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Award Category: Best Young Adult Book (Locus Poll Award)

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2003
1 Coraline Neil Gaiman
2 Abarat Clive Barker
3 Summerland Michael Chabon
4 A Wizard Alone Diane Duane
5 The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer
6 The Thief Lord (translation of Herr der Diebe) Cornelia Funke
7 Lady Knight Tamora Pierce
8 City of the Beasts (translation of La ciudad de las bestias) Isabel Allende
9 The Storm Weaver and the Sand Sean Williams
10 Feed M. T. Anderson
--- Nominations Below Cutoff -------
* City of Masks Mary Hoffman
* Dr. Franklin's Island Gwyneth Jones
* Firesong William Nicholson
2004
1 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett
2 Abhorsen Garth Nix
3 The Merlin Conspiracy Diana Wynne Jones
4 Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
5 A Stir of Bones Nina Kiriki Hoffman
6 Inkheart (translation of Tintenherz) Cornelia Funke
7 Trickster's Choice Tamora Pierce
8 Midwinter Nightingale Joan Aiken
9 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud
10 Firebirds Sharyn November
11 New Skies Patrick Nielsen Hayden
12 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling
13 Predator's Gold Philip Reeve
14 The Tears of the Salamander Peter Dickinson
15 City of Stars Mary Hoffman
2005
1 A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett
2 Gifts Ursula K. Le Guin
3 The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
4 The Blue Girl Charles de Lint
5 Days of Magic, Nights of War Clive Barker
6 New Magics Patrick Nielsen Hayden
7 The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer
8 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud
9 Grim Tuesday Garth Nix
10 Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories Diana Wynne Jones
11 The Secret Hour Scott Westerfeld
12 Kingdom of the Golden Dragon (translation of El reino del Dragón de Oro) Isabel Allende
13 Airborn Kenneth Oppel
14 Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales Deborah Noyes
15 Basilisk N. M. Browne
2006
1 Pay the Piper Adam Stemple and Jane Yolen
2 Mister Boots Carol Emshwiller
3 Inkspell (translation of Tintenblut) Cornelia Funke
4 Valiant Holly Black
5 Peeps Scott Westerfeld
6 Ptolemy's Gate Jonathan Stroud
7 Conrad's Fate Diana Wynne Jones
8 TWOC Graham Joyce
9 Touching Darkness Scott Westerfeld
10 Skybreaker Kenneth Oppel
11 City of Flowers Mary Hoffman
12 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling
13 Die fließende Königin Kai Meyer
14 The Sledding Hill Chris Crutcher
2007
1 Wintersmith Terry Pratchett
2 Voices Ursula K. Le Guin
3 Magic Lessons Justine Larbalestier
4 Spirits That Walk in Shadow Nina Kiriki Hoffman
5 Sir Thursday Garth Nix
6 The Pinhoe Egg Diana Wynne Jones
7 Specials Scott Westerfeld
9 A Darkling Plain Philip Reeve
10 The Last Days Scott Westerfeld
11 Blue Noon Scott Westerfeld
2008
1 Un Lun Dun
China Miéville?China Mieville
2 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin
3 The H-Bomb Girl Stephen Baxter
4 Extras Scott Westerfeld
5 Magic's Child Justine Larbalestier
6 Ironside Holly Black
7 The Shadow Speaker Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
8 Skin Hunger Kathleen Duey
9 Book of a Thousand Days Shannon Hale
10 Verdigris Deep Frances Hardinge
11 The Dream Quake (variant of Dreamquake) Elizabeth Knox
12 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling
2009
1 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
2 Little Brother Cory Doctorow
3 Zoe's Tale John Scalzi
4 Nation Terry Pratchett
5 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan
6 How to Ditch Your Fairy Justine Larbalestier
7 Chalice Robin McKinley
8 Flora's Dare Ysabeau S. Wilce
9 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
10 City of Ashes Cassandra Clare
11 The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness
12 Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (variant of The Two Pearls of Wisdom) Alison Goodman
13 Ink Exchange Melissa Marr
14 Lamplighter D. M. Cornish
2010
1 Leviathan Scott Westerfeld
2 The Hotel Under the Sand Kage Baker
3 Liar Justine Larbalestier
4 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
5 Going Bovine Libba Bray
6 Heroes of the Valley Jonathan Stroud
7 The Ask and the Answer Patrick Ness
8 Sacred Scars Kathleen Duey
9 Gullstruck Island Frances Hardinge
2011
1 Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi
2 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett
3 Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
4 Behemoth Scott Westerfeld
5 Enchanted Glass Diana Wynne Jones
6 White Cat Holly Black
7 Pathfinder Orson Scott Card
8 Thresholds Nina Kiriki Hoffman
9 The Boneshaker Kate Milford
10 Lord Sunday Garth Nix
11 Monsters of Men Patrick Ness
12 Kid Vs. Squid Greg van Eekhout
13 Factotum D. M. Cornish
14 Fever Crumb Philip Reeve
2012
1 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Catherynne M. Valente
2 Planesrunner Ian McDonald
3 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor
4 Goliath Scott Westerfeld
5 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs
6 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman
7 Absolute Midnight Clive Barker
8 Daughter of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor
9 Across the Great Barrier Patricia C. Wrede
10 A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
11 Red Glove Holly Black
12 Mastiff Tamora Pierce
13 The Highest Frontier Joan Slonczewski
14 Huntress Malinda Lo
15 Beauty Queens Libba Bray
16 The Boy at the End of the World Greg van Eekhout
17 Across the Universe Beth Revis
18 Scrivener's Moon Philip Reeve
19 Eona Alison Goodman
2013
1 Railsea
China Miéville?China Mieville
2 The Drowned Cities Paolo Bacigalupi
3 The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There Catherynne M. Valente
4 Dodger Terry Pratchett
5 Pirate Cinema Cory Doctorow
6 Be My Enemy Ian McDonald
7 Sea Hearts Margo Lanagan
8 Black Heart Holly Black
9 Radiant Days Elizabeth Hand
10 Apollo's Outcasts Allen Steele
11 Zeuglodon James P. Blaylock
12 The Chaos Nalo Hopkinson
13 Bitterblue Kristin Cashore
14 The Diviners Libba Bray
15 The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater
16 Days of Blood & Starlight Laini Taylor
17 A Face Like Glass Frances Hardinge
18 The Crown of Embers Rae Carson
19 Team Human Sarah Rees Brennan and Justine Larbalestier
20 Son Lois Lowry
21 Every Day David Levithan
2014
1 The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two Catherynne M. Valente
2 The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Holly Black
3 Homeland Cory Doctorow
4 Zombie Baseball Beatdown Paolo Bacigalupi
5 The Summer Prince Alaya Dawn Johnson
6 Doll Bones Holly Black
7 The Dream Thieves Maggie Stiefvater
8 The Woken Gods Gwenda Bond
9 More Than This Patrick Ness
10 When We Wake Karen Healey
11 The Lord of Opium Nancy Farmer
12 Mortal Fire Elizabeth Knox
13 September Girls Bennett Madison
2015
1 Half a King Joe Abercrombie
2 The Doubt Factory Paolo Bacigalupi
3 Empress of the Sun Ian McDonald
4 Clariel Garth Nix
5 Waistcoats & Weaponry Gail Carriger
6 Lockstep Karl Schroeder
7 Exo Steven Gould
8 Memory of Water (translation of Teemestarin kirja)
Emmi Itäranta?Emmi Itaranta
9 Girl on a Wire Gwenda Bond
10 Blue Lily, Lily Blue Maggie Stiefvater
11 Afterworlds Scott Westerfeld
12 Dreams of Gods and Monsters (variant of Dreams of Gods & Monsters) Laini Taylor
12 Love Is the Drug Alaya Dawn Johnson
14 Cuckoo Song Frances Hardinge
15 The Child Eater Rachel Pollack
15 The Grasshopper's Child Gwyneth Jones
17 Ruin and Rising Leigh Bardugo
18 Greenglass House Kate Milford
2016
1 The Shepherd's Crown Terry Pratchett
2 Half a War Joe Abercrombie
3 Half the World Joe Abercrombie
4 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older
5 Harrison Squared Daryl Gregory
6 Nimona Noelle Stevenson
7 The Darkest Part of the Forest Holly Black
8 Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo
9 The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge
10 Zeroes Deborah Biancotti and Margo Lanagan and Scott Westerfeld
11 Wonders of the Invisible World Christopher Barzak
12 Magonia Maria Dahvana Headley
13 Railhead Philip Reeve
14 Bone Gap Laura Ruby
15 The Deep Woods Tim Pratt
16 Hollowgirl (variant of Fall) Sean Williams
17 Carry On Rainbow Rowell
18 Lair of Dreams Libba Bray
19 The Walls Around Us Nova Ren Suma
2017
1 Revenger Alastair Reynolds
2 The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill
3 The Evil Wizard Smallbone Delia Sherman
4 Crooked Kingdom Leigh Bardugo
5 Goldenhand Garth Nix
6 Poisoned Blade Kate Elliott
7 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab
8 Double Down Gwenda Bond
9 Truthwitch Susan Dennard
10 Burning Midnight Will McIntosh
11 Labyrinth Lost
Zoraida Córdova?Zoraida Cordova
12 The Bronze Key Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
13 Gemina Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
14 Aerie Maria Dahvana Headley
15 When the Moon Was Ours Anna-Marie McLemore
16 The Rose & the Dagger Renée Ahdieh
17 The Swan Riders Erin Bow
18 Rocks Fall Everyone Dies Lindsay Ribar
19 Three Dark Crowns Kendare Blake
20 And I Darken Kiersten White
2018
1 Akata Warrior Nnedi Okorafor
2 La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman
3 Tool of War Paolo Bacigalupi
4 Chalk Paul Cornell
5 In Other Lands Sarah Rees Brennan
6 Buried Heart Kate Elliott
7 Shadowhouse Fall Daniel José Older
8 The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart Stephanie Burgis
9 A Skinful of Shadows Frances Hardinge
10 Frogkisser! Garth Nix
11 Want Cindy Pon
12 Jane, Unlimited Kristin Cashore
13 Before the Devil Breaks You Libba Bray
14 Win Vera Nazarian
15 The Ship Beyond Time Heidi Heilig
16 Ghosts of Greenglass House Kate Milford
17 One Dark Throne Kendare Blake
18 Sovereign April Daniels
19 Black Light Express Philip Reeve
20 The Silent Invasion James Bradley
21 Wild Beauty Anna-Marie McLemore
22 Now I Rise Kiersten White
23 The November Girl Lydia Kang
2019
1 Dread Nation Justina Ireland
2 The Cruel Prince Holly Black
3 Mapping the Bones Jane Yolen
4 Tess of the Road Rachel Hartman
5 Cross Fire Fonda Lee
6 The Gone Away Place Christopher Barzak
7 The Belles Dhonielle Clayton
8 The Agony House Cherie Priest
9 Half-Witch John Schoffstall
10 Impostors Scott Westerfeld
11 The Astonishing Colour of After (variant of The Astonishing Color of After) Emily X. R. Pan
12 Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore
13 A Room Away From the Wolves Nova Ren Suma
14 For a Muse of Fire Heidi Heilig
15 Bluecrowne Kate Milford
16 Damsel Elana K. Arnold
17 Black Wings Beating Alex London
18 The Brilliant Death Amy Rose Capetta
2020
1 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee
2 Catfishing on CatNet Naomi Kritzer
3 Shadow Captain Alastair Reynolds
4 The Wicked King Holly Black
5 The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman
6 War Girls Tochi Onyebuchi
7 Angel Mage Garth Nix
8 Destroy All Monsters Sam J. Miller
9 King of Scars Leigh Bardugo
10 Pet Akwaeke Emezi
11 The Gilded Wolves Roshani Chokshi
12 Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All Laura Ruby
13 Internment Samira Ahmed
14 Song of the Crimson Flower Julie C. Dao
2021
1 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking Ursula Vernon
2 Race to the Sun Rebecca Roanhorse
3 Legendborn Tracy Deonn
4 A Peculiar Peril Jeff VanderMeer
5 Over the Woodward Wall A. Deborah Baker
6 A Song Below Water Bethany C. Morrow
7 The Silvered Serpents Roshani Chokshi
8 Deathless Divide Justina Ireland
9 The Scapegracers Hannah Abigail Clarke
10 Shadowshaper Legacy Daniel José Older
11 Burn Patrick Ness
12 We Ride Upon Sticks Quan Barry
13 Red Hood Elana K. Arnold
14 Dark and Deepest Red Anna-Marie McLemore
15 The Faithless Hawk Margaret Owen
2022
1 Victories Greater Than Death Charlie Jane Anders
2 Chaos on CatNet Naomi Kritzer
3 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao
4 A Snake Falls to Earth Darcie Little Badger
5 Redemptor Jordan Ifueko
6 Terciel & Elinor Garth Nix
7 The Gilded Ones Namina Forna
8 This Poison Heart Kalynn Bayron
9 A Dark and Starless Forest Sarah Hollowell
10 The Infinity Courts Akemi Dawn Bowman
11 A Chorus Rises Bethany C. Morrow
12 White Smoke Tiffany D. Jackson
13 The City Beautiful Aden Polydoros
14 The Mirror Season Anna-Marie McLemore
15 Yesterday Is History Kosoko Jackson
16 Aetherbound E. K. Johnston
17 The Raconteur's Commonplace Book Kate Milford
18 Rise of the Red Hand Olivia Chadha
19 All Our Hidden Gifts Caroline O'Donoghue
20 Summer in the City of Roses Michelle Ruiz Keil
21 This Is Not the Jess Show Anna Carey
2023
1 Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak Charlie Jane Anders
--- Finalists -------
* An Arrow to the Moon Emily X. R. Pan
* Ballad & Dagger Daniel José Older
* Bitter Akwaeke Emezi
* Bloodmarked Tracy Deonn
* Lakelore Anna-Marie McLemore
* Rust in the Root Justina Ireland
* The Kindred Alechia Dow
* The Scratch Daughters Hannah Abigail Clarke
* Unraveller Frances Hardinge
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