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2023 Booklist Editors Choice (Awarded by ALA: The American Library Association)

Awards List

Adult

The Apartment
(Top of the List)
Ana Menendez

Youth: Graphic Novel

Bea Wolf
(Top of the List)
Zach Weinersmith

Youth: Younger Readers

Mr. S
(Top of the List)
Monica Arnaldo

Adult

I Have Some Questions for You
(*)
Rebecca Makkai

Victory City
(*)
Salman Rushdie

In Memoriam
(*)
Alice Winn

Our Best Intentions
(*)
Vibhuti Jain

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
(*)
Claire Jimenez

Hula
(*)
Jasmin Iolani Hakes

Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style
(*)
Paul Rudnick

How to Be Remembered
(*)
Michael Thompson

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
(*)
James McBride

Shark Heart
(*)
Emily Habeck

Tom Lake
(*)
Ann Patchett

Dearborn
(*)
Ghassan Zeineddine

Happiness Falls
(*)
Angie Kim

North Woods
(*)
Daniel Mason

The Vaster Wilds
(*)
Lauren Groff

Land of Milk and Honey
(*)
C. Pam Zhang

The Leftover Woman
(*)
Jean Kwok

Absolution
(*)
Alice McDermott

The Berry Pickers
(*)
Amanda Peters

A Grandmother Begins the Story
(*)
Michelle Porter

Orbital
(*)
Samantha Harvey

Adult Books for Young Adults

Your Driver Is Waiting
(*)
Priya Guns

Chlorine
(*)
Jade Song

Gone to the Wolves
(*)
John Wray

To Shape a Dragon's Breath
(*)
Moniquill Blackgoose

Forged by Blood
(*)
Ehigbor Okosun

Whalefall
(*)
Daniel Kraus

Bright Young Women
(*)
Jessica Knoll

The Reformatory
(*)
Tananarive Due

The Manor House Governess
(*)
C.A. Castle

Adult: Genre Fiction

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
(*)
Heather Fawcett

On the Savage Side
(*)
Tiffany McDaniel

Ana Maria and the Fox
(*)
Liana De la Rosa

To Shape a Dragon's Breath
(*)
Moniquill Blackgoose

All the Right Notes
(*)
Dominic Lim

Much Ado about Nada
(*)
Uzma Jalaluddin

The Water Outlaws
(*)
S.L. Huang

The Enchanters
(*)
James Ellroy

The Golden Gate
(*)
Amy Chua

Bright Young Women
(*)
Jessica Knoll

The Reformatory
(*)
Tananarive Due

The Graham Effect
(*)
Elle Kennedy

Youth: Younger Readers

Just Like Grandma
(*)
Kim Rogers

This Is Not My Home
(*)
Vivienne Chang

Nell Plants a Tree
(*)
Anne Wynter

My Baba's Garden
(*)
Jordan Scott

Twenty Questions
(*)
Mac Barnett

Little Land
(*)
Diana Sudyka

Big
(*)
Vashti Harrison

A Day With No Words
(*)
Tiffany Hammond

The Hidden World of Gnomes
(*)
Lauren Soloy

Invisible Things
(*)
Andy J. Pizza

Spanish Is the Language of My Family
(*)
Michael Genhart

The Knight of Little Import
(*)
Hannah Batsel

The Wishing Machine
(*)
Jonathan Hillman

Youth: Middle Readers

Tiger Daughter
(*)
Rebecca Lim

The Worlds We Leave Behind
(*)
A.F. Harrold

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
(*)
Daniel Nayeri

Boomi's Boombox
(*)
Shanthi Sekaran

The Eyes and the Impossible
(*)
Dave Eggers

The Labors of Hercules Beal
(Top of the List)
Gary D. Schmidt

The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow
(*)
Elaine Dimopoulos

Barely Floating
(*)
Lilliam Rivera

The Boy, the Cloud and the Very Tall Tale
(*)
Heather Smith

The Otherwoods
(*)
Justine Pucella Winans

The Vanderbeekers Ever After
(*)
Karina Yan Glaser

Alebrijes
(*)
Donna Barba Higuera

Remember Us
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Treasure Island
(*)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Wild Robot Protects
(*)
Peter Brown

Youth: Older Readers

Botched
(*)
Shannon Gibney

For Lamb
(*)
Lesa Cline-Ransome

Forget Me Not
(*)
Alyson Derrick

Into the Light
(*)
Mark Oshiro

The Making of Yolanda La Bruja
(*)
Lorraine Avila

Lion's Legacy
(*)
L.C. Rosen

Only This Beautiful Moment
(*)
Abdi Nazemian

Painted Devils
(*)
Margaret Owen

Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay
(*)
Kelly McWilliams

Everyone Wants to Know
(*)
Kelly Loy Gilbert

Champion of Fate
(*)
Kendare Blake

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
(*)
Andrew Joseph White

The Blood Years
(*)
Elana K. Arnold

Flower and Thorn
(*)
Rati Mehrotra

Kween
(*)
Vichet Chum

This Dark Descent
(*)
Kalyn Josephson

Didn't See That Coming
(*)
Jesse Q. Sutanto

Adult: Graphic Novel

Shubeik Lubeik
(Top of the List)
Deena Mohamed

Youth: Older Readers

Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything
(Top of the List)
Justine Pucella Winans

Award Categories

Adult

Adult Books for Young Adults

Adult: Audio

Adult: Genre Fiction

Adult: Graphic Novel

Youth

Youth: Audio

Youth: Graphic Novel

Youth: Middle Readers

Youth: Older Readers

Youth: Younger Readers

Award Years

2025

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