The Award Tally
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Jared Diamond

4

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1

shortlist

39

score

Books from Jared Diamond that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover
    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    1999

    12

    score

    • WonPulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1998)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. Guns, Germs, and Steel cover
    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    1999

    8

    score

    • WonRoyal Society Science Book Prize (1998)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee cover
    The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

    2013

    8

    score

    • WonRoyal Society Science Book Prize (1992)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  4. The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal cover
    The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

    1992

    8

    score

    • WonLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (1992)
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  5. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed cover
    Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

    2005

    3

    score

    • ShortlistedRoyal Society Science Book Prize (2006)
    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