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Kirkus Best Books of the Year – YA Reads About Family and Community Winners

Browse Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Kirkus Best Books of the Year history.

Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community Cross-year archive

2025

Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community results for the 2025 award year.

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All the Tomorrows After

Yi, Joanne

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Butterfly Heart

Astot, Moa Backe

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Cope Field

Simpson, T.L.

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Fall of the Fireflies

McCall, Guadalupe Garcia

Seasons of Sisterhood Series · Book 1 · Science Fiction / Fantasy

Oct-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

K-Jane

Kang, Lydia

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

My Perfect Family

VanBrakle, Khadijah

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

We Fell Apart

Lockhart, E.

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

2022

Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community results for the 2022 award year.

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The 9:09 Project

Parsons, Mark H.

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Echoes of Grace

McCall, Guadalupe Garcia

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

Caletti, Deb

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Four for the Road

Reilly, K.J.

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

High Spirits

Gomera-Tavarez, Camille

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

The Secrets We Keep

Gustafson, Cassie

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

This Place Is Still Beautiful

Tian, XiXi

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

We Are All We Have

Budhos, Marina

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

2021

Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community results for the 2021 award year.

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Concrete Rose

Thomas, Angie

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

An Emotion of Great Delight

Mafi, Tahereh

Standalone · Christian

Jun-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Home Is Not a Country

Elhillo, Safia

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

In the Wild Light

Zentner, Jeff

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Misfit in Love

Ali, S.K.

Saints and Misfits Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

May-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

One of the Good Ones

Moulite, Maika; Moulite, Maritza

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

A Snake Falls to Earth

Badger, Darcie Little

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things

Fuston, Margie

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year YA Reads About Family and Community

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