The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year.
The award's namesake was a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas. He had a passion for books and reading. He also appreciated the authors who wrote books for young adults and demonstrated this by initiating an author-in-residence program at his high school.
The award is from 2000- present
| 2017 | March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, Illustrated by Nate Powell |
| 2016 | Bone Gap by Laura Ruby |
| 2015 | I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson |
| 2013 | In Darkness by Nick Lake |
| 2012 | Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley |
| 2011 | Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi |
| 2010 | Going Bovine by Libba Bray |
| 2009 | Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta |
| 2008 | The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean |
| 2007 | American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang |
| 2006 | Looking for Alaska by John Green |
| 2005 | How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff |
| 2004 | The First Part Last by Angela Johnson |
| 2003 | Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers |
| 2002 | A Step from Heaven by An Na |
| 2001 | Kit's Wilderness by David Almond |
| 2000 | Monster by Walter Dean Myers |
