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{{Short description|American young adult book award}}
{{Short description|American young adult book award}}
{{For|the awards honoring excellence in album cover art|Alex Steinweiss#Awards}}
{{For-multi|the awards honoring excellence in album cover art|Alex Steinweiss#Awards|the other awards granted by the American Library Association and named after Margaret Alexander Edwards|Margaret Edwards Award}}
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The '''Alex Awards''' annually recognize "ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18".<ref name=home/> Essentially, the award is a listing by the [[American Library Association]] parallel to its annual Best Books for Young Adults, a longer list of recommended books that have been promoted in the YA category. Since 2002, the Alex Awards have been administered by the [[Young Adult Library Services Association]] (YALSA), a division of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA). YALSA also names several other "Top Tens" annually.<ref name=toptens/>
The '''Alex Awards''' annually recognize "ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18".<ref name=home/> Since 2002, the Alex Awards have been administered by the [[Young Adult Library Services Association]], a division of the [[American Library Association]].<ref name=toptens/>


The awards, named after [[Baltimore]] librarian [[Margaret Alexander Edwards]], who was known as "Alex," are sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and ''[[Booklist]]'' magazine.<ref name=carter>{{cite journal|last=Carter |first=Betty |title=Who Is Margaret Edwards and What Is This Award Being Given In Her Honor? |journal=The ALAN Review |issue=Spring 1992 |pages=45–48 |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/whowasedwards/whomargaretedwards.cfm |access-date=2009-03-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226143526/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/whowasedwards/whomargaretedwards.cfm |archive-date=December 26, 2008 }}</ref> The list of books published during the previous year serves to provide the choice of titles selected for the awards, which were initially bestowed in 1998.
The awards, initially bestowed in 1998, were named after [[Baltimore]] librarian [[Margaret Alexander Edwards]], who was known as "Alex". They are sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and ''[[Booklist]]'' magazine.<ref name=carter>{{cite journal|last=Carter |first=Betty |title=Who Is Margaret Edwards and What Is This Award Being Given In Her Honor? |journal=The ALAN Review |issue=Spring 1992 |pages=45–48 |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/whowasedwards/whomargaretedwards.cfm |access-date=2009-03-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226143526/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/whowasedwards/whomargaretedwards.cfm |archive-date=December 26, 2008 }}</ref> Books published during the previous year are eligible for the awards.


==Alex recipients==
==Alex recipients==
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{|class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Alex Award book lists, 1998 to present<ref name=home/>
|+ Alex Awards, 1998 to present<ref name=home/>
! Year
! Year
! Author
! Author
! Title
! Title
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" | 1998<ref name="nineeight">{{cite web|date=1998|title=Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/1998alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" | 1998<ref name="nineeight">{{cite web|date=1998|title=Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/1998alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823192032/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/1998alexawards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Bodanis,David|[[David Bodanis]]}}
|{{sort|Bodanis,David|[[David Bodanis]]}}
|{{sort|Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious Worlds of Our Minds and Bodies,The|''The Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious Worlds of Our Minds and Bodies''}}
|{{sort|Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious Worlds of Our Minds and Bodies,The|''The Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious Worlds of Our Minds and Bodies''}}
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|''Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America''
|''Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America''
|-
|-
|{{sort|Cook,Karin|Karin Cook}}
|{{sort|Cook, Karin|[[Karin Cook]]}}
|''What Girls Learn''
|''What Girls Learn''
|-
|-
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|''[[To Say Nothing of the Dog|To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last]]''
|''[[To Say Nothing of the Dog|To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |1999<ref name="ninenine">{{cite web|title=1999 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/1999alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |1999<ref name="ninenine">{{cite web|title=1999 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/1999alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823191156/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/1999alexawards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Alexander, Caroline|[[Caroline Alexander (author)|Caroline Alexander]]}}
|{{sort|Alexander, Caroline|[[Caroline Alexander (author)|Caroline Alexander]]}}
|{{sort|Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition,The|''The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition''}}
|{{sort|Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition,The|''The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Boylan, James Finney|James Finney Boylan}}
|{{sort|Boylan, James Finney|[[James Finney Boylan]]}}
|''Getting In''
|''Getting In''
|-
|-
|{{sort|Dominick, Andie|Andie Dominick}}
|{{sort|Dominick, Andie|[[Andie Dominick]]}}
|''Needles''
|''Needles''
|-
|-
|{{sort|Gilstrap, John|John Gilstrap}}
|{{sort|Gilstrap, John|[[John Gilstrap]]}}
|''At All Costs''
|''At All Costs''
|-
|-
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|''[[Caucasia (novel)|Caucasia]]''
|''[[Caucasia (novel)|Caucasia]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2000<ref name="oo">{{cite web|title=2000 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2000alex|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2000<ref name="oo">{{cite web|title=2000 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2000alex|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216233144/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2000alex|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Breashears,David|[[David Breashears]]}}
|{{sort|Breashears,David|[[David Breashears]]}}
|''High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places''
|''High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places''
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|''[[River, Cross My Heart]]''
|''[[River, Cross My Heart]]''
|-
|-
|{{sort|Codel,Esme Raji|Esmé Raji Codell}}
|{{sort|Codel,Esme Raji|[[Esmé Raji Codell]]}}
|{{sort|educating esme: diary of a teacher's first year|''[[Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year]]''}}
|{{sort|educating esme: diary of a teacher's first year|''[[Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year]]''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Fuqua,Jonathon Scott|Jonathon Scott Fuqua}}
|{{sort|Fuqua,Jonathon Scott|[[Jonathon Scott Fuqua]]}}
|{{sort|Reappearance of Sam Webber, The|''The Reappearance of Sam Webber''}}
|{{sort|Reappearance of Sam Webber, The|''The Reappearance of Sam Webber''}}
|-
|-
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|{{sort|Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey, The|''The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey''}}
|{{sort|Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey, The|''The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Hart,Elva Trevino|Elva Trevino Hart}}
|{{sort|Hart,Elva Trevino|[[Elva Trevino Hart]]}}
|''Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child''
|''Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child''
|-
|-
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| rowspan="10" |2001<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2007-01-03|title=2001 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/2001alexawards|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321172845/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/2001alexawards |archive-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2001<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2007-01-03|title=2001 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/2001alexawards|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321172845/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/2001alexawards |archive-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref>
|{{sort|Strauss,Darin|[[Darin Strauss]]}}
|{{sort|Strauss,Darin|[[Darin Strauss]]}}
|''Chang and Eng: A Novel''
|''[[Chang & Eng (novel)|Chang & Eng]]''
|-
|-
|{{sort|Colton,Larry|[[Larry Colton]]}}
|{{sort|Colton,Larry|[[Larry Colton]]}}
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|''Diamond Dogs''
|''Diamond Dogs''
|-
|-
|{{sort|Bradley,James and Ron Powers|[[James Bradley (author)|James Bradley]] and [[Ron Powers]]}}
|{{sort|Bradley,James and Ron Powers|[[James Bradley (American author)|James Bradley]] and [[Ron Powers]]}}
|''[[Flags of Our Fathers]]''
|''[[Flags of Our Fathers]]''
|-
|-
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|''Soldier: A Poet's Childhood''
|''Soldier: A Poet's Childhood''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2002<ref name="otwo">{{cite web|title=2002 Alex Award Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2002alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2002<ref name="otwo">{{cite web|title=2002 Alex Award Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2002alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823190306/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2002alexawards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Brooks,Geraldine|[[Geraldine Brooks (writer)|Geraldine Brooks]]}}
|{{sort|Brooks,Geraldine|[[Geraldine Brooks (writer)|Geraldine Brooks]]}}
|''[[Year of Wonders|Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague]]''
|''[[Year of Wonders|Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague]]''
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|-
|-
|{{sort|Walker,Rebecca|[[Rebecca Walker]]}}
|{{sort|Walker,Rebecca|[[Rebecca Walker]]}}
|''Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self''
|''[[Black, White, and Jewish|Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2003<ref name="othree">{{cite web|title=2003 Alex Award Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2003alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2003<ref name="othree">{{cite web|title=2003 Alex Award Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2003alexawards|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823191703/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/2003alexawards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Barry,Lynda |[[Lynda Barry]]}}
|{{sort|Barry,Lynda |[[Lynda Barry]]}}
|''One! Hundred! Demons!''
|''One! Hundred! Demons!''
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|''10th Grade''
|''10th Grade''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2004<ref name="ofour">{{cite web|title=2004 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/alex04|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2004<ref name="ofour">{{cite web|title=2004 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/alex04|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823194053/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/alex04|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Davis,Amanda|[[Amanda Davis (writer)|Amanda Davis]]}}
|{{sort|Davis,Amanda|[[Amanda Davis (writer)|Amanda Davis]]}}
|''Wonder When You'll Miss Me''
|''Wonder When You'll Miss Me''
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|''[[Leave Myself Behind]]''
|''[[Leave Myself Behind]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2005<ref name="ofive">{{cite web|title=2005 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/05alex|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2005<ref name="ofive">{{cite web|title=2005 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/05alex|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823192222/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/05alex|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Almond,Steve|[[Steve Almond]]}}
|{{sort|Almond,Steve|[[Steve Almond]]}}
|''[[Candyfreak|Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America]]''
|''[[Candyfreak|Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America]]''
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|''Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer''
|''Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer''
|-
|-
|{{sort|Halpin,Brendan|Brendan Halpin}}
|{{sort|Halpin,Brendan|[[Brendan Halpin]]}}
|''Donorboy''
|''Donorboy''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|{{sort|Patchett,Ann|[[Ann Patchett]]}}
|{{sort|Patchett,Ann|[[Ann Patchett]]}}
|{{sort|truth and beauty|''Truth & Beauty: A Friendship''}}
|{{sort|truth and beauty|''[[Truth & Beauty: A Friendship]]''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Picoult,Jodi|[[Jodi Picoult]]}}
|{{sort|Picoult,Jodi|[[Jodi Picoult]]}}
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|''Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants''
|''Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2006<ref name="osix">{{cite web|title=2006 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/06alex|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2006<ref name="osix">{{cite web|title=2006 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/06alex|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823192227/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/06alex|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Bates,Judy Fong|[[Judy Fong Bates]]}}
|{{sort|Bates,Judy Fong|[[Judy Fong Bates]]}}
|''Midnight at the Dragon Café''
|''Midnight at the Dragon Café''
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|-
|-
|{{sort|Palwick,Susan|[[Susan Palwick]]}}
|{{sort|Palwick,Susan|[[Susan Palwick]]}}
|{{sort|Necessary Beggar, The|''The Necessary Beggar''}}
|{{sort|Necessary Beggar, The|''[[The Necessary Beggar]]''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Rawles,Nancy|[[Nancy Rawles]]}}
|{{sort|Rawles,Nancy|[[Nancy Rawles]]}}
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|{{sort|Glass Castle: A Memoir, The|''[[The Glass Castle|The Glass Castle: A Memoir]]''}}
|{{sort|Glass Castle: A Memoir, The|''[[The Glass Castle|The Glass Castle: A Memoir]]''}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2007<ref name="oseven">{{cite web|title=2007 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/07alex|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2007<ref name="oseven">{{cite web|title=2007 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/07alex|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=March 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317015929/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/07alex|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Connolly,John|[[John Connolly (author)|John Connolly]]}}
|{{sort|Connolly,John|[[John Connolly (author)|John Connolly]]}}
|{{sort|Book of Lost Things, The|''[[The Book of Lost Things]]''}}
|{{sort|Book of Lost Things, The|''[[The Book of Lost Things]]''}}
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|{{sort|Thirteenth Tale, The|''[[The Thirteenth Tale]]''}}
|{{sort|Thirteenth Tale, The|''[[The Thirteenth Tale]]''}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2008<ref name="oeight">{{cite web|title=2008 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/08alex|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2008<ref name="oeight">{{cite web|title=2008 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/08alex|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=March 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321185000/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/08alex|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Polly,Matthew|[[Matthew Polly]]}}
|{{sort|Polly,Matthew|[[Matthew Polly]]}}
|''American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China''
|''American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China''
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|{{sort|Spellman Files, The|''The Spellman Files''}}
|{{sort|Spellman Files, The|''The Spellman Files''}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2009<ref name="onine">{{cite web|title=2009 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/alex09|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2009<ref name="onine">{{cite web|title=2009 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/alex09|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605075936/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/alex09|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Benioff,David|[[David Benioff]]}}
|{{sort|Benioff,David|[[David Benioff]]}}
|{{sort|City of Thieves|''[[City of Thieves (novel)|City of Thieves]]''}}
|{{sort|City of Thieves|''[[City of Thieves (novel)|City of Thieves]]''}}
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|''Three Girls and Their Brother''
|''Three Girls and Their Brother''
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2010<ref name="twentyten">{{cite web|title=2010 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/alex10|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2010<ref name="twentyten">{{cite web|title=2010 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/alex10|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=May 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507165650/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/alex10|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Kamkwamba, William and Bryan Mealer|[[William Kamkwamba]] and [[Bryan Mealer]]}}
|{{sort|Kamkwamba, William and Bryan Mealer|[[William Kamkwamba]] and [[Bryan Mealer]]}}
|{{sort|Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The|''[[The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind|The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope]]''}}
|{{sort|Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The|''[[The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind|The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope]]''}}
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|{{sort|Tunneling to the Center of the Earth|''[[Tunneling to the Center of the Earth]]''}}
|{{sort|Tunneling to the Center of the Earth|''[[Tunneling to the Center of the Earth]]''}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2011<ref name="twentyeleven">{{cite web|title=Alex Awards 2011|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex/2011awards|access-date=2012-01-29}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2011<ref name="twentyeleven">{{cite web|title=Alex Awards 2011|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex/2011awards|access-date=2012-01-29|archive-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210044051/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex/2011awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Pierson, DC |[[DC Pierson]]}}
|{{sort|Pierson, DC |[[DC Pierson]]}}
|{{sort|Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To, The|''The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To''}}
|{{sort|Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To, The|''The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To''}}
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|{{sort|Girl in Translation|''Girl in Translation''}}
|{{sort|Girl in Translation|''Girl in Translation''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Bognanni, Peter |Peter Bognanni}}
|{{sort|Bognanni, Peter |[[Peter Bognanni]]}}
|{{sort|House of Tomorrow, The|''The House of Tomorrow''}}
|{{sort|House of Tomorrow, The|''The House of Tomorrow''}}
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|{{sort|Bender, Aimee |[[Aimee Bender]]}}
|{{sort|Bender, Aimee |[[Aimee Bender]]}}
|{{sort|Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The|''The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake''}}
|{{sort|Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The|''[[The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake]]''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Haig, Matt |[[Matt Haig]]}}
|{{sort|Haig, Matt |[[Matt Haig]]}}
|{{sort|Radleys, The|''The Radleys''}}
|{{sort|Radleys, The|''[[The Radleys]]''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Bell, Alden |Alden Bell}}
|{{sort|Bell, Alden |Alden Bell}}
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|{{sort|Vanishing of Katharina Linden, The|''The Vanishing of Katharina Linden''}}
|{{sort|Vanishing of Katharina Linden, The|''The Vanishing of Katharina Linden''}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |2012<ref name="twentytwelve">{{cite web|title=YALSA's Alex Awards. 2012 Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex/2012awards|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2012<ref name="twentytwelve">{{cite web|title=YALSA's Alex Awards. 2012 Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex/2012awards|access-date=2013-05-05|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612155917/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex/2012awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|DeWoskin, Rachel |[[Rachel DeWoskin]]}}
|{{sort|DeWoskin, Rachel |[[Rachel DeWoskin]]}}
|{{sort|Big Girl Small|''Big Girl Small''}}
|{{sort|Big Girl Small|''Big Girl Small''}}
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|{{sort|Lover’s Dictionary, The|''[[The Lover's Dictionary]]''}}
|{{sort|Lover’s Dictionary, The|''[[The Lover's Dictionary]]''}}
|-
|-
|{{sort|Hauser, Brooke |Brooke Hauser}}
|{{sort|Hauser, Brooke |[[Brooke Hauser]]}}
|{{sort|New Kids, The|''The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens''}}
|{{sort|New Kids, The|''The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens''}}
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|{{sort|Talk-Funny Girl, The|''The Talk-Funny Girl''}}
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| rowspan="10" |2013<ref name="twentythirteen">{{cite web|title=YALSA's Alex Awards. 2013 Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards-2013|access-date=2014-01-31|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100844/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards-2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Zimmerman, David|[[David Zimmerman (writer)|David Zimmerman]]}}
|{{sort|Zimmerman, David|[[David Zimmerman (writer)|David Zimmerman]]}}
|{{sort|Caring is Creepy|''Caring is Creepy''}}
|{{sort|Caring is Creepy|''Caring is Creepy''}}
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|''[[My Friend Dahmer]]''
|''[[My Friend Dahmer]]''
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|{{sort|Ballard, Chris|[[Chris Ballard]]}}
|{{sort|Ballard, Chris|[[Chris Ballard (journalist)|Chris Ballard]]}}
|{{sort|One Shot at Forever|''One Shot at Forever''}}
|{{sort|One Shot at Forever|''One Shot at Forever''}}
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|[[Where'd You Go Bernadette|''Where'd You Go, Bernadette?'']]
|[[Where'd You Go Bernadette|''Where'd You Go, Bernadette?'']]
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| rowspan="10" |2014<ref name="twentyfourteen">{{cite web|title=YALSA's Alex Awards. 2014 Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards|access-date=2014-01-31|archive-date=May 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504201024/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sort|Slouka, Mark|[[Mark Slouka]]}}
|{{sort|Slouka, Mark|[[Mark Slouka]]}}
|{{sort|Brewster|''Brewster''}}
|{{sort|Brewster|''Brewster''}}
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|{{sort|Barry, Max|[[Max Barry]]}}
|{{sort|Barry, Max|[[Max Barry]]}}
|{{sort|Lexicon: A Novel|''Lexicon: A Novel''}}
|{{sort|Lexicon|''[[Lexicon (novel)|Lexicon]]''}}
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|{{sort|Chu, Wesley|[[Wesley Chu]]}}
|{{sort|Chu, Wesley|[[Wesley Chu]]}}
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|{{sort|Koryta, Michael|[[Michael Koryta]]}}
|{{sort|Koryta, Michael|[[Michael Koryta]]}}
|{{sort|Those Who Wish Me Dead|''Those Who Wish Me Dead''}}
|{{sort|Those Who Wish Me Dead|''[[Those Who Wish Me Dead (novel)|Those Who Wish Me Dead]]''}}
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|{{sort|Darnielle, John|[[John Darnielle]]}}
|{{sort|Darnielle, John|[[John Darnielle]]}}
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| rowspan="10" |2016<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macey|first=Morales|date=2016-01-11|title=YALSA announces 2016 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/yalsa-announces-2016-alex-awards|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=American Library Association|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114003018/http://www.ala.org:80/news/press-releases/2016/01/yalsa-announces-2016-alex-awards |archive-date=January 14, 2016 }}</ref>
|{{sort|gattis, ryan|Ryan Gattis}}
|{{sort|gattis, ryan|[[Ryan Gattis]]}}
|''All Involved''
|''All Involved''
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|{{sort|wong, david|[[David Wong (writer)|David Wong]]}}
|{{sort|wong, david|[[David Wong (writer)|David Wong]]}}
|''Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits''
|''[[Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits]]''
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|{{sort|novic, sara|[[Sara Nović]]}}
|{{sort|novic, sara|[[Sara Nović]]}}
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|{{sort|regional office is under attack, the|''[[The Regional Office is Under Attack!]]''}}
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|{{sort|guerrero, diane|[[Diane Guerrero]]}} with Michelle Burford
|{{sort|guerrero, diane|[[Diane Guerrero]]}} with [[Michelle Burford]]
|''[[In the Country We Love: My Family Divided]]''
|''[[In the Country We Love: My Family Divided]]''
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|''Electric Arches''
|''Electric Arches''
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|{{sort|fleming, melissa|Melissa Fleming}}
|{{sort|fleming, melissa|[[Melissa Fleming]]}}
|{{sort|hope more powerful than the sea, a|''A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea''}}
|{{sort|hope more powerful than the sea, a|''[[A Hope More Powerful than the Sea]]''}}
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|{{sort|comeau, joey|[[Joey Comeau]]}}
|{{sort|comeau, joey|[[Joey Comeau]]}}
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| rowspan="10" |2019<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2020-01-27|title=2019 Alex Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-alex-awards|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513153559/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-alex-awards |archive-date=May 13, 2020 }}</ref>
|{{sort|clark, p. djeli|[[P. Djèlí Clark]]}}
|{{sort|clark, p. djeli|[[P. Djèlí Clark]]}}
|{{sort|black god's drums|''The Black God’s Drums''}}
|{{sort|black god's drums|''[[The Black God's Drums]]''}}
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|{{sort|weir, meghan maclean|[[Meghan MacLean Weir]]}}
|{{sort|weir, meghan maclean|[[Meghan MacLean Weir]]}}
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|{{sort|wamariya, clemantine and elizabeth weil|[[Clemantine Wamariya]] and [[Elizabeth Weil]]}}
|{{sort|wamariya, clemantine and elizabeth weil|[[Clemantine Wamariya]] and [[Elizabeth Weil]]}}
|{{sort|girl who smiled beads|''The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After''}}
|{{sort|girl who smiled beads|''[[The Girl Who Smiled Beads|The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After]]''}}
|-
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|{{sort|graham-felson, sam|[[Sam Graham-Felsen]]}}
|{{sort|graham-felson, sam|[[Sam Graham-Felsen]]}}
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|''[[Spinning Silver]]''
|''[[Spinning Silver]]''
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| rowspan="10" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Youth Media Award Winners|url=https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2020-youth-media-award-winners/|access-date=2020-01-27|website=American Libraries Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216175353/https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2020-youth-media-award-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sortname|C.A. |Fletcher}}
|{{sortname|C.A. |Fletcher}}
|{{sort|boy and his dog at the end of the world|''A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World''}}
|{{sort|boy and his dog at the end of the world|''A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World''}}
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|{{sortname|Lisa |Lutz}}
|{{sortname|Lisa |Lutz}}
|The Swallows
|''The Swallows''
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| rowspan="10" |2021<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2021 Youth Media Award Winners|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/01/ala-announces-2021-youth-media-awards|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126021037/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/01/ala-announces-2021-youth-media-awards |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=2020-01-27|website=American Libraries Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|''Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio''
|''Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio''
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|{{sortname|Gretchen |Anthony}}
|{{sort|anthony, gretchen|[[Gretchen Anthony (author)|Gretchen Anthony]]}}
|{{sort|kids are gonna ask|''The Kids Are Gonna Ask''}}
|{{sort|kids are gonna ask|''The Kids Are Gonna Ask''}}
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|''We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel''
|''We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel''
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| rowspan="10" |2022<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2022-01-24|title=2022 ALA Awards|url=https://locusmag.com/2022/01/2022-ala-awards/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Locus Online|language=en-US}}</ref>
| rowspan="10" |2022<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2022-01-24|title=2022 ALA Awards|url=https://locusmag.com/2022/01/2022-ala-awards/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Locus Online|language=en-US|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131193110/https://locusmag.com/2022/01/2022-ala-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{sortname|Ryka|Aoki}}
|{{sortname|Ryka|Aoki}}
|''Light from Uncommon Stars''
|''[[Light From Uncommon Stars]]''
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|{{sortname|Marianne|Cronin}}
|{{sortname|Marianne|Cronin}}
|''The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot''
|''{{Sortname|The|One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot|nolink=1}}''
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|{{sortname|Genevieve|Gornichec}}
|{{sortname|Genevieve|Gornichec}}
|''The Witch’s Heart''
|''{{Sortname|The|Witch’s Heart|nolink=1}}''
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|{{sortname|T. L.|Huchu}}
|{{sortname|T. L.|Huchu}}
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|{{sortname|Kate|Quinn}}
|{{sortname|Kate|Quinn}}
|''The Rose Code''
|''{{Sortname|The|Rose Code|nolink=1}}''
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|{{sortname|Kareem|Rosser}}
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|{{sortname|Rachel|Smythe}}
|{{sortname|Rachel|Smythe}}
|''Lore Olympus, Vol. 1''
|''[[Lore Olympus|Lore Olympus, Vol. 1]]''
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|{{sortname|Heather|Walter}}
|{{sortname|Heather|Walter}}
|''Malice''
|''Malice''
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|{{sortname|Sophie|Irwin}}
|''{{Sortname|A|Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting|nolink=1}}''
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|{{sortname|R. F.|Kuang}}
|''[[Babel, or the Necessity of Violence|Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution]]''
|-
|{{sortname|Jennette|McCurdy}}
|''[[I'm Glad My Mom Died]]''
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|{{sortname|Jarrett|Melendez}}, illus. by {{sortname|Danica|Brine}}
|''Chef's Kiss''
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|{{sortname|Sara|Nović}}
|''True Biz''
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|{{sortname|Jamila|Rowser}}, illus. by Robyn Smith
|''Wash Day Diaries''
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|{{sortname|John|Scalzi}}
|''[[The Kaiju Preservation Society]]''
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|{{sortname|James|Spooner}}
|''{{Sortname|The|High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.|nolink=1}}''
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|{{sortname|Sue Lynn|Tan}}
|''[[Daughter of the Moon Goddess]]''
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|{{sortname|Javier|Zamora}}
|''[[Solito: A Memoir]]''
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| rowspan="10" |2024<ref>{{cite web |title=YALSA announces 2023 Alex Awards |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/01/young-adult-library-services-association-announces-2024-alex-awards|website=News and Press Center |publisher=ALA American Library Association |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en |date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
|{{sortname|Nana Kwame|Adjei-Brenyah}}
|''[[Chain-Gang All-Stars]]''
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|{{sortname|Darrin|Bell}}
|''The Talk''
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|Jessica George
|''Maame''
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|{{sortname|Jessica|Johns}}
|''Bad Cree''
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|Khashayar J. Khabushani
|''I Will Greet the Sun Again''
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||{{sort|Kraus, Daniel|[[Daniel Kraus (author)|Daniel Kraus]]}}
|''Whalefall''
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|{{sortname|Oksana|Masters}}
|''The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph''
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|{{sortname|John|Scalzi}}
|''[[Starter Villain]]''
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|Jade Song
|''Chlorine''
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|{{sortname|Rebecca|Yarros}}
|''[[Fourth Wing]]''


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For the awards honoring excellence in album cover art, see Alex Steinweiss § Awards. For the other awards granted by the American Library Association and named after Margaret Alexander Edwards, see Margaret Edwards Award.

Alex Award
Awarded forAdults books with "special appeal" for adolescents
CountryUnited States
Presented byYoung Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association
First awarded1998
Websiteala.org/yalsa/alex-awards

The Alex Awards annually recognize "ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18".[1] Since 2002, the Alex Awards have been administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.[2]

The awards, initially bestowed in 1998, were named after Baltimore librarian Margaret Alexander Edwards, who was known as "Alex". They are sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist magazine.[3] Books published during the previous year are eligible for the awards.

Alex recipients[edit]

Alex Awards, 1998 to present[1]
Year Author Title
1998[4] David Bodanis The Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious Worlds of Our Minds and Bodies
Rick Bragg All Over but the Shoutin'
Rebecca Carroll Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America
Karin Cook What Girls Learn
Pete Hamill Snow in August
Sebastian Junger The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea
Jon Krakauer Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Velma Maia Thomas Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation
Dawn Turner Trice Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven
Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
1999[5] Caroline Alexander The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
James Finney Boylan Getting In
Andie Dominick Needles
John Gilstrap At All Costs
Jesse Lee Kercheval Space
Steve Kluger Last Days of Summer
Robert Silverberg Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy
Kim Stanley Robinson Antarctica
Esmeralda Santiago Almost a Woman
Danzy Senna Caucasia
2000[6] David Breashears High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
Orson Scott Card Ender's Shadow
Breena Clarke River, Cross My Heart
Esmé Raji Codell Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Jonathon Scott Fuqua The Reappearance of Sam Webber
Neil Gaiman Stardust
Linda Greenlaw The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
Elva Trevino Hart Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child
Kent Haruf Plainsong
Connie Porter Imani All Mine
2001[7] Darin Strauss Chang & Eng
Larry Colton Counting Coup
Juliet Marillier Daughter of the Forest
Alan Watt Diamond Dogs
James Bradley and Ron Powers Flags of Our Fathers
Tracy Chevalier Girl with a Pearl Earring
Nathaniel Philbrick In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Ben Sherwood The Man Who Ate the 747
Gillian Bradshaw The Sand Reckoner
June Jordan Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
2002[8] Geraldine Brooks Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
William Doyle An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi
David Anthony Durham Gabriel's Story
Barbara Ehrenreich Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in Boom-Time America
Leif Enger Peace Like a River
Kobie Kruger The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife
Donna Morrissey Kit's Law
Mel Odom The Rover
Vineeta Vijayaraghavan Motherland
Rebecca Walker Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
2003[9] Lynda Barry One! Hundred! Demons!
Pat Conroy My Losing Season
Timothy Ferris Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril
Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair
Mary Lawson Crow Lake
Brian Malloy The Year of Ice
Julie Otsuka When the Emperor was Divine
Ann Packer The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Martha Southgate The Fall of Rome
Joseph Weisberg 10th Grade
2004[10] Amanda Davis Wonder When You'll Miss Me
Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner
Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler's Wife
ZZ Packer Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Mary Roach Stiff
Mark Salzman True Notebooks
Marjane Satrapi Persepolis
Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs
Bart Yates Leave Myself Behind
2005[11] Steve Almond Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Lynne Cox Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Brendan Halpin Donorboy
Robert Kurson Shadow Divers
Kent Meyers Work of Wolves
Ann Patchett Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
Kit Reed Thinner Than Thou
Jim Shepard Project X
Robert Sullivan Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
2006[12] Judy Fong Bates Midnight at the Dragon Café
Kalisha Buckhanon Upstate
Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys
Gregory Galloway As Simple As Snow
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
A. Lee Martinez Gil's All Fright Diner
Susan Palwick The Necessary Beggar
Nancy Rawles My Jim
Julia Scheeres Jesus Land: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle: A Memoir
2007[13] John Connolly The Book of Lost Things
Ivan Doig The Whistling Season
Michael D'Orso Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
Sara Gruen Water for Elephants
Pamela Carter Joern Floor of the Sky
John Hamamura Color of the Sea
Michael Lewis The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
David Mitchell Black Swan Green
Ron Rash The World Made Straight
Diane Setterfield The Thirteenth Tale
2008[14] Matthew Polly American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
Matt Ruff Bad Monkeys
Jeff Lemire Essex County Volume 1: Tales from the Farm
Conn Iggulden Genghis: Birth of an Empire
Aryn Kyle The God of Animals
Ishmael Beah A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Lloyd Jones Mister Pip
Patrick Rothfuss The Name of the Wind
Thomas Maltman The Night Birds
Lisa Lutz The Spellman Files
2009[15] David Benioff City of Thieves
Michael Swanwick The Dragons of Babel
Zoë Ferraris Finding Nouf
Hannah Tinti The Good Thief
Stephen King Just After Sunset: Stories
Hillary Jordan Mudbound
Todd Tucker Over and Under
Stephen G. Bloom The Oxford Project
Toby Barlow Sharp Teeth
Theresa Rebeck Three Girls and Their Brother
2010[16] William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Meg Rosoff The Bride’s Farewell
Ron Currie Jr. Everything Matters!
David Finkel The Good Soldiers
Diana Welch and Liz Welch The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir
Lev Grossman The Magicians
Peter Rock My Abandonment
Gail Carriger Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel
David Small Stitches: A Memoir
Kevin Wilson Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
2011[17] DC Pierson The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To
Liz Murray Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Jean Kwok Girl in Translation
Peter Bognanni The House of Tomorrow
Steve Hamilton The Lock Artist
Aimee Bender The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Matt Haig The Radleys
Alden Bell The Reapers Are the Angels
Emma Donoghue Room
Helen Grant The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
2012[18] Rachel DeWoskin Big Girl Small
Jo Ann Beard In Zanesville
David Levithan The Lover's Dictionary
Brooke Hauser The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens
Erin Morgenstern The Night Circus
Ernest Cline Ready Player One
Daniel H. Wilson Robopocalypse
Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones
Caroline Preston The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures
Roland Merullo The Talk-Funny Girl
2013[19] David Zimmerman Caring is Creepy
Tupelo Hassman Girlchild
Richard Ross Juvenile in Justice
Robin Sloan Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Derf Backderf My Friend Dahmer
Chris Ballard One Shot at Forever
Julianna Baggott Pure
Louise Erdrich The Round House
Carol Rifka Brunt Tell The Wolves I'm Home
Maria Semple Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
2014[20] Mark Slouka Brewster
Lisa O'Donnell The Death of Bees
Abigail Tarttelin Golden Boy
John Searles Help for the Haunted
Max Barry Lexicon
Wesley Chu Lives of Tao
Koren Zailckas Mother, Mother
Lucy Knisley Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Katja Millay The Sea of Tranquility
Gavin Extence The Universe Versus Alex Woods
2015[21] Anthony Doerr All the Light We Cannot See
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