Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Book

Best Young Adult Book
CountryUnited States
First award2024

The Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Book is a annual comic book award honoring the "Best long-form original graphic novel or collection presented for younger audiences."[1] When the Harvey Awards were revamped in 2018, this award was originally titled Best Children's or Young Adult Book.[2] In 2024, the award was split into Best Young Adult Book and Best Children's Book.

Winners and Nominees

Best Young Adult Book nominees, 2024–present
Year Title Author Publisher Ref.
2024 Roaming Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki Drawn & Quarterly [3]
Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid Ngozi Ukazu and Mad Rupert First Second [4][5]
Sunhead Alex Assan HarperAlley
Brownstone Samuel Teer and Mar Julia Versify
The Fox Maidens Robin Ha HarperAlley
Homebody Theo Parish HarperAlley
Ghost Roast Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, and Emily Cannon Versify
The Deep Dark Lee Knox Ostertag Graphix
Infinity Particle Wendy Xu Quill Tree
Clementine Book 2 Tillie Walden Image
Prez: Setting a Dangerous President Mark Russell and Ben Caldwell DC Comics
2025 Raised by Ghosts Briana Loewinsohn Fantagraphics [6]
How It All Ends Emma Hunsinger Greenwillow Books [7][8]
Strange Bedfellows Ariel Slamet Ries HarperAlley
Ash's Cabin Jen Wang First Second
Navigating with You Jeremy Whitley, Cassio Ribeiro, and Nikki Foxrobot Maverick/Mad Cave
2026 Angelica and the Bear Prince Trung Le Nguyen Random House Graphic [9]
Flip Ngozi Ukazu First Second
Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit: A Graphic Novel Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada Penguin Workshop
Hello Sunshine Keezy Young Little, Brown Ink
This Place Kills Me Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux Abrams Fanfare

References

  1. ↑ "Harvey Awards". www.harveyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Harvey Awards". www.harveyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Previous Winners". www.harveyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Harvey Awards Reveal 2024 Nominees". www.harveyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  5. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (2024-08-14). "2024 Harvey Awards nominees announced". The Beat. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  6. ↑ Community (2025-10-13). "These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  7. ↑ "Harvey Awards Unveil 2025 Nominees". www.harveyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  8. ↑ "2025 Harvey Award Nominations Announced". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  9. ↑ "Harvey Awards Unveil 2026 Nominees". www.harveyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-07-18.