The Award Tally
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Imani Perry

2

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2

shortlists

23

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Books from Imani Perry that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon To Understand the Soul of a Nation cover
    South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon To Understand the Soul of a Nation

    2022

    15

    score

    • WonNational Book Award for Nonfiction (2022)Major
    • ShortlistedPEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction (2023)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry cover
    Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

    2018

    5

    score

    • WonPEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2019)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People cover
    Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

    2025

    3

    score

    • ShortlistedKirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2025)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon

Recent Standouts (2020+)

  1. 1Tiya Miles39 score
  2. 2Adam Higginbotham36 score
  3. 3Roxanna Asgarian35 score
  4. 4Kathleen DuVal33 score
  5. 5Beverly Gage32 score
  6. 6Les Payne and Tamara Payne31 score
  7. 7Ed Yong30 score
  8. 8Ada Ferrer26 score
  9. 9Greg Grandin26 score
  10. 10Ned Blackhawk25 score

Most Prolific Authors

  1. 1Anne Applebaum8 books
  2. 2George F. Kennan7 books
  3. 3Jill Lepore7 books
  4. 4John McPhee7 books
  5. 5Steve Coll7 books
  6. 6Steven Pinker6 books
  7. 7Adam Hochschild5 books
  8. 8David Levering Lewis5 books
  9. 9Deirdre Bair5 books
  10. 10Garry Wills5 books