Young Adult Library Services Association · award year
Alex Awards 2013
The 2013 Alex Awards went to Caring Is Creepy by David Zimmerman, Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman, Juvenile in Justice by Richard Ross, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf, One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard, Pure by Julianna Baggott, Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, The Round House by Louise Erdrich and Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple.
Winners
- Caring Is Creepysource (opens in a new tab)
- Girlchildsource (opens in a new tab)
- Juvenile in Justicesource (opens in a new tab)
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstoresource (opens in a new tab)
- My Friend Dahmersource (opens in a new tab)
- One Shot at Foreversource (opens in a new tab)
- Puresource (opens in a new tab)
- Tell the Wolves I'm Homesource (opens in a new tab)
- The Round Housesource (opens in a new tab)
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette?source (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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- 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