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

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Last Acts

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3.26 avg rating — 725 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2025)
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The Liberators

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3.46 avg rating — 947 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2024)
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Brother Alive

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3.64 avg rating — 624 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2023)
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I Will Die in a Foreign Land

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4.06 avg rating — 3,035 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2022)
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Pew

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3.70 avg rating — 12,812 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2021)
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Lot

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3.74 avg rating — 10,275 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2020)
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Severance

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3.89 avg rating — 126,889 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2019)
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What It Means When a Man Fa...

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4.08 avg rating — 16,298 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2018)
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The Association of Small Bombs

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3.57 avg rating — 14,557 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2017)
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Gutshot

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3.59 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2016)
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The UnAmericans

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3.97 avg rating — 2,518 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2015)
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Snow Hunters

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3.68 avg rating — 2,960 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2014)
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Battleborn

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4.12 avg rating — 5,423 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2013)
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Swamplandia!

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3.28 avg rating — 59,797 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2012)
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The Instructions

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4.08 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2011)
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Everything Ravaged, Everyth...

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3.88 avg rating — 9,125 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2010)
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The End

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3.35 avg rating — 664 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2009)
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God Is Dead

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3.76 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2008)
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The Dream Life of Sukhanov

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3.90 avg rating — 1,728 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2007)
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Beasts of No Nation

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3.80 avg rating — 6,963 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2006)
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Happy Baby

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3.72 avg rating — 731 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2005)
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The Confessions of Max Tivoli

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3.69 avg rating — 7,658 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2005)
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The Book of Salt

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3.53 avg rating — 6,558 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2004)
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The Shell Collector

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3.99 avg rating — 18,259 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2003)
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Everything is Illuminated

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3.89 avg rating — 183,311 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2003)
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John Henry Days

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3.62 avg rating — 3,399 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2002)
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House of Leaves

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4.09 avg rating — 195,290 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2001)
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nominees

Hombrecito

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3.77 avg rating — 953 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2025)
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Catalina

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3.56 avg rating — 8,242 ratings
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2025)
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The Hearing Test

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3.24 avg rating — 1,476 ratings
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