The 2025 National Book Awards

In this novel, a transgender Jewish teenager who is navigating his parents' rejection of his gender meets a golem who asks him to help save the world.

This novel in verse follows Marisol, the fifteen-year-old daughter of a mythical creature called a soucouyant, and Genevieve, a seventeen-year-old navigating her relationships with her stepmother and new siblings, as they uncover the magic and deep family secrets that bind them together.

In this collection of short stories and poetry, teens and adults in New York City reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic, expressing fear and grief while finding a way toward hope.

In this novel, Hollis Brown becomes possessed by a ghost from his run-down town's past — but even as he struggles to be free, he finds himself falling in love.

In this novel, 13-year-old Henson Blayze becomes the star of his school's football team, but soon learns that he must choose between fame and fighting back against racism.