New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Winners

Established in 2001, The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award is a $10,000 prize awarded each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a ...more

Winners

	Last Acts by Alexander Sammartino (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 725 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liberators by E.J. Koh (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 947 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brother Alive by Zain Khalid (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 624 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart 4.06 avg rating — 3,035 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pew by Catherine Lacey (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 12,812 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lot by Bryan Washington 3.74 avg rating — 10,275 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Severance by Ling Ma (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 126,889 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 16,298 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 14,557 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gutshot by Amelia Gray (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 2,243 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The UnAmericans by Molly Antopol 3.97 avg rating — 2,518 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon 3.68 avg rating — 2,960 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins 4.12 avg rating — 5,423 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.28 avg rating — 59,797 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Instructions by Adam Levin 4.08 avg rating — 2,751 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower 3.88 avg rating — 9,125 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End by Salvatore Scibona 3.35 avg rating — 664 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Is Dead by Ron Currie Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 3,291 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 1,728 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala 3.80 avg rating — 6,963 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Baby by Stephen Elliott 3.72 avg rating — 731 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer 3.69 avg rating — 7,658 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 6,558 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 18,259 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 183,311 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 3,399 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 195,290 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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	Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez 3.77 avg rating — 953 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 8,242 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan 3.24 avg rating — 1,476 ratings New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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