The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing by the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Winners
2021
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice: Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O’Brady
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
2020
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
High School by Sara Quin and Tegan Quin
In Waves by AJ Dungo
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
2019
The Black God’s Drums by P. DjèlÍ Clark
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
Circe by Madeline Miller
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil
Green by Sam Graham-Felsen
Home After Dark by David Small
How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik