Best Books of the Year
Menu

CILIP, the Library and Information Association · award year

CILIP Carnegie Medals 2022

The 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to October, October by Katya Balen (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 16 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. October, October by Katya Balensource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoffsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatlesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcocksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Guard Your Heart by Sue Divinsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaamsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Crossing by Manjeet Mannsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Tsunami Girl by Julian Sedgwicksource (opens in a new tab)
  7. When the Sky Falls by Phil Earlesource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Drawn Across Borders by George Butlersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Shu Lin's Grandpa by Matt Goodfellow and Yu Rongsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer and Mariachiara Di Giorgiosource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Wanderer by Peter Van den Endesource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Too Much Stuff by Emily Gravettsource (opens in a new tab)

About the CILIP Carnegie Medals

Shortlists and winners of the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Kate Greenaway Medal (Carnegie Medal for Illustration since 2023), kept as two categories. Year is the award year as CILIP labels it. Before 2007 CILIP labelled medals by publication year, so the medal presented in 2006 is CILIP's "2005" award and no award carries the 2006 label (count 0). 2007-2009 shortlists come from the archived carnegiegreenaway.org.uk site (Wayback Machine), whose pages also gave the ISBNs; 2010-2025 from carnegies.co.uk shortlist archives. Longlists and nomination lists are not included. Author names the writer, then the illustrator when different.

Organization: CILIP, the Library and Information Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

The most recommended books of 2022

Shares the most books with