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 — 3,381 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) 4.18 avg rating — 4,633 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) 4.07 avg rating — 8,869 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) 3.52 avg rating — 20,258 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 3.91 avg rating — 1,584 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 — 107,205 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) 3.85 avg rating — 8,346 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) 4.47 avg rating — 15,413 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 4.52 avg rating — 989 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 4.29 avg rating — 248 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) 3.68 avg rating — 28,612 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 4.63 avg rating — 3,839 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) 4.12 avg rating — 90,065 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 4.05 avg rating — 122,226 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
	I Will Greet the Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani 3.83 avg rating — 2,622 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 — 1,921 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) 4.57 avg rating — 3,305,277 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) 3.66 avg rating — 21,404 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 — 86,644 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 — 18,575 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 3.91 avg rating — 48,458 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 — 69,152 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) 4.15 avg rating — 431,191 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 — 8,632 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) 4.07 avg rating — 123,402 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 4.44 avg rating — 1,397,099 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 — 70,339 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 — 1,473 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) 4.06 avg rating — 79,382 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 4.34 avg rating — 11,487 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