Book Awards & Distinctions
for Malinda Lo
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 32 Total Book Awards
Last Night at the Telegraph Club (16)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2022

CALA Annual Best Book Award, 2008-2024
Winner, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Adult Finalist, 2022

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

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

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2022

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2021

Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2025
Commended, 2022

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2022

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

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005-2024
Finalist, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Finalist, 2010

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Finalist, 2010

William C. Morris Debut Award, 2009-2025
Finalist, 2010
Huntress (3)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2012

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Finalist, 2012
Adaptation (2)

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Finalist, 2013
Inheritance (2)

Bisexual Book Award, 2012-2021
Young Adult Winner, 2013

Bisexual Book Award, 2012-2021
Young Adult Winner, 2013
A Scatter of Light (2)

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2023
Diverse Energies (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013