Alex Awards from 2000 thru 2009

1.
The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)
The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)
by: Ivan Doig
4.07 avg rating — 21,117 ratings
2.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,705 ratings
3.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,439 ratings
4.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,658 ratings
5.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,052 ratings
6.
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
by: Lynne Cox
4.18 avg rating — 4,923 ratings
7.
Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year 3.91 avg rating — 6,536 ratings
8.
Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
Soldier: A Poet's Childhood 4.21 avg rating — 428 ratings
9.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 171,884 ratings
10.
An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 4.27 avg rating — 237 ratings
11.
Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River 4.03 avg rating — 99,194 ratings
12.
Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe
Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe 4.12 avg rating — 433 ratings
12.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,059 ratings
14.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by: ZZ Packer
3.88 avg rating — 7,778 ratings
15.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,879 ratings
16.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,193 ratings
17.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,559 ratings
18.
True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall
True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall 4.11 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
19.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,840 ratings
20.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,276 ratings
20.
The Necessary Beggar
The Necessary Beggar 3.92 avg rating — 595 ratings
22.
The Blind Side
The Blind Side 4.17 avg rating — 99,773 ratings
23.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,669 ratings
24.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,845 ratings
24.
Bad Monkeys
Bad Monkeys
by: Matt Ruff
3.61 avg rating — 11,111 ratings
26.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief 3.60 avg rating — 12,867 ratings
27.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,418 ratings
28.
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places 3.93 avg rating — 3,706 ratings
29.
Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1)
Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 177,988 ratings
30.
River, Cross My Heart
River, Cross My Heart 3.50 avg rating — 13,971 ratings
31.
The Reappearance of Sam Webber
The Reappearance of Sam Webber 3.94 avg rating — 63 ratings
32.
Stardust
Stardust 4.10 avg rating — 476,219 ratings
33.
The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey 3.85 avg rating — 5,813 ratings
34.
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child 3.84 avg rating — 771 ratings
35.
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 78,105 ratings
35.
Just After Sunset
Just After Sunset 3.88 avg rating — 59,315 ratings
37.
Imani All Mine
Imani All Mine 4.20 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
38.
Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers 4.22 avg rating — 62,883 ratings
39.
The Sand-Reckoner
The Sand-Reckoner 4.19 avg rating — 1,034 ratings
40.
Counting Coup
Counting Coup 4.17 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
41.
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 69,731 ratings
42.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,978 ratings
43.
The Man Who Ate the 747
The Man Who Ate the 747 3.36 avg rating — 1,807 ratings
44.
Chang and Eng
Chang and Eng 3.30 avg rating — 2,049 ratings
45.
Diamond Dogs
Diamond Dogs
by: Alan Watt
3.51 avg rating — 352 ratings
46.
Gabriel's Story
Gabriel's Story 3.88 avg rating — 266 ratings
47.
The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife
The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife 4.46 avg rating — 1,500 ratings
48.
Kit's Law
Kit's Law really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,288 ratings
49.
The Rover (The Rover #1)
The Rover (The Rover #1)
by: Mel Odom
3.85 avg rating — 571 ratings
50.
Motherland
Motherland 3.40 avg rating — 272 ratings
51.
Black White and Jewish
Black White and Jewish 3.78 avg rating — 2,940 ratings
52.
One Hundred Demons
One Hundred Demons 4.18 avg rating — 9,769 ratings
53.
My Losing Season: A Memoir
My Losing Season: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 10,730 ratings
54.
Crow Lake
Crow Lake 4.01 avg rating — 27,500 ratings
55.
The Year of Ice
The Year of Ice 3.90 avg rating — 2,268 ratings
56.
The Dive from Clausen's Pier
The Dive from Clausen's Pier 3.45 avg rating — 25,272 ratings
57.
The Fall of Rome
The Fall of Rome 3.83 avg rating — 633 ratings
58.
10th Grade
10th Grade 3.03 avg rating — 362 ratings
59.
Wonder When You'll Miss Me
Wonder When You'll Miss Me 3.86 avg rating — 1,495 ratings
60.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 4.06 avg rating — 234,458 ratings
61.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,936 ratings
62.
Leave Myself Behind
Leave Myself Behind 4.09 avg rating — 2,732 ratings
63.
Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America 3.76 avg rating — 5,653 ratings
64.
Donorboy
Donorboy 3.67 avg rating — 599 ratings
65.
Shadow Divers
Shadow Divers 4.36 avg rating — 34,836 ratings
66.
The Work of Wolves
The Work of Wolves 3.98 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
67.
Truth & Beauty
Truth & Beauty 3.97 avg rating — 46,419 ratings
68.
Thinner Than Thou
Thinner Than Thou
by: Kit Reed
3.19 avg rating — 427 ratings
69.
Project X
Project X 3.54 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
70.
Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants 3.72 avg rating — 4,485 ratings
71.
Midnight at the Dragon Café
Midnight at the Dragon Café 3.67 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
72.
Upstate
Upstate 4.08 avg rating — 2,296 ratings
73.
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys 4.04 avg rating — 228,352 ratings
74.
As Simple as Snow
As Simple as Snow 3.69 avg rating — 2,968 ratings
75.
Gil's All Fright Diner
Gil's All Fright Diner 3.86 avg rating — 13,677 ratings
76.
My Jim
My Jim 3.73 avg rating — 559 ratings
77.
Jesus Land: A Memoir
Jesus Land: A Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 19,432 ratings
78.
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 84,468 ratings
79.
Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 499 ratings
80.
Color of the Sea
Color of the Sea 4.02 avg rating — 518 ratings
81.
The Floor of the Sky
The Floor of the Sky 3.73 avg rating — 394 ratings
82.
Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green 3.98 avg rating — 43,418 ratings
83.
The World Made Straight
The World Made Straight
by: Ron Rash
3.90 avg rating — 3,298 ratings
84.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,013 ratings
85.
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China 4.03 avg rating — 3,202 ratings
86.
Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1)
Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 36,861 ratings
87.
The God of Animals
The God of Animals
by: Aryn Kyle
3.76 avg rating — 6,216 ratings
88.
Mister Pip
Mister Pip 3.68 avg rating — 23,798 ratings
89.
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,255 ratings
90.
The Night Birds
The Night Birds 4.02 avg rating — 928 ratings
91.
The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)
The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)
by: Lisa Lutz
3.87 avg rating — 37,308 ratings
92.
Essex County, Vol. 1: Tales from the Farm
Essex County, Vol. 1: Tales from the Farm 3.98 avg rating — 3,494 ratings
93.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating — 162,012 ratings
94.
The Dragons of Babel
The Dragons of Babel 3.74 avg rating — 1,376 ratings
95.
Finding Nouf (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1)
Finding Nouf (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1) 3.80 avg rating — 9,869 ratings
96.
Mudbound
Mudbound 4.05 avg rating — 69,751 ratings
97.
Over and Under
Over and Under 3.69 avg rating — 317 ratings
98.
The Oxford Project
The Oxford Project 4.16 avg rating — 780 ratings
99.
Sharp Teeth
Sharp Teeth 3.87 avg rating — 4,799 ratings
100.
Three Girls and Their Brother
Three Girls and Their Brother 3.23 avg rating — 756 ratings