Carnegie Medal winners
The UK's oldest prize for children's books, chosen by librarians and awarded since 1936.
87 winners, 1936 to 2026, newest first.
- Wolf Siren2026Wolf SirenBeth O'Brien
- Glasgow Boys
2025Glasgow BoysMargaret McDonald - The Boy Lost in the Maze2024The Boy Lost in the MazeJoseph Coelho
- The Blue Book of Nebo
2023The Blue Book of NeboManon Steffan Ros - October, October
2022October, OctoberKatya Balen - Look Both Ways
2021Look Both WaysJason Reynolds - Lark2020LarkAnthony McGowan
- The Poet X
2019The Poet XElizabeth Acevedo - Where the World Ends
2018Where the World EndsGeraldine McCaughrean - Salt to the Sea
2017Salt to the SeaRuta Sepetys - One
2016OneSarah Crossan - Buffalo Soldier
2015Buffalo SoldierTanya Landman - The Bunker Diary
2014The Bunker DiaryKevin Brooks - Maggot Moon
2013Maggot MoonSally Gardner - A Monster Calls
2012A Monster CallsPatrick Ness - Monsters of Men
2011Monsters of MenPatrick Ness - The Graveyard Book
2010The Graveyard BookNeil Gaiman two illustrators - Bog Child
2009Bog ChildSiobhan Dowd - Here Lies Arthur
2008Here Lies ArthurPhilip Reeve - Just in Case
2007Just in CaseMeg Rosoff - Tamar
2005TamarMal Peet - Millions
2004MillionsFrank Cottrell Boyce - A Gathering Light
2003A Gathering LightJennifer Donnelly - Ruby Holler
2002Ruby HollerSharon Creech - The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
2001The Amazing Maurice and his Educated RodentsTerry Pratchett - The Other Side of Truth
2000The Other Side of TruthBeverley Naidoo - Postcards from No Man's Land
1999Postcards from No Man's LandAidan Chambers - Skellig
1998SkelligDavid Almond illus. Adam Fisher - River Boy
1997River BoyTim Bowler - Junk
1996JunkMelvin Burgess - Northern Lights
1995Northern LightsPhilip Pullman - Whispers in the Graveyard
1994Whispers in the GraveyardTheresa Breslin - Stone Cold1993Stone ColdRobert Swindells
- Flour Babies
1992Flour BabiesAnne Fine - Dear Nobody
1991Dear NobodyBerlie Doherty - Wolf
1990WolfGillian Cross - Goggle-Eyes
1989Goggle-EyesAnne Fine - A Pack of Lies
1988A Pack of LiesGeraldine McCaughrean - The Ghost Drum
1987The Ghost DrumSusan Price - Granny Was a Buffer Girl
1986Granny Was a Buffer GirlBerlie Doherty - Storm1985StormKevin Crossley-Holland
- The Changeover
1984The ChangeoverMargaret Mahy - Handles
1983HandlesJan Mark - The Haunting
1982The HauntingMargaret Mahy - The Scarecrows
1981The ScarecrowsRobert Westall - City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament
1980City of Gold and other stories from the Old TestamentPeter Dickinson illus. Michael Foreman - Tulku
1979TulkuPeter Dickinson - The Exeter Blitz
1978The Exeter BlitzDavid Rees - The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler1977The Turbulent Term of Tyke TilerGene Kemp
- Thunder and Lightnings
1976Thunder and LightningsJan Mark - The Machine Gunners
1975The Machine GunnersRobert Westall - The Stronghold
1974The StrongholdMollie Hunter - The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
1973The Ghost of Thomas KempePenelope Lively - Watership Down
1972Watership DownRichard Adams - Josh
1971JoshIvan Southall - The God Beneath the Sea
1970The God Beneath the SeaLeon Garfield - The Edge of the Cloud
1969The Edge of the CloudK. M. Peyton - The Moon in the Cloud
1968The Moon in the CloudRosemary Harris - The Owl Service
1967The Owl ServiceAlan Garner - The Grange at High Force
1965The Grange at High ForcePhilip Turner - Nordy Bank
1964Nordy BankSheena Porter - Time of Trial
1963Time of TrialHester Burton - The Twelve and the Genii
1962The Twelve and the GeniiPauline Clarke - A Stranger at Green Knowe
1961A Stranger at Green KnoweLucy M. Boston - The Making of Man1960The Making of ManIan Wolfran Cornwall illus. Marjorie Maitland Howard
- The Lantern Bearers
1959The Lantern BearersRosemary Sutcliff - Tom's Midnight Garden
1958Tom's Midnight GardenPhilippa Pearce - A Grass Rope
1957A Grass RopeWilliam Mayne - The Last Battle
1956The Last BattleC. S. Lewis - The Little Bookroom
1955The Little BookroomEleanor Farjeon - Knight Crusader
1954Knight CrusaderRonald Welch - A Valley Grows Up1953A Valley Grows UpEdward Osmond illus. by the author
- The Borrowers
1952The BorrowersMary Norton - The Wool-Pack1951The Wool-PackCynthia Harnett illus. by the author
- The Lark on the Wing
1950The Lark on the WingElfrida Vipont - The Story of Your Home1949The Story of Your HomeAgnes Allen illus. Agnes
- Sea Change
1948Sea ChangeRichard Armstrong - Collected Stories for Children
1947Collected Stories for ChildrenWalter de la Mare - The Little White Horse
1946The Little White HorseElizabeth Goudge - The Wind on the Moon
1944The Wind on the MoonEric Linklater - The Little Grey Men
1942The Little Grey MenBB - We Couldn't Leave Dinah1941We Couldn't Leave DinahMary Treadgold
- Visitors from London
1940Visitors from LondonKitty Barne - The Radium Woman
1939The Radium WomanEleanor Doorly - The Circus Is Coming
1938The Circus Is ComingNoel Streatfeild - The Family from One End Street
1937The Family from One End StreetEve Garnett - Pigeon Post
1936Pigeon PostArthur Ransome
Winners from the prize's Wikipedia article.