"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. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002.

The award is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust. Edwards pioneered young adult library services and worked for many years at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Her work is described in her book Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, and over the years she has served as an inspiration to many librarians who serve young adults. The Alex Awards are named after Edwards, who was called “Alex” by her friends."

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards#alex

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2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2024

ALSC Notable Children's Books
2023, 2022

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"All Systems Red," by Martha Wells, a Tor.com Book, published by Thomas Doherty Associates; "The Clockwork Dynasty," by Daniel H. Wilson, published by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC; "Down Among the Sticks and Bones," by Seanan McGuire, a Tor.com Book, published by Thomas Doherty Associates; "Electric Arches," by Eve L. Ewing, published by Haymarket Books; "A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea," by Melissa Fleming, published by Flatiron Books; "Malagash," by Joey Comeau, published by ECW Press; "Roughneck," by Jeff Lemire, published by Gallery 13, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.; "She Rides Shotgun," by Jordan Harper, published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; "Things We Have in Common," by Tasha Kavanagh, published by MIRA Books and "An Unkindness of Magicians," by Kat Howard, published by SAGA Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.


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The 2019 Alex Award winners are:

“The Black God’s Drums,” By P. Djèlí Clark, Published by Tor.com an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, a division of Macmillan

“The Book of Essie,” By Meghan MacLean Weir, Published by Knopf, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House

“Circe,” By Madeline Miller, Published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group

“Educated: A Memoir,” By Tara Westover, Published by Random House, a division of Penguin Random House

“The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After,” By Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil, Published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House

“Green,” By Sam Graham-Felsen, published by Random House, a division of Penguin Random House

“Home After Dark,” by David Small, illustrated by the author, published by Liveright, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company

“How Long ’Til Black Future Month?” By N. K. Jemisin, Published by Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group

“Lawn Boy,” By Jonathan Evison, Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill a division of Workman Publishing

“Spinning Silver,” by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey, a division of Penguin Random House


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