Book Awards & Distinctions
for Patrick Ness
35 Total Book Awards
A Monster Calls (10)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Top 10 Selection, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2012
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2012
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2011
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Finalist, 2012
More Than This (5)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
Monsters of Men (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2011
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2010
The Knife of Never Letting Go (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Odyssey Award, 2008-2024
Honor, 2011
Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2009
Release (3)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2017
The Rest of Us Just Live Here (3)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2015
And the Ocean Was Our Sky (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2018
The Ask and the Answer (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2010
Burn (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody (1)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024