Book Awards & Distinctions
for Rainbow Rowell
34 Total Book Awards
Eleanor & Park (14)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2025
Winner, 2014
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2014
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2013
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Winner, 2014
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014
Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Honor, 2014
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2013
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2024
Winner, 2014
Carry On (4)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Fangirl (4)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2013
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
Pumpkinheads (3)
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2014
Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home (1)
Runaways, Vol. 2: Best Friends Forever (1)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2019
Runaways, Vol. 3: That Was Yesterday (1)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020
Runaways, Vol. 4: But You Can't Hide (1)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020
Runaways, Vol. 5: Canon Fodder (1)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2021
Runaways, Vol. 6: Come Away with Me (1)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2022
Wayward Son (1)
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2024
Winner, 2020
