Young readers · 2022

Best Young Readers Books of 2022

Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall was the most-recognized young readers book of 2022, named by 9 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 70 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2022 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#BookAuthorSourcesNamed by
1FarmhouseSophie Blackall9
2The Weight of BloodTiffany D. Jackson8
3Ballad & Dagger (An Outlaw Saints Novel)Daniel José Older3
4It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic MemoirMalaka Gharib3
5Attack of the Black RectanglesAmy Sarig King2
6Solito: A MemoirJavier Zamora1
71-2-3 Scream!R.U. Ginns, illustrated by Javier Espila0
    8A Scatter of LightMalinda Lo0
      9A Warbler's JourneyScott Weidensaul, illustrated by Nancy Lane0
        10African TownIrene Latham and Charles Waters0
          11All My RageSabaa Tahir0
            12American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the SouthGail Jarrow0
              13An Arrow to the MoonEmily X.R. Pan0
                14As Long as the Lemon Trees GrowZoulfa Katouh0
                  15Aviva vs. the DybbukMari Lowe0
                    16Berry SongMichaela Goade0
                      17Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the SkyNana Ekua Brew-Hammond, illustrated by Daniel Minter0
                        18Different Kinds of FruitKyle Lukoff0
                          19Growing PangsKathryn Ormsbee, illustrated by Molly Brooks0
                            20Hanged! Mary Surratt and the Plot to Assassinate Abraham LincolnSarah Miller0
                              21I Am GoldenEva Chen, illustrated by Sophie Diao0
                                22I Can ExplainShinsuke Yoshitake0
                                  23I Kissed Shara Wheeler: A NovelCasey McQuiston0
                                    24I Love You Like YellowAndrea Beaty, illustrated by Vashti Harrison0
                                      25I Must Betray YouRuta Sepetys0
                                        26If You Could See the SunAnn Liang0
                                          27It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing SuitJustin A. Reynolds0
                                            28Knight OwlChristopher Denise0
                                              29Lark & Kasim Start a RevolutionKacen Callender0
                                                30Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate UndergroundTera Kelley, illustrated by Marie Hermansson0
                                                  31Little MonarchsJonathan Case0
                                                    32Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of SpeechTed Kooser and Connie Wanek, illustrated by Richard Jones0
                                                      33Miss Quinces: A Graphic NovelKat Fajardo0
                                                        34Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on SyriaMuhammad Najem and Nora Neus, illustrated by Julie Robine0
                                                          35My Brother Is AwaySara Greenwood, illustrated by Luisa Uribe0
                                                            36My Parents Won't Stop Talking!Emma Hunsinger and Tillie Walden0
                                                              37Noor and BobbyPraline Gay-Para, illustrated by Lauranne Quentric, and translated by Alyson Waters0
                                                                38One for All: A NovelLillie Lainoff0
                                                                  39Ophelia After AllRacquel Marie0
                                                                    40Red Scare: A Graphic NovelLiam Francis Walsh0
                                                                      41Rust in the RootJustina Ireland0
                                                                        42Skater CieloRachel Katstaller0
                                                                          43Sometimes, All I Need Is MeJuliana Perdomo0
                                                                            44Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle ButlerIbi Zoboi0
                                                                              45The AquanautDan Santat0
                                                                                46The Catalogue of HugsJoshua David Stein and Augustus Heeren Stein, illustrated by Elizabeth Lilly0
                                                                                  47The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl PaulsenGary Eldon Peter0
                                                                                    48The First to Die at the EndAdam Silvera0
                                                                                      49The FlamingoGuojing0
                                                                                        50The GetawayLamar Giles0
                                                                                          51The Girl Who Fell Beneath the SeaAxie Oh0
                                                                                            52The Great ZapfinoMac Barnett, illustrated by Marla Frazee0
                                                                                              53The HoneysRyan La Sala0
                                                                                                54The KeeperTananarive Due and Steven Barnes, illustrated by Marco Finnegan0
                                                                                                  55The Last BeekeeperPablo Cartaya0
                                                                                                    56The Last CuentistaDonna Barba Higuera0
                                                                                                      57The More You GiveMarcy Campbell, illustrated by Francesca Sanna0
                                                                                                        58The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete NonsenseJon Scieszka, illustrated by Julia Rothman0
                                                                                                          59The Red PalaceJune Hur0
                                                                                                            60The Star That Always StaysAnna Rose Johnson0
                                                                                                              61The Summer of Bitter and SweetJen Ferguson0
                                                                                                                62The Velveteen Rabbit: 100th Anniversary EditionMargery Williams, illustrated by Erin Stead0
                                                                                                                  63The Woman Who Killed the FishClarice Lispector, translated by Benjamin Moser0
                                                                                                                    64The Year We Learned to FlyJacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López0
                                                                                                                      65This Story Is Not About a KittenRandall de Sève, illustrated by Carson Ellis0
                                                                                                                        66TumbleCelia C. Pérez0
                                                                                                                          67Undercover LatinaAya de León0
                                                                                                                            68Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for JusticeTommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile0
                                                                                                                              69When the Angels Left the Old CountrySacha Lamb0
                                                                                                                                70Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding HomeZahra Marwan0