Award Years for Whitney Award
| 2000's: | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 2010's: | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020's: | 2020 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Best Novel by a New Author | ||
| Win | Dragon Slippers | Jessica Day George |
| Best Novel of the Year | ||
| --- Finalists ------- | ||
| * | Dragon Slippers | Jessica Day George |
| Best Romance | ||
| --- Finalists ------- | ||
| * | Eclipse | Stephenie Meyer |
| Best Speculative Fiction | ||
| Win | Book of a Thousand Days | Shannon Hale |
| --- Finalists ------- | ||
| * | Dragon Slippers | Jessica Day George |
| * | Hunting Gideon | Jessica Draper |
| * | The Lights of Mahonri Moriancumer | Phyllis Gunderson |
| * | The Well of Ascension | Brandon Sanderson |
| Best YA / Children's | ||
| Win | Rise of the Evening Star | Brandon Mull |
| --- Finalists ------- | ||
| * | Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians | Brandon Sanderson |
| * | First Day | Ally Condie |