Prometheus Award Young Adult Honor Roll

To help guide younger readers - and their parents or grandparents - in reading the literature of liberty, here is a recommended reading list based on all the Young Adult fiction recognized as winners or finalists over the years by the Prometheus Awards.

Best Novel winners

Homeland, by Cory Doctorow (2014)
The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman (2012)
Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow (2009)
The Gladiator, by Harry Turtledove (2008)
Learning the World, by Ken MacLeod (2006)

Hall of Fame winners

Citizen of the Galaxy, by Robert A. Heinlein (2022)
"The Emperor's New Clothes," by Hans Christian Anderson (2000)
Red Planet, by Robert Heinlein (1996)
Alongside Night, by J. Neil Schulman (1989)

Special Award Winner

Tower of Horses, a novella and The Horsetamer's Daughter a filk song, both by Leslie Fish (2014 Winner)

Best Novel finalists

Golden Son, by Pierce Brown (2016)
In the Shadow of Ares, by Thomas L. James and Carol C. Carlsson (2012)
RebelFire: Out of the Gray Zone, by Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman (2006)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J. K. Rowling (2004)

Other works that may appeal to younger readers:

Anthem, by Ayn Rand (1987 Hall of Fame winner)
Animal Farm, by George Orwell (2011 Hall of Fame winner)
The Once and Future King, by T. H. White
- especially Part One, The Sword in the Stone, and the belatedly published
1977 "sequel" section The Book of Merlyn (2004 and 2009 Hall of Fame finalist)
The Girl Who Owned a City, by O.T. Nelson (2011 Hall of Fame nominee)
"The Trees," a Rush song (2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame finalist)