Current and historical winners of the Michael Printz Award, with links to further information at BookBrowse.

Michael Printz Award Award Winners

Michael Printz Award

Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature

Current and Previous Award Winners:

  • 2023

    All My Rage
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    All My Rage  by  Sabaa Tahir

  • 2022

    Starfish
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Starfish  by  Lisa Fipps

  • 2021

    Everything Sad Is Untrue
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Everything Sad Is Untrue  by  Daniel Nayeri

  • 2020

    Dig
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Dig  by  A.S. King

  • 2019

    The Poet X
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    The Poet X  by  Elizabeth Acevedo

  • 2018

    We Are Okay
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    We Are Okay  by  Nina LaCour

  • 2017

    March
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    March  by  John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell

  • 2016

    Bone Gap
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Bone Gap  by  Laura Ruby

  • 2015

    I'll Give You the Sun
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    I'll Give You the Sun  by  Jandy Nelson

  • 2014

    Midwinterblood
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Midwinterblood  by  Marcus Sedgwick

  • 2013

    In Darkness
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    In Darkness  by  Nick Lake

  • 2012

    Where Things Come Back
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Where Things Come Back  by  John Corey Whaley

  • 2011

    Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, 1)
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, 1)  by  Paolo Bacigalupi

  • 2010

    Going Bovine
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Going Bovine  by  Libba Bray

  • 2009

    Jellicoe Road
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Jellicoe Road  by  Melina Marchetta

  • 2008

    The White Darkness
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    The White Darkness  by  Geraldine McCaughrean

  • 2007

    American Born Chinese
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    American Born Chinese  by  Gene Luen Yang

  • 2006

    Looking For Alaska
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Looking For Alaska  by  John Green

  • 2005

    How I Live Now
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    How I Live Now  by  Meg Rosoff

  • 2004

    The First Part Last
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    The First Part Last  by  Angela Johnson

  • 2003

    Postcards from No Man's Land
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Postcards from No Man's Land  by  Aidan Chambers

  • 2002

    A Step from Heaven
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    A Step from Heaven  by  An Na

  • 2001

    Kit's Wilderness
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Kit's Wilderness  by  David Almond

  • 2000

    Monster
    Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
    Monster  by  Walter Dean Myers

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