2024 School Library Journal Best Books (Awarded by School Library Journal)

Awards List

Graphic Novels

Lunar New Year Love Story
(*)
Gene Luen Yang

Call Me Iggy
(*)
Jorge Aguirre

Viewfinder
(*)
Christine D.U. Chung

DnDoggos
(*)
Scout Underhill

Nothing Special: Volume One
(*)
Katie Cook

The Harrowing
(*)
Kristen Kiesling

The Life-Changing Magic of Chess
(*)
Maurice Ashley

Punk Rock Karaoke
(*)
Bianca Xunise

Karate Prom
(*)
Kyle Starks

Plain Jane and the Mermaid
(*)
Vera Brosgol

Wires Crossed
(*)
Beth Fantaskey

The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
(*)
Cassandra Calin

How It All Ends
(*)
Emma Hunsinger

Navigating With You
(*)
Jeremy Whitley

Pearl
(*)
Sherri L. Smith

Bitsy & Boozle Tell a Story
(*)
Natalie Riess

Knots
(*)
Colleen Frakes

Uprooted
(*)
Ruth Chan

Weirdo
(*)
Tony Weaver Jr.

Big Jim and the White Boy: A Graphic Novel Retelling of an American Classic
(*)
David F. Walker

Off Menu: A Graphic Novel
(*)
Oliver Gerlach

The Other Side of Tomorrow
(*)
Tina Cho

Manga

Medalist 1
(*)
TSURUMAIKADA

Gachiakuta 1
(*)
Kei Urana

I'm Gonna Be a Smith!, Book 2: Volume 1
(*)
Issaka Galadima

Steel of the Celestial Shadows, Vol. 1
(*)
Daruma Matsuura

In the Name of the Mermaid Princess, Vol. 1
(*)
Yoshino Fumikawa

A Kingdom of Quartz 1
(*)
Bomhat

Status Royale, Vol. 1
(*)
Ru Xu

Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 6
(*)
Gwon Gyeoeul

Bless 1
(*)
Yukino Sonoyama

Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 4
(*)
Itaru Kinoshita

Splatoon 3: Splatlands, Vol. 1
(*)
Sankichi Hinodeya

Watch Dogs Tokyo, Volume 1
(*)
Seiichi Shirato

You and I Are Polar Opposites, Vol. 1
(*)
Kocha Agasawa

Fool Night, Vol. 1
(*)
Kasumi Yasuda

Your Letter
(*)
Hyeona Cho

Unico: Awakening
(*)
Samuel Sattin

I'm the Grim Reaper, Vol. 1
(*)
Graveweaver

Suzume 1
(*)
Makoto Shinkai

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 1
(*)
Sumiko Arai

Kagurabachi, Vol. 1
(*)
Takeru Hokazono

Thunder 3 volume 1
(*)
Yuki Ikeda

Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol. 1
(*)
Yako Gureishi

Middle Grade

Light and Air
(*)
Mindy Nichols Wendell

Shark Teeth
(*)
Sherri Winston

The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree
(*)
Lucille Abendanon

Medusa
(*)
Katherine Marsh

Louder Than Hunger
(*)
John Schu

Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
(*)
Anna Lapera

Max in the House of Spies
(*)
Adam Gidwitz

Sona and the Golden Beasts
(*)
Rajani LaRocca

Warrior on the Mound
(*)
Sandra W. Headen

Keeping Pace
(*)
Laurie Morrison

Mid Air
(*)
Alicia D. Williams

Olivetti
(*)
Allie Millington

Ultraviolet
(*)
Aida Salazar

Winnie Nash Is Not Your Sunshine
(*)
Nicole Melleby

Gooseberry
(*)
Robin Gow

The Last Rhee Witch
(*)
Jenna Lee-Yun

Linus and Etta Could Use a Win
(*)
Caroline Huntoon

Murray Out of Water
(*)
Taylor Tracy

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
(*)
Patrick Ness

Red Bird Danced
(*)
Dawn Quigley

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
(*)
Gennifer Choldenko

Island of Whispers
(*)
Frances Hardinge

Kareem Between
(*)
Shifa Saltagi Safadi

A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
(*)
Jasmine Warga

The Last Dragon on Mars
(*)
Scott Reintgen

Mallory in Full Color
(*)
Elisa Stone Leahy

Picture Books

Godfather Death
(*)
Sally Nicholls

Angela's Glacier
(*)
Jordan Scott

Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders
(*)
Joanna Ho

The Last Stand
(*)
Antwan Eady

What's New, Daniel?
(*)
Micha Archer

The House Before Falling into the Sea
(*)
Ann Suk Wang

Small Things Mended
(*)
Casey W. Robinson

Spider in the Well
(*)
Jess Hannigan

The Book That Almost Rhymed
(*)
Omar Abed

The Last Zookeeper
(*)
Aaron Becker

M?tis Like Me
(*)
Tasha Hilderman

Roy Is Not a Dog
(*)
Esme Shapiro

Heatwave
(*)
Lauren Redniss

Joyful Song
(*)
Leslea Newman

Simone
(*)
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Ursula Upside Down
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Cesaria Feels the Beat
(*)
Denise Rosario Adusei

I Am La Chiva!
(*)
Karol Hernandez

Just What to Do
(*)
Kyle Lukoff

Vamos! Let's Celebrate Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos
(*)
Raul the Third

The Yellow Bus
(*)
Loren Long

A Star Shines Through
(*)
Anna Desnitskaya

I'm Sorry You Got Mad
(*)
Kyle Lukoff

My Hair Is a Book
(*)
Maisha Oso

Transitional

Words Are Magic!
(*)
Zaila Avant-garde

Friends Are Fun
(*)
Steve Henry

Rise of the Green Flame
(*)
Bernard Mensah

Fox versus Fox
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Henry and the Something New
(*)
Jenn Bailey

Orris and Timble: The Beginning
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Emma McKenna, Full Out
(*)
Kate Messner

The Beginning of All Things
(*)
Karla Arenas Valenti

The Good Game
(*)
Arihhonni David

Fox Plays Ball
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Stella & Marigold
(*)
Annie Barrows

Young Adult

To a Darker Shore
(*)
Leanne Schwartz

Bright Red Fruit
(*)
Safia Elhillo

This Day Changes Everything
(*)
Edward Underhill

Ariel Crashes a Train
(*)
Olivia A. Cole

Kindling
(*)
Traci Chee

Trigger
(*)
C.G. Moore

The Breakup Lists
(*)
Adib Khorram

Dragonfruit
(*)
Makiia Lucier

Kill Her Twice
(*)
Stacey Lee

Thirsty
(*)
Jas Hammonds

This Book Won't Burn
(*)
Samira Ahmed

The Color of a Lie
(*)
Kim Johnson

Break to You
(*)
Neal Shusterman

Crashing into You
(*)
Rocky Callen

On the Bright Side
(*)
Anna Sortino

The Dark We Know
(*)
Wen-yi Lee

Compound Fracture
(*)
Andrew Joseph White

Everything We Never Had
(*)
Randy Ribay

Night Owls
(*)
A.R. Vishny

Rabbit and Juliet
(*)
Rebecca Stafford

Fledgling
(*)
S.K. Ali

Heir
(*)
Sabaa Tahir

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now
(*)
Jason Reynolds

Under the Heron's Light
(*)
Randi Pink

Don't Let the Forest In
(*)
C.G. Drews

Award Categories

Chapter Books

Graphic Novels

Manga

Middle Grade

Picture Books

Transitional

Young Adult

Award Years

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019