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Alex Awards 2009
The 2009 Alex Awards went to City of Thieves by David Benioff, Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris, Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King, Mudbound by Hillary Jordan, Over and Under by Todd Tucker, Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow, The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick, The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti, The Oxford Project by Stephen G. Bloom and Peter Feldstein and Three Girls and Their Brother by Theresa Rebeck.
Winners
- City of Thievessource (opens in a new tab)
- Finding Noufsource (opens in a new tab)
- Just After Sunset: Storiessource (opens in a new tab)
- Mudboundsource (opens in a new tab)
- Over and Undersource (opens in a new tab)
- Sharp Teethsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Dragons of Babelsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Good Thiefsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Oxford Projectsource (opens in a new tab)
- Three Girls and Their Brothersource (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)
Shares the most books with
- Goodreads Choice Awards 61 shared books
- Dublin Literary Award 28 shared books
- Locus Awards 21 shared books
- Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 13 shared books
- Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence 11 shared books