The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Winners
- 2025 Brownstone written by Samuel Teer, illustrated by Mar Julia
- 2024 The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King
- 2023 All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
- 2022 Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- 2021 Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri
- 2020 Dig by A.S. King
- 2019 The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- 2018 We are Okay by Nina LaCour
- 2017 March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
- 2016 Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
- 2015 I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- 2014 Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick