Adult Books
with Teen Appeal

Each year ten adult books are selected for an Alex Award for their teen appeal.
The following titles can be found upstairs in the Adult Collection unless otherwise noted.

2010

Call # Author Title
B Kamkwamba Kamkwamba, William The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Fic Rosoff, Meg The Bride’s Farewell
Fic Currie, Ron Everything Matters!
956.704 Finkel, David The Good Soldiers
929.209 Welch, Diana The Kids Are All Right
Fic Grossman, Lev The Magicians
Fic Rock, Peter My Abandonment
PB Carriger, Gail Soulless
B Small Small, David Stitches
do not have Wilson, Kevin Tunneling to the Center of the Earth

2009

Call # Author Title
Fic Benioff, David City of Thieves
SF Swanwick, Michael The Dragons of Babel
Fic Ferraris, Zoë Finding Nouf
Fic Tinti, Hannah The Good Thief
Fic King, Stephen Just After Sunset: Stories
Fic Jordan, Hillary Mudbound
do not have Tucker, Todd Over and Under
do not have Bloom, Stephen The Oxford Project
SF Barlow, Toby Sharp Teeth
Fic Rebeck, Theresa Three Girls and Their Brother

2008

Call # Author Title
B Beah Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Fic Iggulden, Conn Genghis: Birth of an Empire
Fic Jones, Lloyd Mister Pip
Fic Kyle, Aryn The God of Animals
do not have Lemire, Jeff Essex County Volume 1: Tales from the Farm
Fic Lutz, Lisa The Spellman Files
W Maltman, Thomas The Night Birds
do not have Polly, Matthew American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend
SF Rothfuss, Patrick The Name of the Wind
Fic Ruff, Matt Bad Monkeys

2007

Call # Author Title
Audio Fic Connolly, John The Book of Lost Things
Fic Doig, Ivan The Whistling Season
do not have D’Orso, Michael Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season
Fic Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants
do not have Joern, Pamela Carter Floor of the Sky
Fic Hamamura, John Color of the Sea
B Oher Lewis, Michael The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Fic Mitchell, David Black Swan Green
Fic Rash, Ron The World Made Straight
Fic Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale

2006

Call # Author Title
Fic Bates, Judy Fong Midnight at the Dragon Café
Fic Buckhanon, Kalisha Upstate
Fic Gaiman, Neil Anansi Boys
Fic Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
do not have Martinez, A. Lee Gil’s All Fright Diner
SF Palwick, Susan The Necessary Beggar
Fic Rawles, Nancy My Jim
do not have Scheeres, Julia Jesus Land: A Memoir
B Walls Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle: A Memoir

2005

Call # Author Title
338.4 Almond, Steve Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
B Cox Cox, Lynn Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
do not have Halpin, Brendan Donorboy
940.5451 Kurson, Robert Shadow Divers
Fic Meyers, Kent Work of Wolves
B Grealy Patchett, Ann Truth and Beauty: A Friendship
Fic Picoult, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper
Fic Reed, Kit Thinner than You
do not have Shepard, Jim Project X
599.35 Sullivan, Robert Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City’s Most

2004

Call # Author Title
Fic Davis, Amanda Wonder When You’ll Miss Me
Fic Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Fic Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Fic Niffenegger, Audrey The Time Traveler’s Wife
Fic Packer, Z. Z. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
do not have Roach, Mary Stiff
808.042 Salzman, Mark True Notebooks
Fic Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis
Fic Winspear, Jacqueline Maisie Dobbs
do not have Yates, Bart Leave Myself Behind
 

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Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
January 2010

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