Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai has 2 books on the award lists tracked here, recognised between 2006 and 2025. Wins include the Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss (2006) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for The Inheritance of Loss (2006).
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Award-Listed Books by Kiran Desai
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- WonThe Booker Prize (2006)Major
- WonNational Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2006)Major
- ShortlistedWomen's Prize for Fiction (2007)Major
- ShortlistedThe Booker Prize (2025)Major
- ShortlistedKirkus Prize for Fiction (2025)
Nominated Alongside Kiran Desai
- 1David Szalay19 score
- 2Anne Tyler82 score
- 3Andrew Miller50 score
- 4Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie49 score
- 5Peter Carey48 score
- 6Hisham Matar42 score
- 7David Mitchell41 score
- 8Andrew O'Hagan39 score
- 9Nadine Gordimer33 score
- 10Susan Choi31 score
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