The National Book Awards 2018 is upon us and this week the New Yorker has been publishing the longlists for each category. Yesterday we brought you the National Book Awards longlist for fiction, and what a longlist it is, today it’s time for Young People’s Literature with ten longlisted books for you to peruse.
As always it’s an exciting list and as we all know, YA isn’t just for kids so why not pick your favourite and give it a read! Here’s the full longlist for Young People’s Literature.

Word of the Day – Counterpoise
February 1, 2025
Word of the Day – Counterpoise
Word of the Day - Counterpoise (verb) cown-ter-poyz

Word of the Day – Behemoth
January 25, 2025
Word of the Day – Behemoth
Word of the Day - Behemoth (noun) beh-hee-moth

Word of the Day – Gamut
January 23, 2025
Word of the Day – Gamut
Word of the Day - Gamut (noun) ga-muht

Word of the Day – Epochal
January 21, 2025
Word of the Day – Epochal
Word of the Day - Epochal (adj) ep-ok-al
Word of the Day – Animadvert
December 28, 2024
Word of the Day – Animadvert
Word of the Day - Animadvert (verb) an-im-ad-vert
Word of the Day – Vigil
December 24, 2024
Word of the Day – Vigil
Word of the Day - Vigil (noun) vij-il