Printz Award Winner for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
- Whaley, John Corey. Where Things Come Back
Printz Honor Books
- Handler, Daniel. Why We Broke Up
- Hinwood, Christine. The Returning
- Silvey, Craig. Jasper Jones
- Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races
YALSA Top Ten Fiction for Young Adults
- Carson, Rae. The Girl of Fire and Thorns
- Cohen, Joshua C. Leverage
- King, A.S. Everybody Sees the Ants
- McCall, Guadalupe Garcia. Under the Mesquite
- Myracle, Lauren. Shine
- Ness, Patrick. A Monster Calls
- Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray
- Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races
- Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
- Zarr, Sara. How to Save a Life
YALSA Top Ten Graphic Novels
- Amir and Khalil. “Zahra’s Paradise” First Second, 2011
- Bendis, Brian Michael and Alex Maleev. “Scarlet.” Marvel/Icon Comics, 2011.
- Brosgal, Vera. “Anya’s Ghost.” First Second, 2011.
- Gladstone, Brooke, Josh Neufeld, and others. “The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media.” W. W. Norton and Company, 2011.
- Langridge, Roger, Chris Samnee, and others.“Thor: The Mighty Avenger V. 1.” Marvel, 2010. “Thor: The Mighty Avenger V. 2.” Marvel, 2011.
- McLeod, Kagan. “Infinite Kung Fu.” Top Shelf, 2011.
- Mori, Kaoru. “A Bride’s Story V. 1.” Yen Press, 2011.
- Nicolle, Malachai and Ethan Nicolle. “Axe Cop V. 1.” Dark Horse, 2011.
- Ralph, Brian. “Daybreak.” Drawn and Quarterly, 2011.
- Shimura, Takako. “Wandering Son V. 1.” Fantagraphics Books, 2011
