The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,[12] Buzzfeed,[13] the Chicago Public Library,[14] Kirkus,[4] the Los Angeles Public Library,[15] the New York Public Library,[16] Publishers Weekly[17] named The Sun Is Also a Star one of the best young adult novels of 2016. The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature included it in their list of the best multicultural books of the year.[18]