Every year high school students 9th-12th choose the Indiana Eliot Rosewater book winners. Approximately 20 books are nominated and voted on. Each May the votes are counted and the winners are announced in the next week. Last year’s winners were A Good Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson and The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. 

2023-2024 nominated book list

• Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu 

• Find Layla by Meg Elison 

• Game Changer by Neal Shusterman 

• Gilded by Marissa Meyer

• The Hollow Inside by Lauren Brooke Davis 

• The Ivies by Alexa Donne

• The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron 

• Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

• Not My Problem by Clara Smyth 

• Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber 

• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales 

• Permanent Record by Edward J. Snowden 

• A Pho Love Story by Kaylnn Bayron 

• Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi 

• She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen 

• Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim 

• Teen Titans by Kami Garcia 

• These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 

• This Poison Heart by Kalynn Baayron 

• This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry 

• Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley 

• Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones 

• You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow 

• Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall 

• You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao 

Which one do you think will win? Stop by our very own library to check out one of the books. Vote here to pick which one is your favorite: Rosiebookaward.com