ALA Alex Award Winners

ALA/YALSA Alex Awards
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The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young a ...more

Winners

	Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi 4.46 avg rating — 2,785 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 2,785 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medea by Rosie Hewlett (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 5,480 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 15,712 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle 3.94 avg rating — 1,347 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) by Kristen Perrin (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 77,220 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 6,600 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 10,856 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined by David F. Walker 4.55 avg rating — 623 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful People: My Thirteen Truths About Disability by Melissa Blake 4.38 avg rating — 196 ratings ALA Alex Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 25,324 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Talk by Darrin Bell 4.64 avg rating — 3,611 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 76,518 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maame by Jessica George 4.06 avg rating — 114,985 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Will Greet the Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani 3.85 avg rating — 2,222 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph by Oksana Masters 4.61 avg rating — 1,760 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 2,856,620 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chlorine by Jade Song (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 16,794 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 75,226 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Cree by Jessica Johns 3.91 avg rating — 16,909 ratings ALA Alex Award (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting (A Lady's Guide, #1) by Sophie Irwin 3.92 avg rating — 45,031 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 64,438 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babel by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 358,011 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez (Written by) 3.95 avg rating — 8,308 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1) by Sue Lynn Tan (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 112,366 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 4.45 avg rating — 1,286,403 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solito by Javier Zamora (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 60,684 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The High Desert by James Spooner (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 1,384 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Biz by Sara Nović (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 75,823 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser 4.35 avg rating — 10,979 ratings ALA Alex Award (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars