Young Adult Library Services Association · award year
Alex Awards 2019
The 2019 Alex Awards went to Circe by Madeline Miller, Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover, Green by Sam Graham-Felsen, Home After Dark by David Small, How Long ’Til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin, Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark, The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir and The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil.
Winners
- Circesource (opens in a new tab)
- Educated: A Memoirsource (opens in a new tab)
- Greensource (opens in a new tab)
- Home After Darksource (opens in a new tab)
- How Long ’Til Black Future Month?source (opens in a new tab)
- Lawn Boysource (opens in a new tab)
- Spinning Silversource (opens in a new tab)
- The Black God’s Drumssource (opens in a new tab)
- The Book of Essiesource (opens in a new tab)
- The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes Aftersource (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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