The Award Tally
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Justin Kaplan

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Books from Justin Kaplan that won awards or were shortlisted.

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  1. Walt Whitman: A Life cover
    Walt Whitman: A Life

    1980

    20

    score

    • WonNational Book Award for Nonfiction (1981)Major
    • ShortlistedPulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1981)Major
    • ShortlistedNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1980)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  2. Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain cover
    Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain

    2008

    12

    score

    • WonPulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1967)Major
    Book DetailsBuy this book at Amazon
  3. Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography cover
    Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography

    2008

    12

    score

    • WonNational Book Award for Nonfiction (1967)Major
    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