Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward has 3 books on the award lists tracked here, recognised between 2011 and 2024. Wins include the National Book Award for Fiction for Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017), the National Book Award for Fiction for Salvage the Bones (2011), and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction for Sing, Unburied, Sing (2018).
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Award-Listed Books by Jesmyn Ward
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- WonAnisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (2018)
- WonNational Book Award for Fiction (2017)Major
- ShortlistedAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (2018)
- ShortlistedPEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2018)Major
- ShortlistedWomen's Prize for Fiction (2018)Major
- ShortlistedKirkus Prize for Fiction (2017)
- ShortlistedLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2017)Major
- ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2017)Major
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- ShortlistedAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (2024)
- ShortlistedKirkus Prize for Fiction (2023)
Nominated Alongside Jesmyn Ward
- 1Mohsin Hamid46 score
- 2Alice McDermott59 score
- 3Joan Silber36 score
- 4Carmen Maria Machado15 score
- 5Jennifer Egan59 score
- 6Victor LaValle41 score
- 7James McBride36 score
- 8Kamila Shamsie34 score
- 9George Saunders33 score
- 10Julie Otsuka32 score
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