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Alex Awards 2016
The 2016 Alex Awards went to All Involved by Ryan Gattis, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Girl at War by Sara Nović, Half the World by Joe Abercrombie, Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton, Sacred Heart by Liz Suburbia, The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen and Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta.
Winners
- All Involvedsource (opens in a new tab)
- Between the World and Mesource (opens in a new tab)
- Bones & Allsource (opens in a new tab)
- Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suitssource (opens in a new tab)
- Girl at Warsource (opens in a new tab)
- Half the Worldsource (opens in a new tab)
- Humans of New York: Storiessource (opens in a new tab)
- Sacred Heartsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Unraveling of Mercy Louissource (opens in a new tab)
- Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy Leaguesource (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
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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