As you may know, it's awards season. Oscars. Golden Globes.
Emmys.
Grammys. And yes, there are book awards, too. Book awards that you may care about. The Alex Awards represent the top 10 titles written for adults that teen readers may think are awesome. So here they are . . .
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
- The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff
- Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr.
- The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
- The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- My Abandonment by Peter Rock
- Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
- Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson
Honestly, I have read none of them. I did just finish reading
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters which Stephen King said was one of the best 10 books of 2009. It's a
gothic ghost story, very reminiscent of Jane Eyre or
Wuthering Heights in tone. Although I liked it, kind of, it is not really on my top 10 list. And I may have posted on my
Facebook status that Stephen King's pants were on fire for saying this is one of the best books of last year. But if you like historical fiction and ghost stories, this is also a good adult read for older teens. It's kind of slow starting, but once it gets going you want to know what is happening. You can get Stephen King's complete top 10 list for 2009 here (
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20317203_20331246_10,00.html)
Actually, fans of Stephen King should know that he writes a regular column for Entertainment Weekly and he is quite humorous. He talks about movies and music as well as books.
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