Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominees 2026

1.
Becoming a Queen
Becoming a Queen
by: Dan Clay
4.23 avg rating — 724 ratings
2.
Bright Red Fruit
Bright Red Fruit 4.38 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
3.
Call Me Iggy
Call Me Iggy 4.04 avg rating — 772 ratings
4.
The Color of a Lie
The Color of a Lie 4.25 avg rating — 862 ratings
5.
A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds
A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds 4.24 avg rating — 310 ratings
6.
Everything We Never Had
Everything We Never Had 4.16 avg rating — 2,551 ratings
7.
Full Shift: A Graphic Novel
Full Shift: A Graphic Novel 3.98 avg rating — 899 ratings
8.
Gather
Gather 4.38 avg rating — 2,356 ratings
9.
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky 4.01 avg rating — 700 ratings
10.
Greymist Fair
Greymist Fair 3.80 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
11.
Homebody: A Graphic Memoir of Gender Identity Exploration
Homebody: A Graphic Memoir of Gender Identity Exploration 4.34 avg rating — 4,133 ratings
12.
I Shall Never Fall in Love
I Shall Never Fall in Love 4.25 avg rating — 2,366 ratings
13.
Icarus
Icarus
by: K. Ancrum
4.01 avg rating — 6,929 ratings
14.
The Invocations
The Invocations 4.08 avg rating — 11,005 ratings
15.
Looking for Smoke
Looking for Smoke really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,070 ratings
16.
The Maid and the Crocodile
The Maid and the Crocodile 4.38 avg rating — 2,736 ratings
17.
Shadowed
Shadowed 3.89 avg rating — 142 ratings
18.
Six Truths and a Lie
Six Truths and a Lie 3.90 avg rating — 889 ratings
19.
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story 4.11 avg rating — 5,607 ratings
20.
The Wilderness of Girls
The Wilderness of Girls 4.07 avg rating — 2,316 ratings