Lincoln Book Award 2026

Accountable: The True Story of a

Racist Social Media Account and the

Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed 

by Dashka Slater

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow 

by Zoulfa Katouh

Divine Rivals 

by Rebecca Ross

Dungeons and Drama 

by Kristy Boyce

A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with
Crouzon Syndrome 

by Ariel Henley 

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

by Axie Oh

Hell Followed with Us 

by Andrew Joseph White

The House in the Cerulean Sea 

by T.J. Klune

 Looking for Smoke 

by K.A. Cobell

Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books

by Kristen Miller

Lunar New Year Love Story

by Gene Luen Yang

Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

by Sarah Myer 

Plan A 

by Deb Caletti

 Promise Boys 

by Nick Brooks

Remarkably Bright Creatures 

by Shelby Van Pelt

 Rez Ball 

by Byron Graves

Shut Up, This is Serious 

by Carolina Ixta

 Starter Villain 

by John Scalzi

This is My America

by Kim Johnson

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight

by Kalynn Bayron