EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST YOUNG ADULT

2018:  Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Winner)
The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom
Grit by Gillian French
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

2017:  Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
Three Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger
The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier
Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor

2016:  A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis (Winner)
Endangered by Lamar Giles
The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
Ask the Dark by Henry Turner

2015:  The Art of Secrets by James Klise  (Winner)
The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi
Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
Fake ID by Lamar Giles
The Prince of Venice Beach by Blake Nelson

2014:  Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher  (Winner)
All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller

2013: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Winner)
Emily’s Dress and Other Missing Things by Kathryn Burak
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
Crusher by Niall Leonard
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield

2012: The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall (Winner)
Shelter by Harlan Coben
The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Kill You Last by Todd Strasser

2011:  The Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price (Winner)
The River by Mary Jane Beaufrand
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
7 Souls by Barnabas Miller & Jordan Orlando
Dust City by Robert Paul Weston

2010: Reality Check by Peter Abrahams (Winner)
If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney
The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford
Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone by Dene Low
Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

2009:  Paper Towns by John Green (Winner)
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Getting the Girl by Susan Juby
Torn to Pieces by Margot McDonnell

2008:  Rat Life by Tedd Arnold   (Winner)
Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin
Fragments by Jeffry W. Johnston

2007:  Buried by Robin Merrow MacCready (Winner)
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson
Crunch Time by Mariah Fredericks
The Night My Sister Went Missing by Carol Plum-Ucci

2006:  Last Shot by John Feinstein (Winner)
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Quid Pro Quo by Vicki Grant
Spy Goddess, Book One: Live & Let Shop by Michael Spradlin
Young Bond, Book One: Silverfin by Charlie Higson

2005:  In Darkness, Death by Dorothy Hoobler & Thomas Hoobler (Winner)
Jude by Kate Morgenroth
Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly
Story Time by Edward Bloor
The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick

2004:  Acceleration by Graham McNamee (Winner)
Death and the Arrow by Chris Priestly
Feast of Fools by Bridget Crowley
The Last Treasure by Janet Anderson
Uncovering Sadie’s Secrets by Libby Sternberg

2003:  The Wessex Papers, Vols. 1-3 by Daniel Parker (Winner)
Cheating Lessons by Nan Willard Cappo
Hit and Run by Mark Delaney
Safe House by Jenny Carroll
The Night the Penningtons Vanished by Marianna Heusler

2002:  The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones (Winner)
Dark Secrets Don’t Tell by Elizabeth Chandler
Death on Sacred Ground by Harriet K. Feder
Shades of Simon Gray by Joyce McDonald
Witch Hill by Marcus Sedgwick

2001:  Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin  (Winner)
Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin 
Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg 
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci 

2000:  Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde  (Winner)
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
That Kind of Money by Vicki Cameron 
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler

1999: The Killer’s Cousin by Nancy Werlin (Winner)
Finn by Katharine Jay Bacon
For Mike by Shelley Sykes
Paperquake by Kathryn Reiss
The Maze by Will Hobbs

1998: Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs (Winner)
Deal with a Ghost by Marilyn Sanger
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Thin Ice by Marsha Qualey
Yesterday’s Child by Sonia Levitin

1997: Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts (Winner)
Flyers by Daniel Hayes
Hawk Moon by Rob MacGregor
Mr. Was by Peter Hautman
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? by Mel Glenn

1996: Prophecy Rock by Rob MacGregor (Winner)
Angel’s Gate by Gary Crew
In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier
Spirit Seeker by Joan Lowery Nixon
Spying on Miss Muller by Eve Bunting

1995: Toughing It by Nancy Springer (Winner)
Pale Phoenix by Kathryn Reiss
Poison by Alane Ferguson
Shadowmaker by Joan Lowery Nixon
The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike

1994: The Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon (Winner)
Class Trip by Bebe Faas Rice
Help Wanted by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Silent Witness by Patricia H. Rushford
Strange Objects by Gary Crew

1993: A Little Bit Dead by Chap Reaver (Winner)
Breaking the Fall by Michael Cadnum
The Highest Form of Killing by Malcolm Rose
The One Who Came Back by Joann Mazzio
The Weekend Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon

1992: The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor (Winner)
Calling Home by Michael Cadnum
Scarface by Peter Nelson
The Christmas Killer by Patricia Windsor
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier

1991: Mote by Chap Reaver (Winner)
Guilt Trip by Stephen Schwandt
The Secret Keeper by Gloria Whelan
Zachary by Ernest Pintoff

1990: Show Me the Evidence by Alane Ferguson (Winner)
Fell Back by M.E. Kerr
Remember Me by Christopher Pike
Sniper by Theodore Taylor
The Man Who Was Poe by Avi

1989: Incident at Loring Groves by Sonia Levitin (Winner)
Second Fiddle by Ronald Kidd
Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
The Accident by Todd Strasser
The Falcon Sting by Barbara Brenner