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Alex Awards 2011
The 2011 Alex Awards went to Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray, Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, Room by Emma Donoghue, The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson, The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni, The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, The Radleys by Matt Haig, The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell and The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant.
Winners
- Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvardsource (opens in a new tab)
- Girl in Translationsource (opens in a new tab)
- Roomsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had Tosource (opens in a new tab)
- The House of Tomorrowsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Lock Artistsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cakesource (opens in a new tab)
- The Radleyssource (opens in a new tab)
- The Reapers Are the Angelssource (opens in a new tab)
- The Vanishing of Katharina Lindensource (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