Book Awards & Distinctions
for Neal Shusterman
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 53 Total Book Awards
Challenger Deep (10)

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2025
Finalist, 2016

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Adult Winner, 2016

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Scythe (7)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2017

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2024
Winner, 2017
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2024

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2023

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Selection, 2024

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Young Adult Finalist, 2023

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Honor, 2024
Dry (5)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Winner, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2019

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2018
The Schwa Was Here (3)
Thunderhead (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2024
Winner, 2019
Unwind (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Break to You (2)

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2025
Bruiser (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe (2)
Edison's Alley (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2015
Everlost (1)
Full Tilt (1)
Hawking's Hallway (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2016
I Am the Walrus (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2023
Ship Out of Luck (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2013
Shock the Monkey (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2024
Tesla's Attic (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2014
The Toll (1)
Unbound: Stories from the Unwind World (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2016
Violent Ends (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016