Book Awards & Distinctions
for Mindy McGinnis
20 Total Book Awards
Heroine (6)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
The Female of the Species (4)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016
Be Not Far from Me (2)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2021
The Initial Insult (2)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery Selection, 2021
The Last Laugh (2)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2023
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery Selection, 2022
Under This Red Rock (2)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2025
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2024
A Madness So Discreet (1)
This Darkness Mine (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2018
