Book Awards & Distinctions
for Lamar Giles
32 Total Book Awards
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood (9)

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Fiction Honor, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2022

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2022

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
The Getaway (6)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2023

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery Selection, 2023

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
Fresh Ink: An Anthology (4)

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
High School Selection, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2018
Not So Pure and Simple (3)

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Fiction Winner, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
Overturned (2)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2017
Ruin Road (2)

In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2025
Fiction Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2024
Spin (2)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2019
Endangered (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2015
Fake ID (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2014