Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Presented by: Members of World Science Fiction Conventions
For: Young Adult Book
| Winner | Sheine Lende | Darcie Little Badger |
| Runner-up | The Maid and the Crocodile | Jordan Ifueko |
| Finalist | Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao |
| Finalist | So Let Them Burn | Kamilah Cole |
| Finalist | The Feast Makers | H. A. Clarke |
| Nominee | No Award | |
| Nominee | Moonstorm | Yoon Ha Lee |
| Nominee | Compound Fracture | Andrew Joseph White |
| Nominee | Dead Girls Don't Dream | Nino Cipri |
| Nominee | A Tempest of Tea | Hafsah Faizal |
| Nominee | Heir | Sabaa Tahir |
| Nominee | The Dividing Sky | Jill Tew |
| Nominee | Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed | José Pablo Iriarte |
| Nominee | Celestial Monsters | Aiden Thomas |
| Nominee | Puzzleheart | Jenn Reese |
| Nominee | The Prisoner's Throne | Holly Black |
| Nominee | I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons | Peter S. Beagle |
| Winner | To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose |
| Runner-up | Liberty's Daughter | Naomi Kritzer |
| Finalist | The Sinister Booksellers of Bath | Garth Nix |
| Finalist | Unraveller | Frances Hardinge |
| Finalist | Abeni's Song | P. Djèlí Clark |
| Nominee | Promises Stronger Than Darkness | Charlie Jane Anders |
| Nominee | Camp Damascus | Chuck Tingle |
| Nominee | Divine Rivals | Rebecca Ross |
| Nominee | The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern | J. Dianne Dotson |
| Nominee | A Study in Drowning | Ava Reid |
| Nominee | The Library of Broken Worlds | Alaya Dawn Johnson |
| Nominee | The Spirit Bares Its Teeth | Andrew Joseph White |
| Nominee | Painted Devils | Margaret Owen |
| Nominee | The Stolen Heir | Holly Black |
| Nominee | She Is a Haunting | Trang Thanh Tran |
| Nominee | Witchmaster | C. E. Murphy |
| Winner | Akata Woman | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Runner-up | The Golden Enclaves | Naomi Novik |
| Finalist | Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak | Charlie Jane Anders |
| Finalist | In the Serpent's Wake | Rachel Hartman |
| Finalist | Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods | Catherynne M. Valente |
| Nominee | Bloodmarked | Tracy Deonn |
| Nominee | Ballad & Dagger | Daniel José Older |
| Nominee | Hell Followed with Us | Andrew Joseph White |
| Nominee | Rust in the Root | Justina Ireland |
| Nominee | The Scratch Daughters | Hannah Abigail Clarke |
| Nominee | Bitter | Akwaeke Emezi |
| Nominee | Illuminations | Ursula Vernon |
| Nominee | Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor | Xiran Jay Zhao |
| Nominee | The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea | Axie Oh |
| Winner | The Last Graduate | Naomi Novik |
| Runner-up | Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao |
| Finalist | Chaos on CatNet | Naomi Kritzer |
| Finalist | Victories Greater Than Death | Charlie Jane Anders |
| Finalist | A Snake Falls to Earth | Darcie Little Badger |
| Nominee | Redemptor | Jordan Ifueko |
| Nominee | Along the Saltwise Sea | A. Deborah Baker |
| Nominee | Across the Green Grass Fields | Seanan McGuire |
| Nominee | Sirena | Gideon Marcus |
| Nominee | Terciel & Elinor | Garth Nix |
| Nominee | The Mirror Season | Anna-Marie McLemore |
| Nominee | Winterkeep | Kristin Cashore |
| Nominee | Little Thieves | Margaret Owen |
| Nominee | The Gilded Ones | Namina Forna |
| Nominee | Six Crimson Cranes | Elizabeth Lim |
| Nominee | Vespertine | Margaret Rogerson |
| Winner | A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking | T. Kingfisher |
| Runner-up | A Deadly Education | Naomi Novik |
| Finalist | Elatsoe | Darcie Little Badger |
| Finalist | Legendborn | Tracy Deonn |
| Finalist | Cemetery Boys | Aiden Thomas |
| Nominee | Raybearer | Jordan Ifueko |
| Nominee | When We Were Magic | Sarah Gailey |
| Nominee | Return of the Thief | Megan Whalen Turner |
| Nominee | A Song Below Water | Bethany C. Morrow |
| Nominee | Race to the Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse |
| Nominee | Deathless Divide | Justina Ireland |
| Nominee | Over the Woodward Wall | A. Deborah Baker |
| Nominee | These Violent Delights | Chloe Gong |
| Nominee | The House in the Cerulean Sea | T. J. Klune |
| Nominee | The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea | Maggie Tokuda-Hall |
| Nominee | The Left-Handed Booksellers of London | Garth Nix |
| Winner | Catfishing on CatNet | Naomi Kritzer |
| Runner-up | Minor Mage | T. Kingfisher |
| Finalist | Dragon Pearl | Yoon Ha Lee |
| Finalist | Riverland | Fran Wilde |
| Finalist | Deeplight | Frances Hardinge |
| Nominee | The Wicked King | Holly Black |
| Nominee | The Secret Commonwealth | Philip Pullman |
| Nominee | The Ten Thousand Doors of January | Alix E. Harrow |
| Nominee | Wilder Girls | Rory Power |
| Nominee | Pet | Akwaeke Emezi |
| Nominee | Sal and Gabi Break the Universe | Carlos Hernandez |
| Nominee | We Set the Dark on Fire | Tehlor Kay Mejia |
| Nominee | Aurora Rising | Amie Kaufman+Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | The Queen of Nothing | Holly Black |
| Nominee | Wayward Son | Rainbow Rowell |
| Nominee | Alien: Echo | Mira Grant |
| Winner | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi |
| Runner-up | Dread Nation | Justina Ireland |
| Finalist | Tess of the Road | Rachel Hartman |
| Finalist | The Cruel Prince | Holly Black |
| Finalist | The Invasion | Peadar O'Guilin |
| Nominee | The Belles | Dhonielle Clayton |
| Nominee | Skyward | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | Tempests and Slaughter | Tamora Pierce |
| Nominee | Future Legend of Skate and Sword | Henry Lien |
| Nominee | Muse of Nightmares | Laini Taylor |
| Nominee | Arabella the Traitor of Mars | David D. Levine |
| Nominee | Girls of Paper and Fire | Natasha Ngan |
| Nominee | The Hidden City | David Bowles |
| Nominee | Obsidio | Amie Kaufman+Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | The Hazel Wood | Melissa Albert |
| Nominee | Cross Fire | Fonda Lee |
| Winner | Akata Warrior | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Runner-up | Summer in Orcus | T. Kingfisher |
| Finalist | In Other Lands | Sarah Rees Brennan |
| Finalist | A Skinful of Shadows | Frances Hardinge |
| Finalist | The Art of Starving | Sam J. Miller |
| Nominee | La Belle Sauvage | Philip Pullman |
| Nominee | Buried Heart | Kate Elliott |
| Nominee | Weave a Circle Round | Kari Maaren |
| Nominee | Exo | Fonda Lee |
| Nominee | Jane, Unlimited | Kristin Cashore |
| Nominee | Dreadnought | April Daniels |
| Nominee | Strange the Dreamer | Laini Taylor |
| Nominee | Thick as Thieves | Megan Whalen Turner |
| Nominee | Want | Cindy Pon |
| Nominee | Tool of War | Paolo Bacigalupi |