The Lincoln Award is given to the book from that year’s master list that earns the highest number of student votes. For a book to reach the master list, adult and young adult fiction and nonfiction titles must be nominated by teachers or librarians and vetted by the nominations committee. Registered schools promote these books, and students who have read four or more titles are eligible to vote.
This program encourages teens to read for pleasure and to become lifelong readers. Named after former President Abraham Lincoln, an avid reader and noted author, the Lincoln Award is sponsored by ISLMA (Illinois School Library Media Association) and administered by the steering committee.
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America ed. Ibi Zoboi
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Devils Within by S. F. Henson
Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens
Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jared Shusterman
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sunju Lee
A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti
Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt With Family Addiction by Jared Krosoczka
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Obsessed: My Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Price of Duty by Todd Strasser
Slay by Brittney Morris
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
