Dance
(*)
Irene Sola

Saint Sebastian's Abyss
(*)
Mark Haber

Diary of a Void
(*)
Emi Yagi

Kick the Latch
(*)
Kathryn Scanlan

No One Left to Come Looking for You
(*)
Sam Lipsyte

Horror

A Black and Endless Sky
(*)
Matthew Lyons

The Hacienda
(*)
Isabel Canas

Just Like Home
(*)
Sarah Gailey

Kids: Early Readers

Drive It! Fix It!
(*)
Larry Dane Brimner

Gigi and Ojiji
(*)
Melissa Iwai

April & Mae and the Tea Party
(*)
Megan Dowd Lambert

Kids: Graphic Novels

Housecat Trouble
(*)
Mason Dickerson

Isla to Island
(*)
Alexis Castellanos

Little Monarchs
(*)
Jonathan Case

Mamo
(*)
Sas Milledge

Sir Ladybug
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
(*)
Mac Barnett

The Real Riley Mayes
(*)
Rachel Elliott

Swim Team
(*)
Johnnie Christmas

Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe
(*)
Shauna J. Grant

Twin Cities
(*)
Jose Pimienta

The Tryout
(*)
Christina Soontornvat

The Flamingo
(*)
Guojing

Frizzy
(*)
Claribel A. Ortega

The Wolf Suit
(*)
Sid Sharp

Kids: Middle Grade

When Winter Robeson Came
(*)
Brenda Woods

Freewater
(*)
Amina Luqman-Dawson

Maizy Chen's Last Chance
(*)
Lisa Yee

The Visitors
(*)
Greg Howard

The Ogress and the Orphans
(*)
Kelly Barnhill

Troublemaker
(*)
John Cho

A Duet for Home
(*)
Karina Yan Glaser

The Last Mapmaker
(*)
Christina Soontornvat

Last Week
(*)
Bill Richardson

Moonwalking
(*)
Zetta Elliott

The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls
(*)
James Bird

The Tiltersmith
(*)
Amy Herrick

In the Key of Us
(*)
Mariama J. Lockington

Unfadeable
(*)
Maurice Broaddus

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
(*)
Xiran Jay Zhao

The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
(*)
Michael Leali

In the Beautiful Country
(*)
Jane Kuo

Breda's Island
(*)
Jessie Ann Foley

The Clackity
(*)
Lora Senf

Tumble
(*)
Celia C. Perez

Shot Clock
(*)
Caron Butler; Justin A. Reynolds

The Stars Did Wander Darkling
(*)
Colin Meloy

The Door of No Return
(*)
Kwame Alexander

Morning Sun in Wuhan
(*)
Ying Chang Compestine

Kids: Picture Books

Daddy Speaks Love
(*)
Leah Henderson

Ten Blocks to the Big Wok
(*)
Ying-Hwa Hu

Bathe the Cat
(*)
Alice B. McGinty

Nigel and the Moon
(*)
Antwan Eady

Gibberish
(*)
Young Vo

Kunoichi Bunny
(*)
Sara Cassidy

Abdul's Story
(*)
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

Black: The Many Wonders of My World
(*)
Nancy Johnson James

A Blue Kind of Day
(*)
Rachel Tomlinson

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky
(*)
Jihyun Kim

I Hate Borsch!
(*)
Yevgenia Nayberg

Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
(*)
Nina LaCour

Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
(*)
Derick Wilder

Hot Dog
(*)
Doug Salati

My Hands Tell a Story
(*)
Kelly Starling Lyons

Days Like This
(*)
Oriane Smith

Every Dog in the Neighborhood
(*)
Philip C. Stead

The Little House of Hope
(*)
Terry Catasus Jennings

Berry Song
(*)
Michaela Goade

Skater Cielo
(*)
Rachel Katstaller

Our Story Starts in Africa
(*)
Patrice Lawrence

Song in the City
(*)
Daniel Bernstrom

Nothing Special
(*)
Desiree Cooper

Viva's Voice
(*)
Raquel Donoso

My Paati's Saris
(*)
Jyoti Rajan Gopal

Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense

The Appeal
(*)
Janice Hallett

Like a Sister
(*)
Kellye Garrett

I'll Be You
(*)
Janelle Brown

Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies
(*)
Misha Popp

Shutter
(*)
Ramona Emerson

Stay Awake
(*)
Megan Goldin

You're Invited
(*)
Amanda Jayatissa

Killers of a Certain Age
(*)
Deanna Raybourn

Never Name the Dead
(*)
D.M. Rowell

Romance

The Best Men
(*)
Sarina Bowen

Electric Idol
(*)
Katee Robert

Delilah Green Doesn't Care
(*)
Ashley Herring Blake

Every Summer After
(*)
Carley Fortune

A Lady For a Duke
(*)
Alexis Hall

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris
(*)
Adriana Herrera

Heartbreaker
(*)
Sarah MacLean

The Hookup Plan
(*)
Farrah Rochon

The Kiss Curse
(*)
Erin Sterling

The Stand-Up Groomsman
(*)
Jackie Lau

Science Fiction

Goliath
(*)
Tochi Onyebuchi

How High We Go in the Dark
(*)
Sequoia Nagamatsu

Dead Silence
(*)
S.A. Barnes

The Genesis of Misery
(*)
Neon Yang

Teens: Comics

Run on Your New Legs, Vol. 1
(*)
Wataru Midori

Squire
(*)
Nadia Shammas

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
(*)
Laura Gao

Crumbs
(*)
Danie Stirling

The Last Session Vol. 1: Roll for Initiative
(*)
Jasmine Walls

M Is for Monster
(*)
Talia Dutton

Wandance 1
(*)
Coffee

Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend
(*)
Alys Arden

Unretouchable
(*)
Sofia Szamosi

Teens: Fantasy

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
(*)
Axie Oh

Mirror Girls
(*)
Kelly McWilliams

The Lost Dreamer
(*)
Lizz Huerta

So This Is Ever After
(*)
F.T. Lukens

Our Crooked Hearts
(*)
Melissa Albert

Rust in the Root
(*)
Justina Ireland

The Sunbearer Trials
(*)
Aiden Thomas

When the Angels Left the Old Country
(*)
Sacha Lamb

The Luminaries
(*)
Susan Dennard

Teens: Historical Fiction

I Must Betray You
(*)
Ruta Sepetys

Teens: On the Dark Side

Queen of the Tiles
(*)
Hanna Alkaf

Burn Down, Rise Up
(*)
Vincent Tirado

Summer's Edge
(*)
Dana Mele

The Honeys
(*)
Ryan La Sala

The Weight of Blood
(*)
Tiffany D. Jackson

Teens: Realistic

All My Rage
(*)
Sabaa Tahir

Every Variable of Us
(*)
Charles A. Bush

Does My Body Offend You?
(*)
Mayra Cuevas

Breathe and Count Back from Ten
(*)
Natalia Sylvester

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
(*)
Sonora Reyes

The Silence that Binds Us
(*)
Joanna Ho

A Girl's Guide to Love & Magic
(*)
Debbie Rigaud

I Rise
(*)
Marie Arnold

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
(*)
Zoulfa Katouh

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
(*)
Isaac Blum

Teens: Romance

Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl
(*)
Joya Goffney

Love Radio
(*)
Ebony LaDelle

TJ Powar Has Something to Prove
(*)
Jesmeen Kaur Deo

Teens: Science Fiction

Survive the Dome
(*)
Kosoko Jackson

Hell Followed with Us
(*)
Andrew Joseph White

The Getaway
(*)
Lamar Giles

Award Categories

Comics

Fantasy

Fiction

Historical Fiction

Horror

Kids: Early Readers

Kids: Graphic Novels

Kids: Middle Grade

Kids: Picture Books

Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense

Romance

Science Fiction

Short Stories

Teens: Comics

Teens: Fantasy

Teens: Historical Fiction

Teens: On the Dark Side

Teens: Realistic

Teens: Romance

Teens: Science Fiction

Award Years

2022

2021