Young Adult Library Services Association · award year
Alex Awards 2006
The 2006 Alex Awards went to Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, As Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway, Gil’s All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez, Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres, Midnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates, My Jim by Nancy Rawles, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls, The Necessary Beggar by Susan Palwick and Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon.
Winners
- Anansi Boyssource (opens in a new tab)
- As Simple As Snowsource (opens in a new tab)
- Gil’s All Fright Dinersource (opens in a new tab)
- Jesus Land: A Memoirsource (opens in a new tab)
- Midnight at the Dragon Cafésource (opens in a new tab)
- My Jimsource (opens in a new tab)
- Never Let Me Gosource (opens in a new tab)
- The Glass Castle: A Memoirsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Necessary Beggarsource (opens in a new tab)
- Upstatesource (opens in a new tab)
About the Alex Awards
The ten adult books with special appeal to teens, from YALSA's yearly Alex Awards pages (2006-2023) and ALA press releases (2024-2025). Year is the award year, which honors books published the previous year. The longer vetted nominations list YALSA publishes since 2010 is not included.
Organization: Young Adult Library Services Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)
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- Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 13 shared books
- Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence 11 shared books