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Alex Award Books

Alex Award - Adult Books for Teens

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. For more information about the award and lists of previous winners and honor books, visit the American Library Association.

Alex Award Books 2020

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
by Charlie Fletcher

Dominicana
by Angie Cruz

Gender Queer: A Memoir
by Maia Kobabe

High School
by Sara Quin and Tegan Quin

Middlegame
by Seanan McGuire

Every Heart A Doorway
by Colton Whitehead

Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston

The Swallows: A Novel
by Lisa Lutz

Alex Award Books 2019

The Book of Essie
Meghan MacLean Weir

Circe
Madeline Miller

Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Clemantine Wamariya

Green
Sam Graham-Felsen

Home After Dark
David Small

How Long 'til Black Future Month
N. K. Jemisin

Lawn Boy
Jonathan Evison

Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik

Alex Award Books 2018

Malagash

Malagash
by Joey Comeau

Electric Arches

Electric Arches
by Eve L. Ewing

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
by Melissa Fleming

She Rides Shotgun

She Rides Shotgun
by Jordan Harper

An Unkindness of Magicians

Unkindness of Magicians
by Kat Howard

Things We Have in Common

Things We Have in Common
by Tasha Kavanagh

Roughneck

Roughneck
by Jeff Lemire

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Down Among the Sticks and Bones
by Seanan McGuire

All Systems Red

All Systems Red
by Martha Wells

Clockwork Dynasty

The Clockwork Dynasty
by Daniel H. Wilson