Book Awards & Distinctions
for Rebecca Stead
33 Total Book Awards
Goodbye Stranger (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
When You Reach Me (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005-2024
Finalist, 2009

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2009

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Winner, 2010

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 2010

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2009
Liar & Spy (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2012

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2012

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
Bob (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2019

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Winner, 2019
The Lost Library (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery Selection, 2023

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Finalist, 2024
The List of Things That Will Not Change (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2020