2023 Cybils Awards Finalists

Young Adult Speculative Fiction

• The Half-Life of Love, Brianna Bourne (Scholastic)
• Threads That Bind, Kika Hatzopoulou (Razorbill)
• The Isles of the Gods, Amie Kaufman (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross (Wednesday)
• Fault Lines, Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Running Press)
• Revelle, Lyssa Mia Smith (Balzer+Bray)
• The Q, Amy Tintera (Crown Books)

Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction

• The Grace of Wild Things, Heather Fawcett (Balzer + Bray)
• The Demon Sword Asperides, Sarah Jean Horwitz (Algonquin)
• The House of the Lost on the Cape, Sachiko Kashiwaba, illustrated by Yukkio Saito, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa (Yonder)
• The Bellwoods Game, Celia Krampien (Anthenum Books)
• The Rhythm of Time, Questlove and S.A. Cosby (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
• Conjure Island, Eden Royce (Walden Pond)
• Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom, Nina Verla (Little, Brown)

Young Adult Fiction

• Plan A, Deb Caletti (Labyrinth Road)

Middle Grade Fiction

• Simon Sort of Says, Erin Bow (Disney Hyperion)
• Farther Than the Moon, Lindsay Lackey (Roaring Brook)

YA Graphic Novel

• Lost in Taiwan, Mark Crilley (Little, Brown Ink)
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Deya Muniz (Little, Brown Ink)
• Brooms, Jasmine Walls, illustrated by Teo DuVall (Levine Querido)
• The Faint of Heart, Kerilynn Wilson (Greenwillow)

Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novel

• Things in the Basement, Ben Hatke (First Second)
• Lo and Behold, Wendy Mass, illustrated by Gabi Mendez (Random House Graphic)
• Frizzy, Claribel A. Ortega, illustrated by Rose Bousamra (First Second)
• Saving Chupie, Amparo Ortiz, illustrated by Ronnie Vazquez (HarperAlley)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club: Roll Call, Molly Knox Ostertag, illustrated by Xanthe Bouma (HaperAlley)
• A First Time for Everything, Dan Santat (First Second)