2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Finalists Announced

The five titles honored by the National Book Foundation include three novels in verse.

The National Book Foundation today announced the five finalists for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The list includes three novels in verse and three authors who were previously finalists for Young People's Literature: Ibi Zoboi (2017), Kyle Lukoff (2021), and Amber McBride (2021).

This year’s finalists are:

Kyle Lukoff, A World Worth Saving

Amber McBride, The Leaving Room

Daniel Nayeri, The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story

Hannah V. Sawyerr, Truth Is

Ibi Zoboi, (S)Kin

Winners will be announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

Read the National Book Foundation's press release below.

 

 

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