2010 Alex Awards
(Listed in alphabetical order by title)
**All Vetted Titles Listed - Winners are in
Blue**
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.
BEAT THE REAPER by Josh Bazell
THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND: CREATING CURRENTS OF ELECTRICITY AND HOPE
by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
BREATHERS: A ZOMBIE'S LAMENT by S.G. Browne
THE BRIDE'S FAREWELL by Meg Rosoff
COLUMBINE by Dave Cullen
CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL by Norman Ollestad
DARLING JIM by Christina Moerk
DOG ON IT: A CHET AND BERNIE MYSTERY by Spencer Quinn
EVERYTHING MATTERS! by Ron Currie, Jr.
FANTASY FREAKS & GAMING GEEKS: AN EPIC QUEST FOR REALITY AMONG ROLE PLAYERS, ONLINE GAMERS,
AND OTHER DWELLERS OF IMAGINARY REALMS by Ethan Gilsford
THE FIGHT TO SURVIVE: A YOUNG GIRL, DIABETES, AND THE DISCOVERY OF INSULIN
by Caroline Cox
THE GOOD SOLDIERS by David Finkel
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
HOLD LOVE STRONG by Matthew Aaron Goodman
INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH by Luis Alberto Urrea
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: A MEMOIR by Diana, Liz, Amanda, & Dan Welch
THE LOCAL NEWS by Miriam Gershow
THE LONGSHOT by Katie Kitamura
THE MAGICIANS by Lev Grossman
MONSTER by A. Lee Martinez
MORTAL COILS by Eric Nylund
MY ABANDONMENT by Peter Rock
THE MYSTERY OF GRACE by Charles de Lint
NEVER TELL A LIE by Hallie Ephron
THE NEW YORK REGIONAL MORMON SINGLES HALLOWEEN DANCE: A MEMOIR
by Elna Baker
NO ANGEL: MY HARROWING UNDERCOVER JOURNEY TO THE INNER CIRCLE OF HELL'S ANGELS
by Jay Dobyns & Nils Johnson-Shelton
PETER & MAX: A FABLES NOVEL by Bill Willingham
THE PLUTO FILES: THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE PLANET
by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
SOMETIMES WE'RE ALWAYS REAL SAME-SAME by Mattox Roesch
SOULLESS: AN ALEXIA TARABOTTI NOVEL by Gail Carriger
STITCHES: A MEMOIR by David Small
STRANGERS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT by Stephen March
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE: A FLAVIA DE LUCE MYSTERY
by Alan Bradley
SWIMMING WITH PIRANHAS AT FEEDING TIME: MY LIFE DOING DUMB STUFF WITH ANIMALS
by Richard Conniff
TATTOO MACHINE: TALL TALES, TRUE STORIES, AND MY LIFE IN INK by Jeff Johnson
TOTAL OBLIVION, MORE OR LESS by Alan Deniro
TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: STORIES by Kevin Wilson
UNDER THE DOME by Stephen King
UNLIKELY DISCIPLE: A SINNER'S SEMESTER AT AMERICA'S HOLIEST UNIVERSITY
by Kevin Roose
THE WALLS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Melko
WHITE IS FOR WITCHING by Helen Oyeyemi
ZEITOUN by Dave Eggers