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Author record · 2015 to 2021

Nicola Yoon: Awards and Best-of Lists

Nicola Yoon has won 1 award, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2017) for The Sun Is Also a Star, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 4 longlist or nominee places, and 17 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Dhonielle Clayton, Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2021Instructions for DancingGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Young Adult Fiction
2021BlackoutChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Teen Fiction
2021Instructions for DancingBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers
2021Instructions for DancingKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Teen
2021BlackoutPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult
2021Instructions for DancingSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult
2017The Sun Is Also a StarCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · John Steptoe New Talent
2017The Sun Is Also a StarMichael L. Printz Award source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Young Adult Literature
2016The Sun Is Also a StarNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Young People's Literature
2016The Sun Is Also a StarGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Young Adult Fiction
2016The Sun Is Also a StarLos Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2016The Sun Is Also a StarNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Teens
2016The Sun Is Also A StarChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Teen Fiction
2016The Sun Is Also a StarEntertainment Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books
2016The Sun Is Also a StarBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers
2016The Sun Is Also a StarHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2016The Sun Is Also a StarKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Teen
2016The Sun Is Also a StarBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult
2016The Sun Is Also a StarPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult
2016The Sun Is Also a StarEntertainment Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult
2015Everything, EverythingGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Debut Goodreads Author
2015Everything, EverythingGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Young Adult Fiction
2015Everything, EverythingNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Teens
2015Everything, EverythingSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult

Books

  1. The Sun Is Also a Star13 sources · 2016 to 2017
  2. Instructions for Dancing4 sources · 2021
  3. Everything, Everything3 sources · 2015
  4. Blackout2 sources · 2021