The Alex Awards are granted by the American Library Association to books written for adults that also appeal to young adults ages 12 to 18.

These books can be found in the adult fiction and non-fiction sections of the library, in order by call number.

Adult Non-Fiction

Flags of Our Fathers. 923.5 BRADL
(about the young men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima during World War II.)

The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey. 639.2778 GREEN
(about the woman captain who was friends with the captain of the fishing boat that sank during The Perfect Storm)

In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. 910.9164 PHILB
(about the ship sunk by a whale that inspired Moby Dick)

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in Boom-Time America. 305.569 EHREN
(what it’s like to live on minimum wage)

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea. 910.452 JUNGE
(about the fishing boat that sank in 1991)

The Secret Family: 24 Hours Inside the Mysterious Worlds of Our Minds and Bodies. 612 BODAN
(about a family’s day as seen on a microscopic level)

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster. 796.522 KRAKA

True Notebooks. 808.042 SALZM

Biographies

All Over but the Shoutin', by Rick Bragg. BRAGG BRA

My Losing Season, by Pat Conroy. CONROY CON

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood, by June Jordan. JORDAN JOR

Graphic novels (Located in Young Adult (YA) Fiction)

Barry, Lynda. One Hundred Demons. YA FIC BARRY

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. YA FIC SATRA

Porter, Connie. Imani All Mine. YA FIC PORTE

Strauss, Darin.  Chang and Eng. YA FIC STRAU

Winspear, Jacqueline.  Maisie Dobbs. YA FIC WINSP

Adult Fiction

Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. FIC BROOK

Card, Orson Scott.  Ender's Shadow. FIC CARD

Chevalier, Tracy. The Girl With A Pearl Earring. FIC CHEVA

Clarke, Breena. River, Cross My Heart. FIC CLARK

Enger, Leif. Peace like a River. FIC ENGER