Kirkus Best Books of the Year Winners Middle-Grade Graphic Fiction

Awards List

2023

Bea Wolf

Bea Wolf (*)
Zach Weinersmith

Mar-2023
/ General Fiction

A First Time for Everything

A First Time for Everything (*)
Dan Santat

Mar-2023
/ General Fiction

The Moth Keeper

The Moth Keeper (*)
K. O'Neill

Mar-2023
/ Manga

The Ojja-Wojja

The Ojja-Wojja (*)
Magdalene Visaggio

Mar-2023
/ General Fiction

Parachute Kids

Parachute Kids (*)
Betty C. Tang

Apr-2023
/ General Fiction

School Trip

School Trip (*)
Jerry Craft

Apr-2023
/ General Fiction

Mexikid

Mexikid (*)
Pedro Martin

Aug-2023
/ General Fiction

Saving Sunshine

Saving Sunshine (*)
Saadia Faruqi

Sep-2023
/ General Fiction

Oliver's Great Big Universe

Oliver's Great Big Universe (*)
Jorge Cham

Oct-2023
/ General Fiction

Saving H'non

Saving H'non (*)
Trang Nguyen

Oct-2023
/ General Fiction

Where's Joon?

Where's Joon? (*)
Julie Kim

Oct-2023
/ General Fiction

The Magicians

The Magicians (*)
Blexbolex

Nov-2023
/ General Fiction

2022

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir (*)
Margaret Kimball

Apr-2021
/ Graphic Novel

Isla to Island

Isla to Island (*)
Alexis Castellanos

Mar-2022
/ Historical

Little Monarchs

Little Monarchs (*)
Jonathan Case

Apr-2022
/ Fantasy

Swim Team

Swim Team (*)
Johnnie Christmas

May-2022
/ General Fiction

Twin Cities

Twin Cities (*)
Jose Pimienta

Jul-2022
/ General Fiction

The Tryout

The Tryout (*)
Christina Soontornvat

Sep-2022
/ Graphic Novel

The Flamingo

The Flamingo (*)
Guojing

Oct-2022
/ General Fiction

Freestyle

Freestyle (*)
Gale Galligan

Oct-2022
/ General Fiction

Frizzy

Frizzy (*)
Claribel A. Ortega

Oct-2022
/ General Fiction

We the People!

We the People! (*)
Don Brown

Oct-2022
/ General Fiction

Twig, Volume 1

Twig, Volume 1 (*)
Skottie Young

Nov-2022
/ Graphic Novel

2021

Island Book

Island Book (*)
Evan Dahm

May-2019
/ General Fiction

The Legend of Auntie Po

The Legend of Auntie Po (*)
Shing Yin Khor

Jun-2021
/ General Fiction

Monster Friends

Monster Friends (*)
Kaeti Vandorn

Jun-2021
/ General Fiction

Lilla the Accidental Witch

Lilla the Accidental Witch (*)
Eleanor Crewes

Jul-2021
/ Fantasy

Borders

Borders (*)
Thomas King

Sep-2021
/ General Fiction

Barb the Last Berzerker

Barb the Last Berzerker (*)
Dan Abdo

Oct-2021
/ Fantasy

The Golden Hour

The Golden Hour (*)
Niki Smith

Nov-2021
/ General Fiction

Manu

Manu (*)
Kelly Fernandez

Nov-2021
/ Fantasy

When Pigs Fly

When Pigs Fly (*)
Rob Harrell

Nov-2021
/ General Fiction

Living With Viola

Living With Viola (*)
Rosena Fung

Dec-2021
/ General Fiction

2020

The Deep & Dark Blue

The Deep & Dark Blue (*)
Niki Smith

Jan-2020
/ Fantasy

Go With the Flow

Go With the Flow (*)
Karen Schneemann

Jan-2020
/ General Fiction

When Stars Are Scattered

When Stars Are Scattered (*)
Victoria Jamieson; Omar Mohamed

Apr-2020
/ General Fiction

Yorick and Bones

Yorick and Bones (*)
Jeremy Tankard

May-2020
/ General Fiction

All Together Now

All Together Now (*)
Hope Larson

Aug-2020
/ General Fiction

Beetle & the Hollowbones

Beetle & the Hollowbones (*)
Aliza Layne

Aug-2020
/ Fantasy

The Girl & the Galdurian

The Girl & the Galdurian (*)
Tim Probert

Sep-2020
/ Fantasy

The Great Bunk Bed Battle

The Great Bunk Bed Battle (*)
Tina Kugler

Sep-2020
/ General Fiction

Stuck Together

Stuck Together (*)
Brian Smitty Smith

Sep-2020
/ Fantasy

Class Act

Class Act (*)
Jerry Craft

Oct-2020
/ General Fiction

Twins

Twins (*)
Varian Johnson

Oct-2020
/ General Fiction

Rise of the Halfling King

Rise of the Halfling King (*)
David Bowles

Nov-2020
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Affirming Picture Books

Beginning Readers

Book Club Fiction

Books for Beginning Readers

Empowering Picture Books

Environmental Fiction

Fiction in Translation

Fictional Families

Fictional Voices

Funniest Picture Books

Historical Fiction

Informational Picture Books

Joyous Picture Books

Middle-Grade About Speaking Up

Middle-Grade Activist

Middle-Grade Adventures

Middle-Grade Family Stories

Middle-Grade Fantasy and SF

Middle-Grade Fiction

Middle-Grade Friendship Stories

Middle-Grade Graphic Fiction

Award Years