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Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winners

Browse Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winners and nominees by year, category, and historical archive. Explore the latest winners, past nominees, and major award archive award categories.

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Recent Award Winners

Recent Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winning books across major categories.

View 2023 winners

2023 Fiction & Poetry

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Boulley, Angeline

Winner · Fiction & Poetry

2023 Picture Book

When You Can Swim

Wong, Jack

Winner · Picture Book

2022 Picture Book

Ain't Burned All the Bright

Reynolds, Jason

Winner · Picture Book

2022 Fiction & Poetry

All My Rage

Tahir, Sabaa

Winner · Fiction & Poetry

2021 Picture Book

I Talk Like a River

Scott, Jordan

Winner · Picture Book

2021 Fiction & Poetry

A Sitting in St. James

Williams-Garcia, Rita

Winner · Fiction & Poetry

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winners by Year

Each year page shows the full Boston Globe-Horn Book Award results for that year, grouped by category.

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Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Categories

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Fiction & Poetry

Browse Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Fiction & Poetry winners and nominees across the full archive.

87 results across this category

Picture Book

Browse Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Picture Book winners and nominees across the full archive.

75 results across this category

Nonfiction

Browse Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nonfiction winners and nominees across the full archive.

6 results across this category

Special Citation

Browse Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Special Citation winners and nominees across the full archive.

6 results across this category

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2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winners

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Boston Globe-Horn Book Award – Fiction & Poetry

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Boston Globe-Horn Book Award – Picture Book

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