Since Goodreads axed the category… what might the contenders list have looked like / who would you have picked?
My vote:
- In Limbo, by Deb JJ Lee – Korean American coming-of-age; the art is what cinched the win for me
Others I would have liked to see in the Top 20:
- A First Time for Everything, by Dan Santat – Just won the National Book Award last night! Coming-of-age memoir of the author’s school trip to Europe
- Hungry Ghost, by Victoria Ying – overcoming an ED, discovering self-love
- Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story, by Sarah Myer
Don’t know if that counts but It’s Lonely at The Center of the Earth is my comic book of the year since I read it this year but it was actually published in late 2022. would love to check out those you’ve listed though they sound great.
I don’t know how I got my hands on this book but somehow I did and man. That’s a great one. I’m older than the author but she transported me right back to that time period in my life. I even shed a tear or too! Fantastic book.