The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is an award given annually, starting in 2018, to a book published for young adult readers in the field of Science Fiction or Fantasy. It is not technically a Hugo Award, but is given at the same time, at the same event, using the same voting method.
Lodestar award winners and nominees include:
2018
- Akata Warrior (winner)
- Summer in Orcus
- In Other Lands
- A Skinful of Shadows
- The Art of Starving
- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
2019
- Children of Blood and Bone (winner)
- The Cruel Prince
- The Belles
- Tess of the Road
- Dread Nation
- The Invasion
2020
- Catfishing On Cat Net (winner)
- Deeplight
- Dragon Pearl
- Minor Mage
- Riverland
- The Wicked King
2021
- A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (winner)
- Cemetery Boys
- A Deadly Education
- Elatsoe
- Legendborn
- Raybearer
2022
- The Last Graduate (winner)
- Chaos on CatNet
- Iron Widow
- Redemptor
- A Snake Falls to Earth
- Victories Greater Than Death
2023
- Akata Woman
- Bloodmarked
- Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
- The Golden Enclaves
- In the Serpents Wake
- Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
2024
- Abeni's Song
- Liberty's Daughter
- Promises Stronger Than Darkness
- The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
- To Shape a Dragon's Breath
- Unraveller
