Young Adult Library Services Association · award year
Alex Awards 2017
The 2017 Alex Awards went to Arena by Holly Jennings, Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart, Die Young with Me: A Memoir by Rob Rufus, Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire, In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero and Michelle Burford, Romeo and/or Juliet: A Choosable-Path Adventure by Ryan North, The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach, The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst, The Regional Office Is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales and The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon.
Winners
- Arenasource (opens in a new tab)
- Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loadedsource (opens in a new tab)
- Die Young with Me: A Memoirsource (opens in a new tab)
- Every Heart a Doorwaysource (opens in a new tab)
- In the Country We Love: My Family Dividedsource (opens in a new tab)
- Romeo and/or Juliet: A Choosable-Path Adventuresource (opens in a new tab)
- The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenkosource (opens in a new tab)
- The Queen of Bloodsource (opens in a new tab)
- The Regional Office Is Under Attack!source (opens in a new tab)
- The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillarsource (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