Kirkus Best Books of the Year Winners YA Horror

Awards List

2023

City Of Nightmares

City Of Nightmares (*)
Rebecca Schaeffer

Jan-2023
/ Fantasy

She Is a Haunting

She Is a Haunting (*)
Trang Thanh Tran

Mar-2023
/ Horror

This Delicious Death

This Delicious Death (*)
Kayla Cottingham

May-2023
/ General Fiction

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth (*)
Andrew Joseph White

Sep-2023
/ Fantasy

When Ghosts Call Us Home

When Ghosts Call Us Home (*)
Katya de Becerra

Oct-2023
/ Horror

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (*)
Linda Cheng

Nov-2023
/ Horror

2022

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh (*)
Mindy McGinnis

Mar-2022
/ Mystery

Hell Followed with Us

Hell Followed with Us (*)
Andrew Joseph White

Jun-2022
/ Dystopian

Our Crooked Hearts

Our Crooked Hearts (*)
Melissa Albert

Jul-2022
/ Fantasy

Wake the Bones

Wake the Bones (*)
Elizabeth Kilcoyne

Jul-2022
/ Paranormal Romance

The Getaway

The Getaway (*)
Lamar Giles

Sep-2022
/ Horror

The Weight of Blood

The Weight of Blood (*)
Tiffany D. Jackson

Sep-2022
/ Mystery

Man Made Monsters

Man Made Monsters (*)
Andrea L. Rogers

Oct-2022
/ Horror

Award Categories

Affirming Picture Books

Beginning Readers

Book Club Fiction

Books for Beginning Readers

Empowering Picture Books

Environmental Fiction

Fiction in Translation

Fictional Families

Fictional Voices

Funniest Picture Books

Historical Fiction

Informational Picture Books

Joyous Picture Books

Middle-Grade About Speaking Up

Middle-Grade Activist

Middle-Grade Adventures

Middle-Grade Family Stories

Middle-Grade Fantasy and SF

Middle-Grade Fiction

Middle-Grade Friendship Stories

Middle-Grade Graphic Fiction

Award Years