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Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

{{short description|Annual award for YA audiobooks, from U.S. librarians}}

The American Library Association's Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults, formerly Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults, is a recommendation list of audiobooks presented yearly by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) division.

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) released the first list of Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults in 1999.{{Cite journal|last1=Cahill|first1=Maria|last2=Moore|first2=Jennifer|date=Spring 2017|title=A Sound History: Audiobooks Are Music to Children's Ears|url=https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/article/view/6239|journal=Children and Libraries|volume=15|issue=1|pages=22–29|doi=10.5860/cal.15n1.22|doi-access=free|access-date=2021-04-30|archive-date=2021-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601112014/https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/article/view/6239|url-status=live}} In 2009, the list was renamed as Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults.

The list can be used to help young adult readers find suitable audiobooks, which "are an underused treasure in school libraries. Teacher librarians can use them to draw new readers into the library and find new ways to connect with teachers."{{Cite journal|last=Lamb|first=Annette|date=December 2017|title=Listeners' Advisory Part 1|url=|journal=Teacher Librarian|volume=45|pages=2|via=ProQuest}} However, finding quality audiobooks can be difficult as one must consider the audiobook's sound quality, pacing, variety, cultural authenticity, narrators (professional versus volunteer; computer versus human), as well as matching readers' interests, reading ability, the audiobook's length, and more. To help address these challenges, several librarians and organizations recommend parents and teachers use the Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list to find audiobooks for young adults.{{Cite journal|last=Young|first=Renee|date=2019-10-25|title=The Alert Collector: Listen Up: Best Practices for Audiobooks in Libraries|url=https://journals.ala.org/index.php/rusq/article/view/7146|journal=Reference & User Services Quarterly|language=en-US|volume=58|issue=4|pages=210–214|doi=10.5860/rusq.58.4.7146|issn=1094-9054|doi-access=free|access-date=2021-04-30|archive-date=2021-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430160257/https://journals.ala.org/index.php/rusq/article/view/7146|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/968905071|title=Reading by right : successful strategies to ensure every child can read to succeed|date=2017|others=Chris Riddell, Joy Court|isbn=978-1-78330-209-3|location=London|oclc=968905071}}{{Cite journal|last=Lesesne|first=Teri S.|date=Summer 2016|title=Benefits and Practical Applications of Audiobooks|journal=The ALAN Review|volume=43|issue=3|pages=107–109}}{{Cite journal|last=Wolfson|first=Gene|date=2008|title=Using Audiobooks to Meet the Needs of Adolescent Readers|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41406113|journal=American Secondary Education|volume=36|issue=2|pages=105–114|jstor=41406113|issn=0003-1003|access-date=2021-04-30|archive-date=2021-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430160250/https://www.jstor.org/stable/41406113|url-status=live}}

Criteria

To be eligible for the list, the audiobook "must have been produced or released within the 24 months previous to the list’s release."{{Cite web|title=Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/87/apply|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-02|website=American Library Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125220710/http://www.ala.org:80/awardsgrants/awards/87/apply |archive-date=2014-11-25 }} The audiobooks cover a range of topics and are targeted toward individuals between the ages of 12 and 18. To land a place on the list, audiobooks are judged on the following criteria:

  • The audiobooks must appeal to young adults age 12 to 18. This includes book whose text versions may not be suitable to this demographic.
  • If the material is adapted, it "must remain true to, expand, or complement the original work"
  • The audiobook must effectively use voice, music, sound effects, and/or language
  • The audiobook must be appropriate for audio presentation
  • The audiobook must have a suitable match between the performer and the text.
  • The audiobook must be professionally produced.
  • All words within the audiobook must be pronounced correctly.
  • The audiobook must be clearly recorded.
  • The audiobook must include informative packaging.

Honorees

After honoring all amazing audiobooks, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) selects ten books every year, which are "the best of the best."{{Cite web|title=An Enthusiastic Earful|url=https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/an-enthusiastic-earful/|access-date=2021-04-30|website=American Libraries Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430160250/https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/an-enthusiastic-earful/|url-status=live}}

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|+American Library Association's Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (Top 10 Audiobooks per Year)

!Award Year

!Genre

!Author

!Book Title

!Reader(s)

rowspan="10" |2011{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2010-12-27|title=2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2011-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-04|website=American Library Association|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428165004/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2011-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults |archive-date=2021-04-28 }}

! rowspan="2" |Fantasy

|{{Sortname|Laini|Taylor}}

|Dreamdark Silksinger

|{{Sortname|Cassandra|Campbell}}

{{Sortname|Melina|Marchetta}}

|Finnikin of the Rock

|{{Sortname|Jeffrey|Cummings}}

Fantasy, Science-Fiction

|{{Sortname|Patrick|Ness}}

|The Knife of Never Letting Go

|{{Sortname|Nick|Podehl}}

rowspan="3" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|LouAnne|Johnson}}

|Muchacho

|{{Sortname|Ozzie|Rodriguez}}

{{Sortname|SapphireSapphire (author)}}

|Precious

|{{Sortname|Bahni|Turpin}}

{{Sortname|John|Green}} and David Levithan

|Will Grayson, Will Grayson

|{{Sortname|MacLeod|Andrews}} and Nick Podehl

rowspan="4" |Historical fiction

|{{Sortname|Kristin|Levine}}

|The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had

|{{Sortname|Kirby|Heyborne}}

{{Sortname|Rita|Garcia Williams}}

|One Crazy Summer

|{{Sortname|Sisi Aisha|Johnson}}

{{Sortname|L. A.|Meyer}}

|Rapture of the Deep

|{{Sortname|Katherine|Kellgren}}

{{Sortname|Kekla|Magoon}}

|The Rock and the River

|{{sortname|Dion|Graham}}

rowspan="10" |2012{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2012-01-24|title=2012 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/audiobooks/2012/topten|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424171145/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/audiobooks/2012/topten|archive-date=2012-04-24|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

!Biography

|{{Sortname|Georgia|Bragg}}

|How They Croaked

|{{sortname|L. J.|Ganser}}

rowspan="4" |Fantasy

|{{Sortname|Rick|Yancey}}

|The Curse of the Wendigo

|{{sortname|Steven|Boyer}}

{{Sortname|Philip|Reeve}}

|Fever Crumb

|{{sortname|Philip|Reeve}}

{{Sortname|Andrew|Smith|link=Andrew A. Smith}}

|Marbury Lens

|{{sortname|Mark|Boyett}}

{{Sortname|Jonathan|Stroud}}

|The Ring of Solomon

|{{sortname|Simon|Jones|link=Simon Jones (actor)}}

rowspan="3" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Louise|Rennison}}

|Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?

|{{sortname|Stina|Nielson|link=}}

{{Sortname|Libba|Bray}}

|Beauty Queens

|{{Sortname|Libba|Bray}}

{{Sortname|Brent|Crawford}}

|Carter’s Big Break

|{{Sortname|Nick|Podehl}}

Historical fantasy

|{{Sortname|Franny|Billingsley}}

|Chime

|{{Sortname|Susan|Duerden}}

Historical fiction

|{{Sortname|L. A.|Meyer}}

|The Wake of the Lorelei Lee

|{{Sortname|Katherine|Kellgren}}

rowspan="10" |2013{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2013-01-31|title=2013 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/amazing-audiobooks/2013/topten|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318094754/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/amazing-audiobooks/2013/topten|archive-date=2013-03-18|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

!Autobiography

|{{Sortname|Melba|Pattillo Beals}}

|Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

|{{Sortname|Lisa Renee|Pitts}}

rowspan="3" |Fantasy

|{{Sortname|Libba|Bray}}

|The Diviners

|{{Sortname|January|LaVoy}}

{{Sortname|Christopher|Paolini}}

|Inheritance

|{{Sortname|Gerard|Doyle}}

{{Sortname|Rick|Yancey}}

|The Isle of Blood

|{{sortname|Steven|Boyer}}

rowspan="3" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Jeff|Kinney}}

|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever

|{{Sortname|Ramón|de Ocampo}}

{{Sortname|E.M.|Kokie}}

|Personal Effects

|{{Sortname|Nick|Podehl}}

{{Sortname|R. J.|Palacio}}

|Wonder

|{{Sortname|Diana|Steele}}, Nick Podehl, and Kate Rudd

rowspan="2" |Historical fiction

|{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Wein}}

|Code Name Verity

|{{Sortname|Morven|Christie}} and Lucy Gaskell

{{Sortname|Allan|Wolf}}

|The Watch That Ends the Night

|{{Sortname|Michael|Page|nolink=1}}, Phil Gigante, Christopher Lane, Laurel Merlington, and Angela Dawe

Mystery, Thriller

|{{Sortname|Niall|Leonard}}

|Crusher

|{{Sortname|Daniel|Weyman|nolink=}}

rowspan="10" |2014{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2014-01-30|title=2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2014-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults-top-ten|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313163936/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/2014-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults-top-ten|archive-date=2014-03-13|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

!Biography

|{{Sortname|Leon|Leyson}}

|The Boy on the Wooden Box

|{{Sortname|Danny|Burstein|nolink=}}

rowspan="3" |Fantasy

|{{Sortname|Gail|Carriger}}

|Etiquette & Espionage

|{{Sortname|Moira|Quirk|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|DC|Pierson}}

|Crap Kingdom

|{{Sortname|DC|Pierson|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|Terry|Pratchett}}

|Dodger

|{{Sortname|Stephen|Briggs|nolink=}}

Fantasy, Horror

|{{Sortname|Paolo|Bacigalupi}}

|Zombie Baseball Beatdown

|{{Sortname|Sunil|Malhotra|nolink=}}

rowspan="2" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Sara|Farizan}}

|If You Could Be Mine

|{{Sortname|Negin|Farsad|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|Rainbow|Rowell}}

|Eleanor & Park

|{{Sortname|Rebecca|Lowman|nolink=}} and Sunil Malhotra

Historical Fiction

|{{Sortname|L.A.|Meyer}}

|Viva Jacquelina!: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Over the Hills and Far Away

|{{Sortname|Katherine|Kellgren}}

Horror, Thriller

|{{Sortname|Daniel|Kraus|Daniel Kraus (author)}}

|Scowler

|{{Sortname|Kirby|Heyborne}}

Science-Fiction

|{{Sortname|Ian|Doescher}}

|William Shakespeare's Star Wars

|Full cast

rowspan="10" |2015{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2015-02-03|title=2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2015-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207082244/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/2015-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|archive-date=2015-02-07|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

! rowspan="10" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Emma|Pass}}

|ACID

|{{Sortname|Fiona|Hardingham}} with Nicholas Guy Smith and Suzan Crowley

{{Sortname|Gail|Carriger}}

|Curtsies and Conspiracies

|{{Sortname|Moira|Quirk}}

{{Sortname|Julie Anne|Peters}}

|Define Normal

|{{Sortname|Christine|Lakin}}

{{Sortname|Geoff|Herbach}}

|Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders

|{{Sortname|Nick|Podehl}}

{{Sortname|A. S.|King}}

|Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future

|{{Sortname|Christine|Lakin}}

{{Sortname|Sally|Green}}

|Half Bad

|{{Sortname|Carl|Prekopp}}

{{Sortname|Ava|Dellaira}}

|Love Letters to the Dead

|{{Sortname|Julia|Whelan}}

{{Sortname|Deborah|Wiles}}

|Revolution

|{{Sortname|Stacey|Aswad}} and Francois Battiste with J.D. Jackson and Robin Miles

{{Sortname|Carl|Hiaasen}}

|Skink--No Surrender

|{{Sortname|Kirby|Heyborne}}

{{Sortname|Ian|Doescher}}

|William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Collection

|{{Sortname|Danny|Davis|nolink=1}}, Jonathan Davis, Ian Doescher, Jeff Gurner, January LaVoy, and Marc Thompson

rowspan="10" |2016{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2016-01-11|title=2016 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2016-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114222706/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/2016-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|archive-date=2016-01-14|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

! rowspan="9" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Gail|Carriger}}

|Waistcoats & Weaponry

|{{Sortname|Moira|Quirk|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|Dawn|Kurtagich}}

|The Dead House

|{{Sortname|Charlotte|Parry|nolink=}} and Christian Coulson

{{Sortname|Pam|Munoz Ryan}}

|Echo

|{{Sortname|Mark|Bramhall|nolink=}}, David De Vries, MacLeod Andrews, and Rebecca Soler

{{Sortname|Isabel|Quintero}}

|Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

|{{Sortname|Kyla|Garcia|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|Sally|Green}}

|Half Wild

|{{Sortname|Carl|Prekopp}} and Kyla Garcia

{{Sortname|Amie|Kaufman}} and Jay Kristoff

|lluminae

|{{Sortname|Olivia Taylor|Dudley|nolink=}}, Lincoln Hoppe, and Johnathan McClain

{{Sortname|Libba|Bray}}

|Lair of Dreams

|{{Sortname|January|LaVoy}}

{{Sortname|Ransom|Riggs}}

|Library of Souls

|{{Sortname|Kirby|Heyborne}}

{{Sortname|Guillermo|del Toro}} and Daniel Kraus

|Trollhunters

|{{Sortname|Kirby|Heyborne}}

Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Randall|Munroe}}

|What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

|{{Sortname|Wil|Wheaton|nolink=}}

rowspan="10" |2017{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2017-01-25|title=2017 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2017-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322143721/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2017-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|archive-date=2017-03-22|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

! rowspan="10" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Gavriel|Savit}}

|Anna and the Swallow Man

|{{Sortname|Allan|Corduner|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|Brie|Spangler}}

|Beast

|{{Sortname|Andrew|Eiden|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|Amie|Kaufman}} and Jay Kristoff

|Gemina

|{{Sortname|Carla|Corvo|nolink=}}, MacLeod Andrews, Steve West, and a full cast

{{Sortname|Goldy|Moldavsky}}

|Kill the Boy Band

|{{Sortname|Barrett Wilbert|Weed|nolink=}}

{{Sortname|ND|Stevenson}}

|Nimona

|{{Sortname|Marc|Thompson|nolink=|link=Marc Thompson (voice actor)}}, Rebecca Soler, January LaVoy, Peter Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, David Pittu, and Natalie Gold

{{Sortname|Gary D.|Schmidt}}

|Orbiting Jupiter

|{{Sortname|Christopher|Gebauer|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Ruta|Sepetys}}

|Salt to the Sea

|{{Sortname|Jorjeana|Marie|nolink=|link=}}, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, and Michael Crouch

{{Sortname|E.K.|Johnston}}

|Star Wars: Ahsoka

|{{Sortname|Ashley|Eckstein|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Ellen|Hopkins}}

|Traffick

|{{Sortname|Kirby|Heyborne}}, Julia Whelan, Madeleine Maby, Rebekkah Ross, and Jacques Roy

{{Sortname|April Genevieve|Tucholke}}

|Wink Poppy Midnight

|{{Sortname|Michael|Crouch|nolink=|link=Michael Crouch (actor)}}, Alicyn Packard, and Caitlin Davies

rowspan="10" |2018{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2018-01-09|title=2018 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110182305/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|archive-date=2018-01-10|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

! rowspan="2" |Fantasy

|{{Sortname|J.K.|Rowling}} and Newt Scamander

|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

|{{Sortname|Eddie|Redmayne|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Neal|Shusterman}}

|Scythe

|{{Sortname|Greg|Tremblay|nolink=|link=}}

rowspan="5" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Ellen|Oh}} (editor)

|Flying Lessons and Other Stories

|Various

{{Sortname|Angie|Thomas}}

|The Hate U Give

|{{Sortname|Bahni|Turpin}}

{{Sortname|Benjamin|Alire Sáenz}}

|The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

|{{Sortname|Robbie|Daymond|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Wein}}

|The Pearl Thief

|{{Sortname|Maggie|Service|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Nicola|Yoon}}

|The Sun Is Also a Star

|{{Sortname|Dominic|Hoffman|nolink=|link=}}, Raymond Lee, and Bahni Turpin

Historical fiction

|{{Sortname|Mackenzi|Lee}}

|The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

|{{Sortname|Christian|Coulson|nolink=|link=}}

Memoir

|{{Sortname|Lynda|Blackmon Lowery}}, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley

|Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

|{{Sortname|Damaras|Obi|nolink=|link=}}

Memoir, Graphic novel

|{{Sortname|Maggie|Thrash}}

|Honor Girl

|Ensemble Cast

rowspan="10" |2019{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2019-01-10|title=2019 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130212513/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/2019-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|archive-date=2019-01-30|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

! rowspan="4" |Fantasy

|{{Sortname|Nnedi|Okorafor}}

|Akata Witch

|{{Sortname|Yetide|Badaki|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|M. T.|Anderson}} and Eugene Yelchin

|The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

|{{Sortname|Gildart|Jackson|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|J.K.|Rowling}} and Kennilworthy Whisp

|Quidditch Through the Ages

|{{Sortname|Andrew|Lincoln|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Neal|Shusterman}}

|Thunderhead

|{{Sortname|Greg|Trembley|nolink=|link=}}

rowspan="4" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Gayle|Forman}}

|I Have Lost My Way

|{{Sortname|Nicole|Lewis|nolink=|link=}}, Michael Crouch, and Sunil Malhotra

{{Sortname|Jason|Reynolds}}

|Lu

|{{Sortname|Guy|Lockard|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Courtney|Summers}}

|Sadie

|{{Sortname|Rebecca|Soler|nolink=|link=}}, Fred Berman, Dan Bittner, Gabra Zackman, and a full cast

{{Sortname|Jason|Reynolds}}

|Sunny

|{{Sortname|Guy|Lockard|nolink=|link=}}

Memoir

|{{Sortname|Tara|Westover}}

|Educated

|{{Sortname|Julia|Whelan}}

Poetic Fiction

|{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Acevedo}}

|The Poet X

|{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Acevedo}}

rowspan="10" |2020{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2020-01-06|title=2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2020-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606172607/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2020-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|archive-date=2020-06-06|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

!Fantasy

|{{Sortname|A. S.|King}}

|Dig

|{{Sortname|A.S.|King}}, Mike Chamberlain, Tonya Cornelisse and Kirby Heyborne

rowspan="4" |Fiction

|{{Sortname|Mindy|McGinnis}}

|Heroine

|{{Sortname|Brittany|Pressley|nolink=|link=}}

{{Sortname|Tiffany D.|Jackson}}

|Let Me Hear a Rhyme

|{{Sortname|Adenrele|Ojo|nolink=|link=}}, Korey Jackson, Adam Lazarre-White, and Nile Bullock

{{Sortname|Angie|Thomas}}

|On the Come Up

|{{Sortname|Bahni|Turpin}}

{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Acevedo}}

|With the Fire on High

|{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Acevedo}}

Historical fiction

|{{Sortname|Ruta|Sepetys}}

|The Fountains of Silence

|{{Sortname|Maite|Jáuregui|nolink=|link=}} with Richard Ferrone, Neil Hellegers, Joshua Kane, Liza Kaplan, and Oliver Wyman

Memoir

|{{Sortname|Michelle|Obama}}

|Becoming

|{{Sortname|Michelle|Obama}}

Memoir, Graphic novel

|{{Sortname|Jarrett J.|Krosoczka}}

|Hey Kiddo

|{{Sortname|Jarrett J.|Krosoczka}}, Jeanne Birdsall, Richard Ferrone, and Jenna Lamia

Poetic Memoir

|{{Sortname|Laurie Halse|Anderson}}

|Shout

|{{Sortname|Laurie Halse|Anderson}}

Science Fiction

|{{Sortname|Samira|Ahmed|Samira Ahmed (author)}}

|Internment

|{{Sortname|Soneela|Nankani}}

rowspan="10" |2021{{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2021-01-04|title=2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104213625/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|archive-date=2021-01-04|access-date=2021-04-03|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

!Biography, Graphic Novel

|{{Sortname|Victoria|Jamieson}} and Omar Mohamed

|When Stars Are Scattered

|Full cast

rowspan="7" |Fantasy

|{{Sortname|Tracy|Deonn}}

|Legendborn

|{{Sortname|Joniece |Abbott-Pratt}}

{{Sortname|Aiden|Thomas|Aiden Thomas (author)}}

|Cemetery Boys

|{{Sortname|Avi|Roque}}

{{Sortname|Elizabeth|Acevedo}}

|Clap When You Land

|{{Sortname|Melania-Luisa|Marte}} and Elizabeth Acevedo

{{Sortname|Holly|Jackson}}

|A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

|{{Sortname|Bailey|Carr}}, Melissa Calin, Michael Crouch, Gopal Divan, Robert Fass, Kevin R. Free, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Carol Monda, Patricia Santomasso, Shezi Sardar and Amanda Thickpenny

{{Sortname|Allan|Wolf}}

|The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party

|{{Sortname|Bahni|Turpin}}, Whitney Dykhouse, Teri Schnaubelt, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Lauren Ezzo, Eric G. Dove, Ramón de Ocampo, and Shaun Taylor-Corbett

{{Sortname|Deborah|Wiles}}

|Kent State

|{{Sortname|Christopher|Gebauer}}, Lauren Ezzo, Christina Delaine, Johnny Heller, Roger Wayne, Korey Jackson, and David de Vries

{{Sortname|Jordan|Ifueko}}

|Raybearer

|{{Sortname|Joniece |Abbott-Pratt}}

Historical fiction

|{{Sortname|Traci|Chee}}

|We Are Not Free

|{{Sortname|Scott Keiji|Takeda}}, Dan Woren, Ryan Potter, Ali Fumiko, Sophie Oda, Andrew Kishino, Christopher Naoki Lee, Grace Rolek, Erika Aishii, Brittany Ishibashi, Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa and Terry Kitagawa

Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Jason|Reynolds}} and Ibram X. Kendi

|Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

|{{Sortname|Jason|Reynolds}} and Ibram X. Kendi

rowspan="10" |2022{{Cite web|last=|date=2022-02-03|title=2022 Top Ten Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2022-top-ten-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209161806/https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2022-top-ten-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|url-status=live}}

!Biography

|{{sortname|Andrew|Maraniss}}

|Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke

|{{sortname|Kevin|R. }}

rowspan="6" |Fiction

|{{sortname|Mahogany L. |Browne}}

|Chlorine Sky

|{{sortname|Mahogany L. |Browne}}

{{sortname|Angie|Thomas}}

|Concrete Rose

|{{sortname|Dion|Graham}}

{{sortname|Angeline|Boulley}}

|Firekeeper’s Daughter

|{{sortname|Isabella Star|LeBlanc}}

{{sortname|Raquel|Vasquez Gilliland}}

|How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

|{{sortname|Kyla|Garcia}}

{{sortname|Stephan|Lee}}

|K-Pop Confidential

|{{sortname|Joy|Osmanski}}

{{sortname|Pamela N. |Harris}}

|When You Look Like Us

|{{sortname|Preston|Butler, III}}

Historical fiction

|{{sortname|Malinda|Lo}}

|Last Night at the Telegraph Club

|{{sortname|Emily|Woo Zeller}}

Nonfiction

|{{sortname|Eric|Gansworth}}

|Apple: Skin to the Core

|{{sortname|Eric|Gansworth}}

Science Fiction

|{{sortname|Neal|Shusterman}}

|Game Changer

|{{sortname|Andrew|Eiden}} and Jennifer Jill Araya

References

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